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wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
Medaina, a transporting festival that just took place in Jordan (21-26 May), is the latest event from Tithorea, a platform that crafts ‘cultural experiences’ around the world and has swiftly become a phenomenon among in-the-know electronic music fans since its founding in 2021. It might also herald a new approach to encouraging tourism in a country that’s in a beleaguered geopolitical position (full disclosure, the UK Foreign Office advises against travel to certain parts).
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wallpaper.com | Anna Solomon |Tianna Williams |Melina Keays |Ellie Stathaki
An ABBA anniversary (Image credit: ABBA Voyage)Melina Keays, Entertaining DirectorI went to the ABBA Arena at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to celebrate the third anniversary of the ABBA Voyage show. The evening was all the more thrilling because actual, real-life ABBA were there (or two of them: Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad). The concert is a technical tour de force imbued with life and joy.
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wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
‘As with many of our projects, inspiration comes from the location itself. In this case, the edge of the golf course in La Moraleja offers a serene, open landscape that invites us to work from a horizontal and continuous perspective,’ says Fran Silvestre, founder of the Valencia-based architectural practice of the same name. He is reflecting upon his most recent residential build, a Madrid villa, titled simply '18', one of the three homes that make up a bigger scheme named 'The Triology'.
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wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
‘I've loved chocolate my whole life – it’s always been part of my daily ritual,’ said Noor Freiha, founder of a new London chocolatier Makers. The ‘healthy chocolate’ shop, located on a corner plot at the intersection of Fulham Road and Old Church Street in London’s Chelsea, offers chocolates free of refined sugar, seed oils, wheat and dairy.
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2 weeks ago | 
wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
A crisp, white house – a multigenerational home located on the lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, which encompasses what is now Sydney, Australia – offers a calm and secluded urban retreat. Mathieson Architects united two separate apartments and transformed them into a single, expansive residence, Bellevue Hill House, with cascading views across the Harbour Bridge and Rose Bay.
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wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
‘Photo books have always been important to me,’ said Sofia Coppola of her latest monograph, The Virgin Suicides, published by Mack. The new photography book, which follows the success of her debut, Archive, published in 2023, explores the imagery taken by British fashion photographer Corinne Day while on the set of The Virgin Suicides, a movie adaptation that Coppola wrote and directed. The book’s launch coincides with the film’s 25th anniversary this spring.
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3 weeks ago | 
wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami sees the world in kaleidoscopic colour. His art showcases this, with vivid characters and his unique style which unites traditional Japanese art, while also weaving in the playful energy of anime, mango, otaku and kawaii. Now, The Cleveland Museum of Art presents an expanded version of Takashi Murakami’s ‘Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow’ filling the the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall and Gallery with his paintings and sculptures.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Tianna Williams
1 day agoCleveland Museum of Art: First look at 'Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow' exhibitThe Cleveland Museum of Art is introducing a new exhibit -- “Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow” -- featuring the art of Takashi Murakami. It will be open to the general public from May 25 through Sept. 7, with member previews happening between May 16-24. So what can you expect from this new exhibit?
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3 weeks ago | 
wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
Mixing Brazilian brutalism, contemporary sensibilities and views of the native treetop canopy, Arches House is located near Pôr-do-Sol Square in the Alto de Pinheiros neighbourhood of São Paulo. The new home's intriguing geometric roofs are partnered with exposed concrete and structural elements, all of which nod to the building's origins in brutalist architecture.
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wallpaper.com | Tianna Williams
Since the announcement of the first global Art Basel Awards earlier in 2025, there has been much anticipation about who will get the nod. Today (15 May), the winners – 36 ‘Medalists’ – have been announced, each one moulding the future of art from their own field. Among them are cross-disciplinary creators, curators, institutions, patrons, media figures, and behind-the-scenes specialists. Art Basel Awards 2025(Image credit: Marjorie Brunet Plaza.
