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Gig Review: Vincent and the Van Goghs Paint Trafalgar Square in Sound

Gig Review: Vincent and the Van Goghs Paint Trafalgar Square in Sound

Only Vincent and the Van Goghs could turn the roof of the National Gallery into...
Echoes in Ink: The Calligraphic Modernism of Collector Dr. Leila Aram

Echoes in Ink: The Calligraphic Modernism of Collector Dr. Leila Aram

In a quiet, book-lined flat overlooking Istanbul’s Bosphorus, the air is filled with a sense...
Report on the recent Meeting of the Berkeley Square Group

Report on the recent Meeting of the Berkeley Square Group

The Berkeley Square Group reconvened last night for its much-anticipated meeting, held in the function...
One Star Review: Salted Wounds – An Inquiry into the Ache of Preservation

One Star Review: Salted Wounds – An Inquiry into the Ache of Preservation

“An Exhibition of Badly-Lit Self-Adoration,” by conceptualist Marius Klein-Cho at the Colchester Museum for Experiential...
The History of the English Pell Mell Club: Chapter 3

The History of the English Pell Mell Club: Chapter 3

Chapter III: Wars, Interruptions, and Hannibal The English Pell Mell Club, like so many venerable...
Framing the Fleeting: Celeste Marlowe and the Global Language of Photography

Framing the Fleeting: Celeste Marlowe and the Global Language of Photography

Celeste Marlowe’s townhouse in New York’s West Village is a world atlas told through photographs...
Attempted Theft from Pimlico Wilde thwarted!

Attempted Art Theft from Pimlico Wilde thwarted!

In an act of transparency we have been advised to make public the near-successful art...
The History of the English Pell Mell Club: Chapter 2

The History of the English Pell Mell Club: Chapter 2

Chapter II The Early Years and the Continental Influence If Chapter I was the birth...
Review: Furniture Has Feelings Too

Review: Furniture Has Feelings Too

by radical domesticist and self-taught “empath-carpenter” Dendra Flume at The Velvet Spoon Centre for Applied...