Elena Bowes

New York-London design & culture writer of a certain vintage looking for meaning and wholeness in life

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February 10th, 2015 | People

A Chilean Looks Again

This is the door to artist  Sebastian Errazuriz’s studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Should I knock? The provocative, witty and talented Chilean artist and furniture designer is currently flavor of…

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October 10th, 2014 | PeoplePlaces

The Mouse that Roared

Auction house Phillips is tired of playing little brother to domineering older siblings Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Phillips is demanding some airtime with this week’s opening of its splendid new European headquarters…

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June 6th, 2014 | People

The Imaginary Genius of Bill Viola

 American video artist Bill Viola captures what it is to be human in all its raw beauty. Birth, death, mortality, love, suffering, despair are all there in stark moving imagery…

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April 22nd, 2014 | People

William Makepeace Thackeray

“Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.” This…

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Yamamoto at the V&A

Vibrant, carefree, fiery and happy. This is what comes to mind as I watch Japanese designer Kansai Yamamoto’s exuberant Fashion in Motion show at the Victoria & Albert. It’s a…

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Prisoners Make Art

Prisoners express themselves in “The Strength & Vulnerability Bunker”, a moving show organized by Southbank and the Koestler Trust. Anger, regret, sadness and longing manifest themselves in vivid color at…

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