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    Who, What, Why | Assume Vivid Astro Focus

    Who? assume vivid astro focus. What? An eponymously titled book featuring an overload of avaf’s exuberant art. Why? The artist collective that go under the alias of assume vivid astro focus, are world renowned for their raucous...

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    In Pictures | Frieze highlights

    This Wednesday the Frieze Art Fair opens for five glorious days of high art and people watching. Over 170 international galleries are attending London’s art Mecca, and this year’s specially commissioned projects to earmark in advance...

  • Louis Vuitton Trunks

    Who, What, Why | Louis Vuitton Trunks

    Who? Louis Vuitton What? Their iconic trunks and luggage are brought together for the first time in an exhibition showcasing the history of the Parisian luxury House.

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    Who, What, Why | Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works

    Who? Louise Bourgeois. What? Over 70 fabric drawings made between 2002 – 2008, as well as four large-scale sculptures made from clothes and other domestic effects accrued over decades.

  • Fragranze

    Reader | Olfactorialist

    Olfactorialist forensically explores the world of perfumery with an unprecedented scrutiny. A relatively new blog online since March 2010, it’s written by Berlin-based editor Lena Brombacher, whose interest in sophisticated perfumery...

  • Miuccia Prada

    Quotes of Note | Miuccia Prada

    Ask any fashionista to name their top designers and the name Miuccia Prada is often first on the list. Preferring to stay out of the limelight, she took over the family business in 1978 and transformed it into a global fashion and style...

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    Culture Talks | Anselm Kiefer

    Today we feature an exclusive clip from the elegiac documentary on German sculptor Anselm Kiefer, entitled Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow. Directed by Sophie Fiennes (whose last documentary tackled rock star of philosophy Slavoj Zizek...

  • Hans Ulrich Obrist

    The AnOther Proust Questionnaire | Hans Ulrich Obrist, Curator

    Co-director of exhibitions and programmes at the Serpentine Gallery, a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist has infinite possibilities. Rem Koolhaas once said that the omnipresent Swiss-born curator and irrepressible interrogator left his...

  • Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

    The Spin | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

    When JóhannaSigurðardóttir lost the Icelandic Social Demcocrat party’s leadership election in 1994 she famously said “Minn tími mun koma”, meaning “my time will come”. In January 2009 that went from being an empty threat to a prophecy,...

  • Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garcons

    In Pictures | Hell’s Half Acre, Frieze Music and Iceland Airwaves

    Three eagerly awaited annual events alongside the unveiling of two fantastic artist projects this week. Lazarides Gallery has collaborated with Southwark’s sinister Old Vic Tunnels to bring us Hell’s Half Acre; Frieze Music 2010 presents...

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    AnOther's Lovers | YSL Heels

    Poppy Corby-Tuech is one of the talented musicians featured in the current issue of AnOther Magazine shot Chadwick Tyler and styled by Katie Shillingford. After graduating from London College of Fashion with a degree in journalism and also...

  • Yvonne Rainer, Trio A, 1973

    Who, What, Why | Choreographing You

    Who? Trisha Brown, Bruce Nauman, Yvonne Rainer, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg…and many others. What? An interactive exhibition – bring your dancing shoes if you want to get involved - that explores the relationship between visual...