London-based artist Harrison Marshall, 30, has been living in a converted skip bin in his backyard for the past two years as a cost-saving measure to address housing affordability issues. The bin was transformed into a habitable space by Marshall and his partner, Danny Cozens, who documented their project on social media under the name "The Skip House".
https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/man-lives-in-garbage-bin-to-save-money-on-housing-20250103-p5l1x6.htmlMadonna reflected on her life as a mother and artist, describing it as "equal parts joy and suffering" in a New Year's Eve Instagram post. The 65-year-old singer shared photos of herself with her children, referencing a phrase she saw at a Louise Bourgeois exhibition in Tokyo that read "I have been to hell and back and let me tell you it was wonderful!" Madonna said the phrase resonated with her own experiences as a mother and artist.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1268129-madonna-shares-cryptic-post-after-new-year-celebrations-been-to-hell-and-backHistoric England has made archival images available to explore famous lost interiors in London. The images showcase the changing tastes of the capital's elite, including homes of aristocrats such as Mrs Vernon Tate at 7 Princes Gate, Knightsbridge, which features a 1930s kitchen. Architectural historian Steven Brindle curated the collection, offering a glimpse into the lives of society figures and artists who once inhabited these spaces.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/03/londons-lost-interiorsdiscover-famous-homes-of-aristocrats-society-figures-and-artists-gone-foreverNadezhda Tolokonnikova's solo museum show "RAGE" at OK Linz explores her experiences as a member of Pussy Riot who was imprisoned for her activism against Putin's regime. The exhibition features paintings, engraved wooden reliefs, and video installations that reflect on the psychological impact of her two-year incarceration and her defiance in reclaiming her artistic agency. Tolokonnikova merges her sex appeal with religious iconography in a way that is deeply disturbing to Russian sensibilities, highlighting the danger radical feminist art poses to political power. The show includes a reconstruction of her prison cell and video clips of Pussy Riot's performances, underscoring the artist's continued resistance against authoritarian regimes.
https://hyperallergic.com/980878/nadya-tolokonnikova-makes-an-art-of-rage-ok-linz-austria/Pippa Garner, a Los Angeles-based artist, created satirical works that critiqued consumerism in the US. Her notable projects include "Kar-Mann (Half Human Half Car)" (1969), a prototype of a car with a human lower half, and "Backwards Car" (1974), a modified Chevrolet driven backwards over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Garner also published a mock mail-order catalog featuring nonsensical hybrid inventions in 1982, which earned her an appearance on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In the 1980s, she began experimenting with body modification by taking black-market hormones, leading to a transformation of her own body as an object.
https://hyperallergic.com/980939/pippa-garner-ingenious-conceptual-tinkerer-dies-at-82/The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 will feature a range of cultural events and performances at the Ganga Pandal in Prayagraj, India. The event will include stage plays such as actor Ashutosh Rana's "Hamare Ram" on January 25 and actress Hema Malini's dance drama "Ganga Avtaran" on January 26. Other notable performances include actor Ravi Kishan's "Shiv Tandav" on February 8 and actor Puneet Issar's epic "Mahabharat" on February 21. The event will also feature musical bands such as Indian Ocean, Agni Band, Maati Bani Band, and Thaikkudam Bridge. The cultural activities will conclude with the film "Kumbh Gatha," produced by Reliance Entertainment and Sobo Film, on February 23.
https://www.news18.com/lifestyle/kumbh-mela-2025-be-a-part-of-cultural-events-and-performances-at-maha-kumbh-mela-9176002.htmlA sculpture created by Jose Rizal during his exile in Dapitan is described as depicting a moment of tranquility, joy, and bliss with Josephine Bracken. The artwork symbolizes both sorrow and agony alongside happiness and love.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/01/04/opinion/columns/rizal-in-alberta/2029810Italian fashion designer Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous fashion house, has died at the age of 93. She had launched the business in 1953 with her husband Ottavio Missoni and developed a brand known for its colourful knitwear featuring geometric patterns and stripes. The couple's designs gained international recognition and awards for their distinctive patterns and avant-garde use of textiles. Rosita remained creative director for the womenswear collections until the late 1990s, when she passed the task on to her daughter Angela. The company has expanded into home collections and hotels, with Italian investment fund FSI investing in the brand in 2018.
https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2025/01/03/farewell-to-rosita-missoni-the-icon-of-italian-knitwear-who-passes-at-93/161934The exhibition "Raul De Lara, Shanique Emelife, Sihan Guo, Tahnee Lonsdale" at Alexander Berggruen gallery in New York explores the intersection of ecological systems and spiritual phenomena. The works by the four artists - Raul De Lara, Shanique Emelife, Sihan Guo, and Tahnee Lonsdale - blur the lines between the natural and intangible worlds, challenging Western cultural binaries. Their sculptures and paintings signify personal and ecological migration, as well as the interplay between human and transcendental forms. The exhibition dismantles the narrow designation of "immigrant" in the United States, embracing a globalized ethos instead.
https://hyperallergic.com/980601/four-artists-dismantle-the-boundaries-of-immigrant/