The Kurosawa You May Never Have Heard Of
The great Japanese genre director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose latest film is “Cloud,” has mastered the cinema of psychological fright. Source: The Kurosawa You May Never Have Heard Of – The New York Times
Heroic images: 20 years of France’s ‘punk’ photo agency – in pictures
From tearful scenes in war-torn Ukraine to the photo diaries of immigrants making treacherous journeys, French agency MYOP have spent two decades taking the pulse of our era. Source: Heroic images: 20 years of France’s ‘punk’ photo agency – in … Continued
‘History’s most devastating document of war’: the simple yet graphic details of the Bayeux tapestry
Hand-stitched depiction of Battle of Hastings pulls viewers into story of friendship and betrayal, vengeance and despair. Source: ‘History’s most devastating document of war’: the simple yet graphic details of the Bayeux tapestry | Textile art | The Guardian
‘People here are as strong as concrete’: the stunning architecture of war-torn Kharkiv
A new architectural guidebook was written as a love letter to the Ukrainian city – then Russia started bombing it. How will this home to Tetris-like offices and daring curved cinemas be rebuilt? Source: ‘People here are as strong as … Continued
Sou Fujimoto’s first retrospective will change the way that you look at cities
The Mori Art Museum is no stranger to crowd-pulling exhibitions, yet this week’s preview of The Architecture of Sou Fujimoto: Primordial Future Forest drew a particularly eager audience. Industry media, foreign journalists and national newspapers were among those packed into … Continued
Selldorf Architects’ healing touch is just what the wounded National Gallery needed
A new chapter has begun for London’s premiere public gallery as the redesign, led by a New York-based architecture firm, proves a restoring grace to the controversial Sainsbury Wing. Source: Selldorf Architects’ healing touch is just what the wounded National … Continued