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March design news: celebrating council houses and the vulva spaceship | Design
In their introduction to the new book Queer Spaces, An Atlas of LGBTIQ+ Places, author Olivia Laing describes queer space: “It’s not just a physical building to hook up or hang out. Instead it’s an alternate universe, a secret network that runs right around the world.” The idea of a world where you’re allowed to write the rules and experiment is one that many creatives relate to. In his art book The Council House, photographer Jack Young celebrates the estates that sprung up in London in the idealist post-war era. His contemporary photographs showcase the remarkable architecture of these homes, reminding you of the good intentions behind social planning. Finally,…
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‘Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction’ Review: Celebrating Abstract Art as It Was Meant to Be
As before long as I stepped within the Museum of Modern day Art’s chronological retrospective “Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Dwelling Abstraction,” I felt delighted, like a kid once more. I was captivated by expressive movement, pure geometrical types and ebullient color. Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)—one of the most creative, multifaceted and less than-sung artists of the 1st 50 percent of the 20th century—convinced me that hers is the way summary artwork was intended to be: playful, unburdened by principle, driven by sensation deceptively childlike and folksy yet rigorously composed, exquisite and complex—as disarming for its modest sophistication as for its feeling of carnivalesque joy. ‘Vertical-Horizontal Composition,’ (1916) Photo: Alex Delfanne Sophie Taeuber was born…
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UDG builds a chapel in Sanya celebrating the natural landscape
We all realise that mother nature and spirituality are closely related, and in reality many religious traditions have always recognised that truly shielding nature is only achievable if we recognise the metaphysical and religious dimension of the entire world. Without a doubt, sites of worship may well usually be observed in panoramic positions exactly where the devoted are encouraged to interact with nature, as is the circumstance of Poly Shallow Sea in Sanya, on Yazhou Bay on the South China Sea. The Yanzhou Bay neighborhood is surrounded by panoramic spots such as Fairyland and South Mountain, and constructed on a wonderful web page by the sea with wonderful sunset sights.…
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College Presents CELEBRATING FLORIDA’S WILD WONDERS
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College presents “Celebrating Florida’s Wild Wonders,” a one-day event inspired by the book, The Wilder Heart of Florida, and featuring eight celebrated writers, poets, educators, environmentalists, architects, and artists. The event is Friday, March 11, 2022, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Ringling College Museum Campus, 1000 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. General admission is $125; registration opens on December 7. The registration fee includes lunch and a complimentary reception. For more information and to register, call 941-309-5111, or visit www.OLLIatRinglingCollege.org. Julie Cotton, a member of OLLI’s Advisory Council’s Strategic Program Committee, is the creative spark for “Celebrating Florida’s Natural Wonders.” She says that participants will…
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7 of the most moving, beautiful artworks celebrating trans lives
The “We are universal” mural in Philadelphia. (Twitter/MuralArts) Around the world, trans lives are being celebrated and defended through striking pieces of public art. Last week, the US state of Philadelphia unveiled its first-ever mural celebrating trans lives. Titled “We are Universal”, the mural was created by artist Kah Yangni and the residents of Morris Home – a small, residential, substance and alcohol recovery programme that caters specifically to trans and gender non-conforming people. “I think it’s really awesome to be trans,” Yangni told USA Today. “I’m really proud of what I am, but I know that we live in this world where not everybody thinks that, and people in our…
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