INTERVIEW: Life moves pretty fast so you'd better get an internship
In 1986 John Hughes created a 103-minute long tribute to the freedoms of adolescence – Ferris Bueller's Day Off . Like many of his coming-of-age films it showcased his distinct talent for stretching time like an accordion, portraying an amplified sense of possibility available to the young. That very nature of 'possibility' fluctuates as each generation changes. The meaning of freedom is tallied to the economy, politics, trends and education. Different generations face differ
If I could say it in words, I would still use a Hopper painting
Edward Hopper is one of the most celebrated modern American painters to date. His paintings are instantly recognisable for their inimitable sense of style, their ability to transform a transient moment into an eternal one, and of course – for being able to distill the feeling of loneliness into one graceful stretch of canvas. Hopper was a born-and-bred New Yorker. He studied art at the New York School of Art and Design, which would eventually become the famous Parsons New Sch
New Cheim & Read exhibition explores the allure of the horizontal
The art of Agnes Martin has never been more sought after and admired. You can't turn a corner in the art world today without coming face to face with the carefully curated calm of her meticulous works. Her restrained palette is a guidebook for the young and hip – created before they even knew they wanted it, before they even existed. But Martin's popularity was not strictly intentional, she abandoned the art world and its consumer-driven confinements in the 60s. She packed he
