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• Brutal truth: the artists inspired by high-rise horror

  05-12-2022 13:00
  The original architects of modernism had grand utopian visions. Decades later, a new exhibition asks how their creations became the stuff of nightmaresCould the first modernist architects have guessed that their utilitarian dream of houses as “machines for living” would turn into a nightmare? Maria Taniguchi’s sparse 2010 film Mies 421 draws out the surprising violence in the fabric of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 1929 Barcelona Pavilion. Initially built to broadcast the pr
  
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• A bit of rough: books, music, art and more to help with a hangover

  05-12-2022 11:00
  You’ve had a big one, but what goes up must come down. From gentle piano to breezy laughs, our critics offer salves for sore heads Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper is frequently lauded for his exploration of psychogeography: finding connections between place, memory and nature. If you have connected a little too hard with your night out, however, his soothing soundbaths also work detoxifying wonders. Over eight tracks of classical piano, the gentle beauty
  
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• Queen of Christmas: the wondrous snowy landscapes that made Grandma Moses as big as Jackson Pollock

  05-12-2022 09:00
  The upstate New York farmer took up painting at 76 and was soon a star, her ‘old-timey’ scenes proving perfect for stamps, curtains and Christmas cards – saving her from a life of raising chickens‘I had always wanted to paint,” Anna Mary Robertson Moses once said. “But I just didn’t have time – until I was 76.” The artist, who became known as Grandma Moses, was hailed for her wide-eyed, childlike wonder which she channelled into paintings of
  
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• The arts Christmas gift guide 2022: Dolly Parton dog wigs, Strictly tea towels, Bauhaus teapots and much more

  05-12-2022 07:00
  From 007 socks to the Dark Side of the Spoon cookbook, from David Shrigley’s foot to AC/DC Monopoly, here are 40 perfect present ideas for culture-lovers everywhereFrom jumping headfirst off a dam to avoiding Colonel Rosa Klebb’s poison-tipped dagger shoes, James Bond’s greatest exploits can now be worn on your feet. There’s even a vodka martini one, very shaken of course. thelondonsockexchange.net, £12 Continue reading...
  
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