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Gagosian Hong Kong will present recent paintings by acclaimed British conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin. Known for his “pictorial readymades”, Craig-Martin explores the perceptual tension between object, r...

512 Hours with Marina Abramović, Serpentine Gallery, London

Fausta Maria Bolettieri

June 10, 2014

Marina Abramović seduces everyone she meets. This is something one can tell even if one had never met her. Yesterday morning she presented her new performance piece at the Serpentine Gallery in London and she s...

Tom Bianchi Fire Island Pines: Polaroids 1975 – 1983

Louise Lui

June 9, 2014

The Fahey/Klein Gallery will present the first exhibition from photographer Tom Bianchi’s newly released publication, Fire Island Pines: Polaroids 1975-1983 (Damiani, 2013). Bianchi’s Polaroid images capture th...

Gem talk with jewellery historian Amanda Triossi on Bulgari’s 130th anniversary

June 7, 2014

“The only word Elizabeth knows in Italian is ‘Bulgari,” said Richard Burton. If that comment wasn’t a precursor to turgid consumer culture and the messy squandered line between cultural capital and economic cap...

Glass reviews Richard Avedon, Gagosian, Athens

Xenia Founta

June 6, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Greece, News, Photography, Travel

Richard Avedon said, “Portraiture is performance. You can’t get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface (…) All that you can do is manipulate that surface-gesture, cost...

A journey through cinema history – Twixt Two Worlds at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Xenia Founta

June 6, 2014

Pioneers of early cinema alongside leading contemporary artists are shown in a forthcoming show, the Twixt Two Worlds, at Whitechapel Gallery, this month. Willia...

A new dimension

Bonnie Friend

June 5, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Glass Talents, News, Photography, Travel

I don’t think there is anything quite as inspiring as the great outdoors, particularly when its multifaceted appeal isn’t just limited to the organic forms of the environment itself but also its h...

Graff presents the Rhythm Collection

Roberta Lister

June 4, 2014

The latest offering from fine jewellery house Graff is a dramatic and vivacious collection of standout pieces. Inspired by the energy of music, an immense sense of movement and rapture is captures within each p...

Inside the White Cube – Jack Greer, Alex da Corte and Augustus Thompson

Fausta Maria Bolettieri

June 4, 2014

The White Cube continues its presentation of the work of artists under the age of 40 from the US in the North Gallery of its Bermondsey space. This exhibition is part of Inside the White Cube, a programme prof...

The icon and the iconoclasts – celebrating the monogram

Roberta Lister

June 4, 2014

In the eyes of many, it’s the most instantly recognisable icon in fashion history. With the power to conjure a preconception in the most distant of fashion followers, the omnipresent Louis Vuitton monogram is u...

The British Fashion Council announces SS15’s Headonists

June 4, 2014

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So, it’s hats off to Awon Golding and Lizzie McQuade in joining recipients Emma Yeo and Keely Hunter in the BFC’s Headonism showcase. Since 2009, the Headonism scheme has annually hand-picked the chapeau artist...

London Festival of Architecture begins this week

Stephanie Clair

June 3, 2014

Glass Design, News

This week the London Festival of Architecture returns for its’ 10th anniversary, yielding its reputation and industry contacts by hosting a series of discussions and debates, exhibitions, and interactive tours ...

Nicholas Pope at Richard Saltoun Gallery, London

Fausta Maria Bolettieri

June 2, 2014

Despite his disappearance from the art scene due to illness, one of the most notable contemporary artists of the British art world is back with a solo exhibition. Australian-born Nicholas Pope is curren...

Best in show at Middlesex’s BA14 Graduate Fashion Presentation

June 2, 2014

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At Middlesex graduate fashion week designs were fresh, just off the cutting table fresh. While Glass has a keen eye for all things cutting edge, during GFW it is most important to go for the garments that provo...

Viewpoints of Venice: Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia presents Sguardi Incrociati a Venezia

Roberta Lister

May 31, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Italy, News

The third exhibition installment at Louis Vuitton’s Espace Venezia will present an cultural clash of the work of Japanese manga artist Jirô Taniguchi (b. 1957) and photographer and set designer Mariano Fortuny...

Alexander Calder at Gagosian Gallery, London and New York

Louise Lui

May 29, 2014

Gagosian Gallery is presenting a two part exhibition of Alexander Calder’s gouache paintings in New York and London. Calder sought to capture the constant motion of life with kinetic sculptures, and is credited...

A fusion of fine art and luxury gaming – Alexandra Llewellyn

Amanda Bernstein

May 29, 2014

Luxury games board designer Alexandra Llewellyn has collaborated with fine artist Miranda Donovan to create an exclusive new limited edition backgammon board, launching at the Clerkenwell Collection on July 2. ...

AmfAR’s annual Cinema Against Aids Event raises record breaking $38 Million

May 27, 2014

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The amfAR gala inevitably brings together those fabulously shiny faces of the great and good every year, although raising in excess of 35 million dollars isn’t always inevitable. But at this year’s Cinema Again...

Skullpture – death becomes them

Caroline Simpson

May 27, 2014