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April 27th, 2010
Published in Culture
by Redazione
Ukoo Flani are rough, brutal and extremely powerful on stage. Kenya’s answer to the Wu Tang Clan have an incredible charisma and stage presence, coupled with enough self-assured confidence needed to take the Kenyan music industry by storm. Sung in a mixture of Kiswahili, the slang Sheng and the occasional verse sung in English by the recently returned from America Richie Rich, the first Ukoo [...]
April 19th, 2010
Published in Culture
by Giovanni Biglino
Painter and writer, author of essays on Pierre Bonnard and What is painting? and of the acclaimed history of art titled Mirror of the world (“thought-provoking and cogent” according to The Times), Julian Bell is heir to an illustrious lineage of British intellectuals – son of the illustrator Quentin Bell, nephew of the poet Julian Bell, his grandparents were art critic and [...]
April 14th, 2010
Published in Culture
by Giovanni Biglino
A work of great elegance. A fresco of Italian haute bourgeoisie painted with no parsimony of colours. A movie that sits proudly in the always praised tradition of great Italian cinematography, with one name coming to mind: that of Luchino Visconti. Io sono l’amore (I am love) is a compelling story, the story of a world (that of an industrial dynasty of fairly recent wealth), the story of a woman [...]
April 13th, 2010
Published in Politics
by Katy Fentress
Four snapshots of an African country. [...]
April 6th, 2010
Published in Culture
by Giovanni Biglino
Large and heavily publicised exhibitions can be daunting. Some recent shows at the Royal Academy of Arts on Chinese or Turkish heritages have been so didactic that resulted to be almost tedious (the most fascinating topic ruined by an uninspired orator) and could only be balanced by other well-curated poignant exhibitions (a memorable Georg Baselitz). Crowded rooms are well-known [...]
April 6th, 2010
Published in Blog
by The Tamarind
Among the London bookshops specialised in art publications (Koenig Books at the Serpentine Gallery, Shipley, the quirky Magma) Artwords is most definitely worth a visit, especially if you are wondering across East London on a lazy afternoon. With two locations, one in Shoreditch (Rivington Street) and one in Hackney (the buzzing Broadway Market), it focuses on contemporary visuals arts. [...]