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Sitting pretty at the world’s largest furniture and interior design fair

Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Jun 18, 2022

Sitting pretty at the world’s largest furniture and interior design fair

by Mio Yamada

Looking to spruce up your home? Italy’s Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone exhibitions are chock-full of inspiring designs.

Net-zero Picasso: Museums rethink art shows to cut climate impact

Entertainment News Jun 15, 2022

Net-zero Picasso: Museums rethink art shows to cut climate impact

by Joanna Gill

While there is little museums can do to reduce the carbon footprint made by the air travel of tourists, they can cut back on the flights a Warhol or Picasso makes.

Kazuto Ishimaru and the Salon de Suigeikan: A strange world of masks, leather and drunken giant whales

Art Jun 2, 2022

Kazuto Ishimaru and the Salon de Suigeikan: A strange world of masks, leather and drunken giant whales

by Alex Ehrenreich

Artists Masamichi and Kazuto Ichimaru are a father-and-son duo who run one of the strangest museums in Kanagawa Prefecture.

France races to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpieces

World May 30, 2022

France races to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpieces

Climate change and pollution are threatening to wash away the art prehistoric men and women created over 15 millennia.

A fabricated future: Awards highlight pioneers of material design

Style & Design | ON: DESIGN May 22, 2022

A fabricated future: Awards highlight pioneers of material design

by Mio Yamada

Fantastic, futuristic materials may one day become the building blocks of a sustainable present.

Andy Warhol 'Marilyn' sells for $195 million, most ever for U.S. artist

Art May 10, 2022

Andy Warhol 'Marilyn' sells for $195 million, most ever for U.S. artist

by James Tarmy and Chris Rovza

The painting, "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn," was created by Warhol in 1964. It, along with the 35 other lots in the sale, was consigned by the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation in Zurich.

Online army deploys to save Ukraine's art and heritage

World Apr 27, 2022

Online army deploys to save Ukraine's art and heritage

by Umberto Bacchi

Historians, librarians and IT specialists from around the world have joined forces since the invasion began to form an online army to back up everything from websites to libraries.

Sean Lotman and Ariko Inaoka: 'Everything has meaning: trees, stones, water, stars. God is in there.’

People | 20 QUESTIONS Apr 10, 2022

Sean Lotman and Ariko Inaoka: 'Everything has meaning: trees, stones, water, stars. God is in there.’

by Lance Henderstein

A photographer couple in Kyoto discusses why they prefer analog film and how they're helping their son discover his creativity.

As sanctions hit more visible Russian assets, tax-haven free ports prepare for scrutiny

World Mar 11, 2022

As sanctions hit more visible Russian assets, tax-haven free ports prepare for scrutiny

by James Tarmy, Hugo Miller and Stephanie Bodoni

A series of scandals involving stolen art, and even looted antiquities from the war in Syria, that turned up in Geneva’s free port has dented these warehouses’ reputations.

A photographer to the stars takes up in Tokyo

Our Lives | BLACK EYE Feb 1, 2022

A photographer to the stars takes up in Tokyo

by Baye McNeil

There are billions of unique individuals in the world. Matthew Jordan Smith says if you want to stand out as a photographer, you need to fine-tune your vision.

Japan's 'invisible' disabled artisans fight for spotlight

Culture Jan 23, 2022

Japan's 'invisible' disabled artisans fight for spotlight

by Harumi Ozawa

Despite being the only country to have held the Paralympics twice, and the government's public commitment to integrate people with disabilities, workplaces are often not accessible to them.

The new masters: How auction houses are chasing crypto millions

Business Nov 30, 2021

The new masters: How auction houses are chasing crypto millions

by Elizabeth Howcroft

The NFT and cryptocurrency boom is dragging auction houses into a new world where sales are made via social media and buyers don't wear suits.

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