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Culture

Shared Vision

Artists thrive on community. And that’s exactly what Mohilef Studios has created in the City of Angels.

  • Issue #160
  • 5 min read
Shared Vision
Architecture

Urbanism

Sydney’s most important cultural venue since the Opera House, an Álvaro Siza watch and designer Ron Arad’s approach to work.

  • Issue #160
  • 7 min read
Modern gallery interior with colorful contemporary artworks on white platforms and visitors exploring the space
Art

Reality check

In art, authenticity is everything. But can the technology and knowhow that allows Factum to replicate the great works of the past down to the smallest detail democratise the art world?

  • Issue #159
  • 10 min read
Workers applying finishing touches to large white statue parts in industrial workshop with scaffolding
Society

Bigger picture

As Baghdad finds stability after decades of conflict, a vibrant arts scene is emerging from grassroots spaces like The Station, where young creators are reclaiming their cultural identity.

  • Issue #159
  • 13 min read
Traffic guard directing cars around a mural of German sociologist Max Weber in Baghdad's Waziriyah neighbourhood
Business

Common currency

Naples museum showcases centuries of Italian artistry alongside Caravaggio's haunting final masterpiece, as banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo transforms former branches into cultural destinations.

  • Issue #158
  • 8 min read
Art deco interior detail showing brass lettering and marble wall fixtures from the original 1940s banking hall design
Art

Culture

Designing a successful publisher in South Korea, an artsy addition to Paris’s scene and a hot new cinema opening in New York.

  • Issue #158
  • 8 min read
Lee Young-hye sitting in her design office surrounded by books and magazines
Urbanism

Reclaiming the city

Renewed and refreshed by the arrival of the Manifesta biennale, the venues in Kosovo’s capital are propelling its art scene forwards.

  • Issue #157
  • 9 min read
Colorful tapestries with geometric patterns and folk motifs hanging on clotheslines in a basement space
Design

Southern style

There’s more to Dallas than cowboy hats and big belts. Here are the collections, curators and creatives to know in a city where vast swathes of downtown are dedicated to art and design.

  • Issue #155
  • 7 min read
Man in gray shirt standing at table with papers in furniture showroom with mid-century pieces
Architecture

Force of nature

Italy's leading landscape designer Pietro Porcinai brought modernism to traditional gardens, passionate about ensuring greenery was part of any built environment. His legacy is more pertinent than ever.

  • Issue #155
  • 9 min read
Hand-drawn architectural plans and drawings by Pietro Porcinai for a villa garden in Florence showing detailed landscape design
Culture

Artistic intake

From a sculpture park to record shops, these are the cultural hotspots to hit this summer.

  • Issue #155
  • 13 min read
Arik Levy stands in his bright studio space surrounded by metallic sculptures and art pieces

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