Cold War Modern Design 1945-70
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The Victoria and Albert Museum is holding a fascinating exhibition...
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Rare Islamic artifact sells for $5.5 million
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
A rare Islamic crystal jug mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million).
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Rare Islamic artifact sells for $5.5 million
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A rare Islamic crystal jug mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million).
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Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70 at the Victoria and Albert Museum. "...The period after the Second World War was one of anxiety and tension but also one of great optimism and unprecedented technological development. This exhibition examines how design was shaped by the cold war period against the backdrop of the battle between communism and capitalism, the advances of the space race, and the international...
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{A Full Day of Culture}
Jen's World (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Family History is one of my loves and I have discovered many 4th, 5th 6th cousins all around the world.One of the very first I met online was Jane. We are 5th cousins and have been sharing lots of photos...
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Scavenger: Pair of Lamina Chairs by Swedese for $800 Chicago
Apartment Therapy - Chicago (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Near Ashland and Irving, this pair of beautiful "Lamina" chairs by Swedese, covered in original coffee color suede leather, are for sale. The late 60s gorgeous pieces were designed by Yngue Ekstrom, t
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Savile Row gives way to dress-down Friday
Times Online - Guest contributors (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
But perhaps we simply get the uniforms we deserve. During my time at the Victoria and Albert Museum the designer Margaret Howell has created new outfits for V&A gallery warders. Like the fearsome park-keepers of my childhood, warders - often retired soldiers or policemen - used to be fitted out in peaked caps and dark, brass-buttoned blazers. Their job was to protect the valuable objects in their care...
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Thomas Sutcliffe: Stalin's Rocket
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
If you want to inwardly absorb the oppressive weight of Soviet communism, to really feel it, rather than just intellectually tick the box, you can do a lot worse than visit Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science – known locally as Stalin's Rocket, and erected in 1952 as a "gift" to the city from Joseph Stalin.
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A Chilling Art Review
David Pryce-Jones (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
The writings of art and architectural critics, indeed pretty well anyone connected with aesthetics, are almost always such a laboratory of pretence an... . . .
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Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70 Opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
LONDON.- The V&A's autumn exhibition, Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70, is the first to examine contemporary design, architecture, film and popular culture on both sides of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War era. Over 300 exhibits are on display from a Sputnik and an Apollo Mission space suit to films by Stanley Kubrick, paintings by Robert Rauschenberg and Gerhard Richter, fashion
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National Trust gift Richard Broyd interview
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
For Richard Broyd the gift of the three splendid houses owner by Historic House Hotels is the fulfilment of a dream.
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Beautiful Lighting Just in Time for Fall
Six Different Ways (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
As today feels like the start of fall weather (which is my absolute favorite), I couldn’t help but notice this great chandelier light that instantly reminded me of falling leaves. A closer look of the appropriately named Garland Light reveals more of a floral pattern that wraps around and hangs from the source of its [...]
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Dealing in Excellence: A Celebration of Hotspur & Jeremy at Christie's in November
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
LONDON.- Christie's announce Dealing in Excellence: A Celebration of Hotspur & Jeremy on Thursday, 20 November 2008. Two of the greatest names in the Furniture business, they have decided to auction their stock and continue as consultants. Both are family firms founded in the 1920s and 40s whose galleries became a destination for quality and excellence in furniture and objects,
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Something That I'll Never Really See Opens at The Herbert in Coventry
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
LONDON.- A fantastic collection of contemporary photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London will take centre stage at The Herbert in Coventry from September 2008. Something That I'll Never Really See will feature over 30 artists in the new Gallery
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Daphne Brooks on Amy Whinehouse
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
from The Nation Tainted Love: Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation by Daphne A. Brooks London's Victoria and Albert Museum is currently paying tribute to the Supremes, the queen mother of all "girl groups," in a colorful exhibit that celebrates the more-than-passing connections between the Motown trio's rise to pop prominence and the 1960s struggle for civil rights. Featuring a luminous...
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