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...rhubarb. "The usefulness of her pots is very important to her," explains Smith, "and even the works in the still life groups today could be used if people wished to do so; but people tend not to want to use a cup that costs $A25,000." But her modernist instinct goes beyond mere utility. In the mid-'80s, having returned to Australia after 15 years living and working in England, France and the U.S., Hanssen Pigott began to exhibit for the first time what she calls her "inseparable bowls," the ceramic clusters and trails for which she is now justly...
...clue as to why thieves in the last six months have spirited away at least 20 bronze sculptures, each weighing half a ton or more. On Jan. 10, at a university campus in Roehampton, a 2.2-m-tall sculpture weighing one-third of a ton by the British modernist Lynn Chadwick was hacked from its plinth. One of a trio of figures, The Watchers, it is valued at $1 million - far less than the $5.4 million price tag on Henry Moore's 2.5-ton Reclining Figure that in December was lifted, using a stolen flatbed crane, from the grounds...
...forgettable. Locals avoided the place, and tourists felt shortchanged. All that unfulfilled potential is now in the past, however. Following a spectacular recent revamp, the Summit is finally attaining heights worthy of its name. Its minimalist, Space Odyssey-inspired interior features the kind of modernist furnishings-including chairs by Eero Saarinen and Knoll-that will make style mavens salivate. The cuisine will get your mouth watering too. Devised by British-born chef Michael Moore, who has notched up stints at top Sydney restaurants like Bennelong and Prunier's, the menu celebrates the freshness of Australian produce with signature dishes like...
...forgettable. Locals avoided the place, and tourists felt shortchanged. All that unfulfilled potential is now in the past, however. Following a spectacular recent revamp, the Summit is finally attaining heights worthy of its name. Its minimalist, Space Odyssey-inspired interior features the kind of modernist furnishings - including chairs by Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations...
...other end of the modernist spectrum is the bomb, and when Alice flies to Japan to meet up with her mentor, she is forced to confront its legacy. Visiting the Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, she is stopped in her tracks not by the wall clock frozen forever at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 1945, or the array of appalling statistics (73,884 dead), but a single written testimonial which makes time cease for her: "From the window I saw my mother in the garden, picking aubergines for our lunch. She burst into flames." Jones' novel works in much...