Category: visual

“The police action has brought renewed attention to Lowe, whose reputation for not paying artists has circulated in the art community for quite a while.”

“Over the past 90 years, Cork Street, a quiet road in London’s gilded district of Mayfair …, has become as synonymous with art as Savile Row has with bespoke men’s tailoring. Now plans for a multimillion-dollar development that will see several of the galleries on the road having to leave means the character and future of Cork Street is under threat, say those campaigning to preserve it.”

“London architecture collective Softkill Design has joined the race to build the world’s first 3D printed house, announcing plans for a plastic dwelling that could be built off-site in three weeks and assembled in a single day.”

“He has a mythic reputation as a reclusive mountain-dwelling hermit, a monk of materials, with standards so exacting that few clients have the patience, or deep enough pockets, to indulge his uncompromising approach. … So how did the myth of the mountain man come to be?”

“Russia’s Foreign Ministry has recommended that two Russian government agencies sue the US Library of Congress … The move, seemingly in retaliation for US court-ordered sanctions against Russia costing $50,000 per day, is the latest twist in the ongoing dispute between the Brooklyn-based Jewish group Chabad and Russia.”

“If you happen to be caught short on Fulham Broadway in west London forget making a legs-crossed dash for the nearest public lavatory; it’s being turned into an ice-cream parlour.”

“The contract has expired for the 32-foot tall piece of public art, which some people love and others hate, especially its glowing red eyes at night.”

“A lot of people wish wilfully spectacular architecture like the Perot’s would die off. Mayne, who recently received the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, shows us what it can do at its best.”

“A bidder paid $45 million Tuesday for a Picasso portrait of his mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter at the opening sale of a series of auctions at Sotheby’s in London of impressionist, surrealist and modern artwork.”

“Paris’s picturesque bridges … are heaving with padlocks, bike locks, handcuffs and other talismans of amour. Enamored visitors write their names on a lock, attach it to a bridge and throw the key into the river. … The public displays of affection have unchained loathing among coldhearted locals.”