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Cao Fei’s dystopian fantasies fuse art and technology
Chinese artist Cao Fei’s dystopian art tackles themes such as the automation of labour, hyper-capitalism and the effect of a global pandemic. Having just completed her first major solo show in Beijing, the prolific winner of the 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize is going global, with her retro-futuristic take on contemporary life now the subject of exhibitions from Los Angeles to Rome, and a 20-page portfolio for Wallpaper*
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Microfilms: the genre set to challenge the movie industry gets its own UK festival
A new festival in Nottingham plans to bring microfilms to the mainstream in the UK
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Miu Miu Womens’ Tales: It’s Getting Late by Massy Tadjedin
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Tarek Merlin launches architecture film series promoting design and accessibility
Architect Tarek Merlin is launching a new film series, Behind Closed Doors, focusing on buildings and interiors in London that are lesser known or not open to everyone, from offices to bars and industrial spaces, celebrating diversity, architecture for all, design and accessibility
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Rolex protégé Chaitanya Tamhane on thinking visually with mentor Alfonso Cuarón
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Moving pictures: MAD’s film series Midcentury Masters kicks off this month
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Under one roof: Metrograph is a cinema, bookshop, bar and restaurant all in one
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Car master Frank Stephenson takes to the skies
New documentary ‘Chasing Perfect’ traces the renowned car designer's vertical move into electric aircraft design
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Handy man: film and suit, by Lernert & Sander and Brioni comes to life
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Anish Kapoor on myth, meaning and melancholia
British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor gets confessional for a new documentary, Under the Skin
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Beauty and decay: inside America’s derelict movie theatres
In a new photobook, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre capture a bygone era of entertainment through decaying American movie theatres
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The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix reveals his enduring impact on contemporary art
We review the new documentary, and showcase Warhol’s impact on modern culture through three artists: Deborah Kass, Jeff Koons and Glenn Ligon
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Watch Studio Pepe’s otherworldly design manifesto
The Milanese design duo have gathered their inspirations and pieces from the past year into a magical video
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The early days of Stanley Kubrick’s genius revealed in book of his photography
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The Iran desert sets a poetic scene for Apparatus' designs
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Sex, fashion and disco: forgotten footage of 1970s New York uncovered
