The Serpentine Pavilion has but a few weeks before being dismantled, so why not spend the evening watching a double-bill of films under the asymmetrical awning of London’s first, and perhaps only, Gehry? Night And Fog, Alan Resnais’ short, sober documentary about the Nazi concentration …
It’s in the air already: the deeper shade of grey that is the London evening is creeping in ever faster, the days are cooler, and autumn is irrevocably upon us. No fair, we say. Seek revenge on a capital teeming with cheap options this week. …
Depending on which side of Prince Charles you stand, it’s either to our shame or credit that London has yet to welcome a Frank Gehry building. No longer: the architect’s first project here, this year’s Serpentine pavilion, opened last week. Gehry brings a wealth of …
A couple of news items guaranteed to register on Prince Charles’ carbuncle-ometer: plans for London commissions by two of modern architecture’s most innovative practitioners took a step forward this week. Back in January Frank Gehry was announced as the designer of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, …
As we ease out of the austerity, self-denial and penny-pinching of January, so too the arts world comes even further out of its shell. This week sees a whole host of exciting openings. Take your pick; payday’s passed and February’s just round the corner! Be …
Frank Gehry will design this year’s Serpentine pavilion. The Kensington Gardens gallery gains a temporary annexe each year, designed by a guest architect with no previous London commissions. And they always bag a big name – Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Liebeskind, Oscar Niemeyer… So …
Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up. -Chicagoist had fall on their mind as they made squash and fudge, read “House of Leaves” and
Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks “the elusive Bahamas streetcar”, and watches Tom Green get surgery. Phillyist rejoices in the Phillies’ wild card chances, mourns the injuries sustained by Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse, and goes pirate on our asses. …
Our weekly roundup (late because of the bank holiday) of what went on last week around the Istiverse: Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, “TATER TOTS …
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