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Frances Forbes-Carbines

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Power, Innovation and Art Collide in ‘Versailles: Science and Splendour’

In London, you can explore the hidden world of scientific marvels behind the palace’s magnificent façade.

16.01.2025 10

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

Striking Set Design and Strong Singing Elevate ‘Hansel and Gretel’ at the Royal Opera House

Heidi Stober as Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. The Royal Opera ©2024 Tristram Kenton Every culture in the world has its...

04.01.2025 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

Threads of Connection: Chiharu Shiota’s ‘The Unsettled Soul’ Stuns in Prague

“Chiharu Shiota: The Unsettled Soul” is at Kunsthalle Praha through April 18. Vojtěch Veškrna, Kunsthalle Prague “How do you even go about making...

03.01.2025 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

At the Muzeum Susch, Ilona Keserü’s Groundbreaking Abstraction Shines

Ilona Keserü, Panneaux 3. Body in Refraction, 1988; Oil on canvas, 140 x 200 cm. Courtesy Muzeum Susch Much research has been done into how color...

26.12.2024 5

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

‘La Bohème’ at the Royal Opera House Brings 19th-Century Paris to Life in Stunning Detail

The setting by director Richard Jones is beautifully executed. The Royal Opera © 2024 Mihaela Bodlovic Our English word catharsis comes from the...

18.12.2024 1

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

Gérard Garouste Is Château Mouton Rothschild’s Latest Label Artist

Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild and artist Gérand Garouste. Elizabeth Garouste “There is,” declared a well-known but anonymous-by-request...

09.12.2024 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ at London’s Royal Opera House Shines Even as It Stutters

“Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” sing a soprano and mezzo-soprano sensuously, while around them, revelers glide smoothly across the mirrored room. The...

21.11.2024 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

An Exhibition in Luxembourg Takes a Gendered Look at Artists’ Engagement With Early Computing

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do anything when it comes to technology,” artist Tamiko Thiel says at a recent panel discussion when...

08.11.2024 9

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

Hilma af Klint’ at Guggenheim Bilbao Shows a Seldom-Seen Side of the Artist’s Oeuvre

Swedish artist Hilma af Klint painted the world’s first abstract in 1906—not, as is often claimed, Wassily Kandinsky in 1911. She studied at the...

05.11.2024 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

At Opera Gallery, Gustavo Nazareno Bridges Spiritual and Contemporary

There’s something about the majesty of self-taught artists that makes you stop in your tracks and think. All the old masters—Titian, Raphael, Da...

29.10.2024 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines

‘Eliza Kentridge, Tethering’ at Cecilia Brunson Projects Is Heavy With Meaning

To visit London’s Cecilia Brunson Projects this summer is to experience a beguiling departure from everyday life; a tonic for the shallowness of...

23.07.2024 2

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Frances Forbes-Carbines