A PINK lollipop has fallen to the ground in London, smashing a miniature Audi convertible no bigger than a lego brick. The car’s tiny owner stands next to the crumpled vehicle, holding his hand to his head in distress. In Hong Kong, a little man in a shirt and tie prepares to leap off a [...]
In the crowd at a recent Dum Dum Girls show at the Islington Academy in North London was an unexpected number of over-40 male fans.
After more than three decades of showcasing independent film in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival will for the first time take place in London under the moniker Sundance London. The festival, which will include screenings of 14 selected films, discussions, Q&As, and musical performances, will take place at London’s 02 (Peninsula Square, SE10 [...]
Casting a wide net over the topic of Palestine, the 2012 London Palestine Film Festival kicked off last week, presenting contemporary comedic and dramatic films, a 1974 Susan Sontag documentary, and video installations. British premieres, exclusive double-bills and conversations with contemporary Palestinian directors will be held through May 3 at three London venues: the Barbican [...]
Ninety-piece orchestras, solo artists, conductors, choirs and D.J.’s will gather in London starting on Friday to perform a host of new works that aim to set new parameters for what orchestral music can or should be. Reverb 2012 will host a series of contemporary classical performances from Friday through March 4 at Roundhouse (Chalk Farm [...]
The wide appeal of the music of the Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, who wrote for spaghetti western films such as “Fistful of Dollars,” Brian de Palma’s “The Untouchables” and hundreds of other films, is evidenced by the wide array of artists who pay homage to him. They range from the producer Danger Mouse, who with [...]
For four years, Taryn Simon traveled the world photographing 18 family bloodlines and their related stories. The resulting images document victims of genocide in Bosnia, a polygamist family in Kenya, the alleged body double of Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday, Filipino farmers and miners, children with no known bloodline from a Ukrainian orphanage, and many more. [...]
A lifelong lover of chocolate, Yael Rose is as happy sipping a cup of hot chocolate as she is nibbling sea-salted caramel or cocoa nibs. “To be honest, I think it’s an addiction,” she said. “There’s something about the smell and colors of chocolate I simply can’t resist every single time.” Ms. Rose has turned [...]
When the Memphis design group turned up at the 1981 Milan Furniture Fair with their plastic laminated, brightly colored and highly patterned furniture, the exhibition was reportedly mobbed and streets were blocked as people tried to cram into the tiny exhibition space. In an effort to explore how this and other examples of postmodernism across [...]
