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Swiss Recess

Ian McKay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:52:02 +0000

Interwar Vienna: Culture between Tradition and Modernity

Ian McKay — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:00:48 +0000

Little White Lies now free online

Ian McKay — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:09:46 +0000

New Atheism Children Unmasked

Ian McKay — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:06:56 +0000

Christo's wife and collaborative partner is dead

Ian McKay — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:54 +0000

Warhol's Polaroids

Ian McKay — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:30 +0000

Sally Scott, Autumn/Winter Collection 2009/10

Ian McKay — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:47:08 +0000

Robert Redford and Charlotte Rampling?

Ian McKay — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:03:48 +0000

Still from Michael Ritchie's Downhill Racer (1969) starring Robert RedfordCinephiles might know what connects (albeit tenuously) the actors Robert Redford and Charlotte Rampling. It is, of course, that they have both starred in movies about skiing. Redford came off better, it has to be said, and his film - Downhill Racer (1969) - has just been released by the Criterion Collection on DVD. "With its thrilling cinematography, kinetic editing, and charismatic star performance from Robert Redford, Michael Ritchie’s Downhill Racer is one of cinema's most critically acclaimed examinations of the life of an athlete," say Criterion.

Though Downhill Racer didn't fare too well at the box office, Rampling's outing on the slopes in the truly awful exploitation movie The Ski Bum (1971) assured her a place off-piste for the rest of her career (at least to date, anyway). That's not to say that The Ski Bum doesn't have a certain charm, if only the comic charm of seeing Rampling (still a relative newcomer to movie stardom) trying to work out precisely how one might provocatively pout one's lips and deliver one's lines at the same time without falling over.

Dieter Rams: 'Question everything generally thought to be obvious'

Ian McKay — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:07:57 +0000

Joy Division artefacts sought by museum

Ian McKay — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:34:34 +0000

Kai von Rabenau: mono.gramm

Ian McKay — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:05:21 +0000

And on the Seventh Day, a Limited Edition

Ian McKay — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:44:30 +0000

National Gallery at odds with Amsterdam's clean-up campaign

Ian McKay — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:15:44 +0000

Spirit of ’68: Beyond the Barricades

Ian McKay — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:51:33 +0000

Void (the Derry-based contemporary art space) is the venue for the launch of Spirit of ’68: Beyond the Barricades, a book that explores the complex legacy of the civil rights struggles in Northern Ireland. Speaking at the launch (on Wednesday 25th November at 7.30 pm) will be Peter Bunting, Assistant General Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, with supporting artists, Poetry Chicks, and music by Connor Kelly.

Taking the Christ out of Christmas

Ian McKay — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000