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the flux review
Helen Dyne – Glass Artist
Dyne was born into an artistic family her mother a sculptress her grandmother a painter. She learned from a young age that she had a natural passion for the arts. Dyne did not take the path of...
Filthy Lucre review – peacock problems for Whistler the avant-garde cowboy
V&A, London
Darren Waterston’s remake of the painter’s opulent Peacock Room is a vision of dripping stalactites, decay and ruin. But this ‘showette’ all feels rather ordinary – unlike Whistler’s work
The big picture: crash and dash at the demolition derby
Gregory Halpern’s images of the macho midwest include the strange, Mad Max-ish allure of ramming junk cars
Art obscured by a forest of phones
Guardian readers contribute to an ongoing discussion about the role of the smartphone in cultural experiences
David Smith review – self-made man of steel
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield
An exhilarating retrospective of the American sculptor showcases his intuitive marriage of metal and abstract form
Fighting for life and feuding with Anish Kapoor: the art of Stuart Semple
The one-time artworld darling who sells blacker than black paint as a protest at Kapoor’s trademarking of a colour is back with a 20-year retrospective. Has his work stood the test of time?