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Philosophy in the land: since the 1960s, Agnes Denes has been exploring the relationship between nature and culture through a variety of mediums. A show Formerly this plain was the richest of the fields that give life, but at this time it gave no life at all, lying waste, barren, and all leafless. But ......(Continue Reading) The governor of the Bank of England is Mammon's archbishop. So what was he doing at the Chelsea Flower Show as guest of a bank that has been involved in Sir Eddie George, governor of the Bank of England, made a misjudgement the other day, I believe. No, he didn't accidentally cut interest rates. He wasn't ......(Continue Reading)In the cut: automotive ultraspeed and transsexual surgery were the ostensible subjects of Finnish film artist Ilppo Pohjola's first New York gallery show. P(l)ain Truth (1993), Ilppo Pohjola's film about transgender metamorphosis, runs just 15 minutes, but it collages enough smart allusions to the history ......(Continue Reading)Boys on film: David Hockney has taken a break from painting to select a show of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. He talks to Charlie Scheips about his David Hockney, one of the most popular and influential living artists, takes a keen interest in how his own work has been presented in the hundreds of exhibitions and dozens of books that have docu...(Continue Reading)Peekaboo! Nothing's sexier than a hint of skin, as these whimsical pieces show 1. Nicole Farhi cotton dress with cutouts ($365; at Nicole Farhi, New York City, 212-223-8811) 2. Sigerson Morrison metallic cutout leather flat ($370; ......(Continue Reading)
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