Art

State of the Art | Surface Warp Factor

— July 7, 2010—

In State of the Art, John-Paul Pryor converses with some of the art world’s most creative behind the scenes players: the curators

Painting by Tom Ormond Surface Warp Factor is one of the most spaced-out shows you are likely to see this year. Despite a title that makes one instantly think of a battle scene in Star Trek, it’s a stunningly executed exploration of the relationship between science fiction, modernism and geometry, containing work by eight contemporary artists. I zipped up my spacesuit and stepped through the airlock to talk to the curator and part...

Culture

The Spin | Raul Castro

— July 6, 2010—

David Hellqvist tries to make sense of the sartorial choices of World Leaders in his column The Spin

Raul Castro, left, with Ernesto “Che” Guevara, 1958 Museo Che Guevara (Centro de Estudios Che Guevara en La Habana, Cuba)It’s not unusual for politicians to keep it in the family: currently there are two Milibands running for Labour leader; the past two decades of American politics has been dominated by two families: Bush and Clinton; and in Argentina, president Cristina Fernandez is the wife of her predecessor. But nowhere is political nepotism so thriving as in Cuba.

When Fidel Castro a few yeas back began taking long...

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Epitaph | Selective Works

— July 6, 2010—

Ned Beauman’s Epitaph is a tribute to pioneers and heavyweights who died on this day in history, and the unexpected coincidences that bind them together

William Faulkner, 1954 Photography by Carl Van VechtenIn the late 1960s my dad drove across America with some of his friends, and on the way through Mississippi they wanted to visit William Faulkner's old house, but they didn't know which town it was in, and no one would tell them. Then when they finally got to Oxford, in Lafayette County, they didn't know what street it was on, and no one would tell them that, either. The problem wasn't just that they had New York number plate...

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In Pictures | AnOther Magazine Dinner at Istancool Festival, Istanbul

— July 5, 2010—

In Pictures is an image gallery for significant works, events and places

Terence Koh Photography by Thomas Giddings

On Saturday night AnOther Magazine hosted a dinner in the grounds of the magnificent Ottoman Topkapi Palace in Istanbul at Turkish Airlines Istancool Festival by Liberatum. Guests included Daphne Guinness – who had earlier joined Philip Treacy on stage to discuss their shared love of fashion and hat making – Lily Cole, Gore Vidal, Terence Koh, Stephen Frears, Sir VS Naipaul and Kim Jon...

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Upcoming | Dog Days

— July 5, 2010—

Upcoming is a round up of highlights from the global cultural calendar by Sophie Jackson

Korean Eye at the Saatchi Gallery

This week we pick 5 of our favourite international events. Korean Eye returns to London’s Saatchi Gallery following the success of their 2009 show, Nature Morte in New Delhi celebrates three of India’s finest painters, Net-a-Porter.com fetes its 10th birthday, Dennis Hopper is the subject of a huge show at LA’s MOCA, and Somerset House takes advantage of the good weather to host a series of ele...

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Exhibit A | The Blaschka’s Sea Creatures

— July 2, 2010—

In her column, Skye Sherwin singles out artistic works, museum artefacts and curiosities from around the world for closer inspection

Aulosphaera elegantissima, radiolarian Courtesy of The Natural History Museum London

Apparently, we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the bottom of the ocean. The pickled menagerie currently on show at London’s Natural History Museum, certainly confirms that there’s far more going on beneath the waves than most of us dream of. Included in The Deep, an exhibition chronicling the history of deep-sea exploration, sealed glass jars contain the preserved bodies of sea beas...