Posts Tagged 'UK Culture'
Back to the Futuro: the spaceship house that landed in Yorkshire
Dreamed up in Finland and shaped like a flying saucer, Matti Suuronen’s ‘house of the future’ turned out to be an impractical curio – but its atomic-age aesthetics are still alluring
F1 2018 review – thrillingly close to the real thing
This year’s official Formula One game is the closest yet to the real racing driver experience. You’ll even need to brush up on your TV interview technique
Jean-Paul Goude’s best photograph: an androgynous Grace Jones
‘People thought she looked outrageous, alien even. I wanted them to be intimidated. It was a slap in the face to the entertainment of the day’
Michael Jackson: On the Wall review – king of pop as the ultimate muse
National Portrait Gallery, London
Hero, giant, four-eyed alien … this fascinating show reveals how Jackson inspired artists to project on him all manner of idealistic and perverse ideas
Van Gogh leggings and Tracey teacups: how art merch broke out of the gift shop
Jackson Pollock socks, Louise Bourgeois eyemasks, Guerrilla Girls air freshener … what’s behind the explosion in art merchandise – and who’s really making the money?