Category Archive: See
Object(ing): The Art/Design of Tobias Wong
We first became aware of Tobias Wong in 2001 when he famously installed a light bulb inside Philippe Starck’s as yet unreleased Bubble Chair and presented the object, which he titled This is a Lamp, as his own. His cheeky humour, subversive tendencies and predilection for stunts made him the enfant-terrible of the design … (More →)
Top 5 Modernist Cemetery Designs of All Time
5. Kaze-no-Oka Cemetery by Fumihiko Maki (Nakatsu, Oita, Japan)
A quiet place. Here the architect has removed visual noise to make a place of contemplation and light.
4. San Michele Cemetery by Gian Antonio Selva with extension by David Chipperfield (Venice, Italy)
A strange mirror equivalent to Venice itself, Selva’s cemetery is a labyrinthine, decorative … (More →)
Zadie Smith: NW
Zadie Smith achieved great critical success at the age of 24 when her debut novel was published. White Teeth was set in Northwest London, the area in which Smith herself was raised and currently still resides. It is to this area that she returns in her highly anticipated fourth novel, NW. NW is the … (More →)
Annette Kelm
Born in 1975 in Stuttgart, Germany, Annette Kelm is a photo-based artist with a strong yet subtle practice. She has built a much-deserved reputation as both a talented artist and a critical one — and she has the international exhibition history to back it up. The current exhibition at Presentation House Gallery, which brings together … (More →)
Taylor Shellfish Farms
I think I just passed through one of the busiest summers of my life. Getting married and opening a restaurant in the same month was considered by many of my friends and family to be completely absurd. They were right. The thought of not having a honeymoon didn’t really bother either of us since in … (More →)
Frieze Art Fair
Now in its 10th iteration, Frieze is more than your standard art fair – it’s a moment when the art world and associated glitterati descend on Regent’s Park in London and commercial galleries and institutions throughout the city step up their programming to welcome them. Frieze is an excellent way to take the current temperature … (More →)
Nairy Baghramian
Walking into Nairy Baghramian’s eighteen part sculpture, Class Reunion, at the Contemporary Art Gallery is a surreal experience – it’s as if you have stumbled upon a conference between a bizarre cast of abstracted characters from a Tanguy painting. Baghramian was born in Iran but has lived and worked in Berlin for almost 30 … (More →)
Toronto International Film Festival: Come for the Movies, Stay for the Parties
Post Labour Day marks the start of a very busy fall events season beginning in early September with the star-studded Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The largest public film festival in the world (national pride moment), screening over 300 films during its 11-day run, TIFF annually brings in a host of international media, A-list celebrities … (More →)
