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The feminist collective PUSSY RIOT hit the headlines when three members were arrested after an anti-Putin protest. They now face up to seven years in jail for what in basic terms is singing a protest song. These young women – the youngest just 20 years old and some who are also young mothers are about to […]
July 26, 2012
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Provocative, bulging shapes and skewed forms populated West’s art, provoking laughter and sometimes fear. But the Austrian artist, who died recently, hid seriousness in his mischief Austrian artist Franz West, who died yesterday, was a sculptural jester, a provocateur, a maker of benign and threatening objects. Encounters with West’s art are often occasions for laughter, […]
June 6, 2012
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May 12, 2012
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January 28, 2012
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January 28, 2012
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December 31, 2011
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December 31, 2011
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December 24, 2011
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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (24 June 1888–25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his Red and Blue Chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Rietveld was born in Utrecht in 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to […]
July 30, 2012
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