The Guardian1 hour agoRalph Selby obituaryverified_publisherThe Guardian - Richard ThodayRalph Selby, who has died aged 84 of Alzheimer’s, was an artist, three-dimensional designer and problem solver. In 1978 he established Ralph Selby and Associates, a design consultancy based at Providence Mill in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. The firm worked in conjunction with leading graphic design …
The Guardian1 hour agoPeter Tábori obituaryverified_publisherThe Guardian - Elain HarwoodNot all social housing in the 1960s was about tower blocks. High-rise buildings were unpopular with tenants, lifts were costly and broke down, and the surrounding lawns were hard to maintain. Moreover, on the slopes around Hampstead Heath in London, towers would have blocked views towards St Paul’s …
The Guardian6 hours agoMonet in Lego, modern art’s birth and Hockney’s bigger leash – the week in artverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan JonesExhibition of the week Daisy Parris Paintings that dredge eerie emotional depths from sensual layers of abstract colour, with visceral scrawled messages pointing to the sources of their longing. The biggest are the best. • Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, until 16 April. Also showing After …
The Guardian1 day agoV&A Chanel exhibition to feature 200 looks across seven decadesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jess Cartner-MorleyA pink tweed two-piece worn by the actor Lauren Bacall on a holiday in Biarritz in 1959 and a minimalist black silk trouser suit in which the fashion editor Diana Vreeland entertained at home in New York will be among the outfits on display in London in the autumn, when the exhibition Gabrielle …
The Guardian1 day ago‘They could have ended up cut to bits and used for cushions’: the lost textiles of Andy Warholverified_publisherThe Guardian - Philippa KellyIn June 2019, a shabby but otherwise unremarkable parcel arrived at the London home of Geoffrey Rayner and Richard Chamberlain. The collectors of 20th-century design had waited months for the package – so long, in fact, that they had almost given up hope of ever receiving the silk dress inside. The …
The GuardianMar 21, 2022‘I hide the traumatic image behind a cactus or carpet’ – the paintings of Iraqi exile Mohammed Samiverified_publisherThe Guardian - Elizabeth FullertonMohammed Sami can never anticipate what the subject of his next painting will be.“The things I articulate in my artwork are memories hidden in the brain cells that are waiting for a trigger,” the Iraqi-born artist says in his London studio, which is lined with large-scale paintings. “So whenever …
