Arts
Losing the plot
Last Friday, ballet’s overcrowded aviary welcomed a new addition: Raven Girl. Sexy, sleek, troubled and troublesome, she is the creation…
Another side of Le Corbusier
On the outskirts of La Chaux-de-Fonds, an industrial town in the Swiss Jura, stands one of the most beautiful houses…
Losing firepower
Man, I love the Flaming Lips. Psychedelic rock sublimity. They movingly address the deepest human concerns without a whiff of…
Losing firepower
Man, I love the Flaming Lips. Psychedelic rock sublimity. They movingly address the deepest human concerns without a whiff of…
The Stamp of quality
If ever a director’s decision to cast an actor based solely on looks could be excused, it would be Pier…
Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
The Stamp of quality
If ever a director’s decision to cast an actor based solely on looks could be excused, it would be Pier…
The end of innocence
As far as memory serves, in my 46 years of being both in and at the ballet I have encountered…
Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
Knights on wheels
A knight and his lady awaken, naked in the forest. She pins up her embroidered gown while he begins his…
Knights on wheels
A knight and his lady awaken, naked in the forest. She pins up her embroidered gown while he begins his…
Double vision
There were two Joan Eardleys, according to a new biography of the Scottish painter by Christopher Andreae. There was ‘the…
Double vision
There were two Joan Eardleys, according to a new biography of the Scottish painter by Christopher Andreae. There was ‘the…
Trading places
The Philippines: An Archipelago of Exchange at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris (until 24 July) brings together an impressive…
Trading places
The Philippines: An Archipelago of Exchange at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris (until 24 July) brings together an impressive…
Champion of the people
Welsh miners, Basque child refugees (above), Tyneside shipbuilders, Paul Robeson: In the Shadow of Tyranny at the Scottish National Portrait…
Champion of the people
Welsh miners, Basque child refugees (above), Tyneside shipbuilders, Paul Robeson: In the Shadow of Tyranny at the Scottish National Portrait…
Bracing Beethoven
Established 32 years ago in Salzburg, the Hagen Quartet can fairly be described as venerable. It may be said equally…
Bracing Beethoven
Established 32 years ago in Salzburg, the Hagen Quartet can fairly be described as venerable. It may be said equally…
Weeknd’s world
There was something vaguely disappointing about seeing Abel Tesfaye appear on stage at London’s Electric Ballroom. A wide-eyed, puffa-jacket-clad figure…
Weeknd’s world
There was something vaguely disappointing about seeing Abel Tesfaye appear on stage at London’s Electric Ballroom. A wide-eyed, puffa-jacket-clad figure…
Country Rose, take me home
Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose. I’d feel awkward admitting that I’m rather obsessed with this Nashville chanteuse, were it…
Country Rose, take me home
Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose. I’d feel awkward admitting that I’m rather obsessed with this Nashville chanteuse, were it…
Sculpture trail
William Turnbull died last year. And if his name is not as familiar as those of his friends Giacometti and…
Sculpture trail
William Turnbull died last year. And if his name is not as familiar as those of his friends Giacometti and…
