The obsession with brutalist architecture has gone too far
Partridge, from Carsten Höller’s Brutalist Kitchen Dinners. Photo courtesy of the artist Everything from sofa pillows to planters is now marketed as brutalist and sold
Sharjah Architecture Triennial embraces the desert
A gathering at the Mleiha Fort during the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. Photo by Priya Khanchandani The first ever Sharjah Architecture Triennial, curated by RCA’s Dean
Eco-Visionaries: How architecture and design can respond to the climate crisis
The Meteorological Garden/Central Park,Taichung Taiwan 2011-2019 by Philippe Rahm architectes, in collaboration with Mosbach Paysagistes and Ricky Liu Associates. Photo from Philippe Rahm architectes As
Food for thought: Le Corbuffet brings architectural history to the dinner table
Robert Rauschenburger,. Photo by Esther Choi Writing about food has never been so good, or serious, as now. Le Corbuffet, Esther Choi’s book of recipes
Nam June Paik and his video art predicted the tensions of the digital age
Bye Bye Kipling 1986, single channel video featuring live satellite broadcast. Via Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York, and the estate of Nam June Paik
How Nelly Ben-Hayoun is disrupting film, music and art in her latest project
I Am Not A Monster by Nelly Ben Hayoun Stépanian. Photographs by Nick Ballon The experience designer’s latest documentary premieres at the BFI London Film
The women tattoo artists using their art to challenge convention
Human Canvas by Ilma Gore (2015). The artist invited strangers to contribute messages that she tattooed on her body Meet the performance artists using their
The Whitney Biennial shows the blurring line between fine art and craft
Los Angeles Painting by Calvin Marcus, watercolour and vinyl paint on linen, 2018. Photos by Ron Amstutz The Whitney Biennial became the location for another
Fantasy land, reverse zoo, public park: Labiomista features Mario Botta architecture and wild animals
Inside the Battery, the design references the site’s industrial past Ostriches, dromedaries and alpacas roam free in this park, gallery and artist’s studio in Genk.
