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The Louvre Is Hosting Its First-Ever Fashion Exhibition
The Louvre is hosting the first fashion exhibition in its 231-year history. Called “ Louvre Couture ,” the new show features ...
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The Peninsula partners with London's Victoria & Albert Museum
The Peninsula hotel group has partnered with the V&A to expand its 'Art in Resonance' programme and support contemporary ...
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Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition
Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art ...
Yrjö Kukkapuro, designer whose iconic chairs were sat on by ‘almost every Finn,’ dies age 91
The renowned designer’s postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland, as well as ...
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One of Britain’s Most Beloved Royal Couples Wed on This Day in 1840
Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...
Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies
Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New ...
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Yrjo Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies
The Finnish designer’s chairs were lauded for their comfort, functionalism and ergonomics as well as their design.