Monthly Archives: May 2008

Getting Klimted

The first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt’s workever staged in the UK opened yesterday at Tate Modern, Liverpool. Theexhibition explores Klimt’s role as leader of the Viennese Secession andfeatures Klimt’s paintings and drawings, but also explores design and life inearly … Continue reading

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Hunting for a Stylish Victim

Tonight’s your last chance to see Elio Petri’s highly underrated pop art sci-fi masterpiece La decima vittima (The 10th Victim, 1965) at London’s ICA. The film is featured in the programme of the 2nd Fashion in Film Festival which is closing … Continue reading

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Irenebrination is the wor(l)d

“Irenebrinentrano, Irenebrindano, Irenebrinescono.” This is not a strange magic formula, but a play on the name of writer and journalist Irene Brin, published in the late ‘30s by the journal Bertoldo. This Italian satirical publication had at the time already … Continue reading

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