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recessed.space is a platform for writing about art and architecture, and where the two intersect.
THE HOUSE AS SELF-PORTRAIT: JOHN SOANE'S WORDS THROUGH AN ARTISTIC GAZE by Rochelle Roberts
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00309 - Crude Hints Towards — recessed.space
The house as self-portrait: John Soane’s words through an artistic gaze An 1812 text by John Soane in which...
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The Orobie Biennial puts art into the Bergamasque Prealps
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00308 - Orobie Biennial — recessed.space
The Orobie Biennial puts art into the Bergamasque Prealps Turning the idea of an art biennial on its head, GAMeC’s...
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With the passing of Frank Gehry, we look at some of his most important cultural contributions.
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With the passing of Frank Gehry, we look at some of his most important cultural contributions.
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The second exhibition in the
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gallery inside No.1 Poultry is by Ground Collective, a group of artists searching for ways to read the city beyond the visible.
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00307 - Ground Collective at Hypha Studios — recessed.space
Hypha Studios x recessed.space: Ground Collective communicate with silent rivers The second exhibition in the Hypha...
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Venice Biennale 2025: part 1, the good
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00304 - Venice Biennale 2025 part 1 the good — recessed.space
Venice Biennale 2025: part 1, the good To mark the end of the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture we are reproducing...
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Temporary & permanent culture fine a place in Middlesbrough by
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00303 - Middlesbrough Art Week & The Auxiliary — recessed.space
Temporary & permanent culture finds a place in Middlesbrough The 2025 Middlesbrough Art Week took place...
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Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery by
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00301-ArtPlay-Pavilion-Dulwich — recessed.space
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery After Peter Cook’s temporary play...
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THE RECESS 037 including: Terry Farrell / The design of Frieze / Two London institutions to expand / The Louvre hits the news for something else / New heads for Helsinki & Tallinn / Yinka Ilori floods MK with colour
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From Bauhaus to birdhouse: world famous architects’ avian designs for charity
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00300 - From Bauhaus to birdhouse — recessed.space
From Bauhaus to birdhouse: world famous architects’ avian designs for charity In an exhibition at Christies...
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A Deeper Recess 014: a conversation with Sumayya Vally
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3 months ago
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In search of oracular places at the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts By Lorenzo Graf & Riccardo Buck
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3 months ago
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Click here to read & subscribe to The Recess, out twice monthly free newsletter across art & architecture:
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We speak to Mark Leckey freshly after opening his major survey exhibition, with a large body of new work, at the Julia Stoschek Foundation over Berlin Art Week.
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Our highlights from Berlin Art Week 2025 We took a trip to Berlin to celebrate the capital city’s cultural scene & in doing so not only discovered a rich breadth of art, but also some incredible architectural settings of all eras & genres.
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00296 - Berlin Art Week 2025 — recessed.space
Our highlights from Berlin Art Week 2025 We took a trip to Berlin to celebrate the capital city’s cultural scene over...
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Post-industrial clay: the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent by Veronica Simpson
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00295 - British Ceramics Biennial — recessed.space
Post-industrial clay: the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent This year’s British Ceramics...
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THE RECESS 035
including: London Design Festival highlights / the Shoemakers' Museum / Berlin club at risk / Explore the lost Bank of England / Design Museum to expand / Jupiter Artland
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TOLIA ASTAKHISHVILI’S ARCHITECTURAL EXCAVATION IN VENICE CHANGES THE WAY ARTISTS USE THE CITY
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00294 - Tolia Astakhishvili Venice — recessed.space
Tolia Astakhishvili’s architectural excavation in Venice changes the way artists use the city The new home of...
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A conversation about V&A Storehouse with Brendan Cormier, curator at the V&A, & David Allin of DS+R architects.
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A DEEPER RECESS 012: a conversation about V&A Storehouse with architect David Allin & curator Brendan Cormier
We speak to architect David Allin & curator Brendan Cormier on the design process of V&A East Storehouse
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An interview with Derrick Adams on the spaces of Black America
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00293 - Derrick Adams interview — recessed.space
An interview with Derrick Adams on the spaces of Black America Derrick Adams is not only an artist, but he is also a...
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A visit to Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA: architecture, gardens, food & art
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00292 - Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA — recessed.space
A visit to Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA: architecture, gardens, food & art recessed.space got a tour of Hauser...
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Read The Recess 034 here:
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Edinburgh Art Festival 2025: our highlights
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00291 - Edinburgh Art Festival 2025 — recessed.space
Edinburgh Art Festival 2025: our highlights There’s a lot going on across Edinburgh in...
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Learning how to live at Venice Biennale by
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00290 - housing at Venice Biennale — recessed.space
Learning how to live at Venice Biennale Architecture biennials can struggle to find their mode...
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A DEEPER RECESS 011: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS POHL KOSEDA ON SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE, THE POWER OF DRAWING & THE IMPACT OF AI
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A DEEPER RECESS 011: an interview with Louis Pohl Koseda
We spoke to Louis Pohl Koseda when he had a solo exhibition at Christies, London, having won the Christies Award from the Royal Drawing School.
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4 months ago
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The country’s newest stone circle has been created in Luton as a space for gathering & community by
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00289 - Matthew Rosier Luton Henge — recessed.space
The country’s newest stone circle has been created in Luton as a space for gathering & community In a...
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Robert Clayton Photographer
5 months ago
Another great review of my book can be found here:
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Thank you
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@recessedspace.bsky.social
for an insightful reflection on the themes running through the images and texts
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00285 - Robert Clayton Provision — recessed.space
A celebration of post-war utopian architecture for the people in a new book from photographer Robert Clayton ...
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An interview with Ronald Rael about 3d printed mud architecture at Desert X
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00288 - Ronald Rael interview Desert X — recessed.space
An interview with Ronald Rael about 3d printed mud architecture at Desert X At this year’s Desert X festival of...
https://recessed.space/00288-Ronald-Rael-interview-Desert-X
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The Recess 033 Read & subscribe here:
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Discover the culture & spaces that influence leading artists in a new book by
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00287 - What is Art For Ben Luke Heni — recessed.space
Discover the culture & spaces that influence leading artists in a new book by Ben Luke ...
https://recessed.space/00287-What-is-Art-For-Ben-Luke-Heni
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Mark Leckey & Arthur Jafa summon ghosts into an ever-shifting shopping centre by
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00286 - Mark Leckey Arthur Jafa Whitgift Croydon — recessed.space
Mark Leckey & Arthur Jafa summon ghosts into an ever-shifting shopping centre Two seminal moving image...
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Robert Clayton Photographer
5 months ago
Thank you to
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for reviewing my new photo book
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- I am most grateful for his appreciation of my narrative throughout the book, an architecture photo book with a difference...
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Please take look here:
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00285 - Robert Clayton Provision — recessed.space
A celebration of post-war utopian architecture for the people in a new book from photographer Robert Clayton ...
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A celebration of post-war utopian architecture for the people in a new book from photographer
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00285 - Robert Clayton Provision — recessed.space
A celebration of post-war utopian architecture for the people in a new book from photographer Robert Clayton ...
https://recessed.space/00285-Robert-Clayton-Provision
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You’re all invited to Jeremy Deller’s public party!
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00284 - Jeremy Deller National Gallery — recessed.space
You’re all invited to Jeremy Deller’s public party It’s the National Gallery’s 200th birthday. To celebrate...
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in the recess 032 Including: 🔷 the architecture of festivals 🔷 birthdays for Prada Marfa & Leighton House 🔷 historic murals discovery can’t stop school demolition 🔷 legendary Sheffield venue hosts its last ever gig 🔷 1893 Colombia Exposition is now online
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THE RECESS 032
including: festival architecture / Beamish living museum / Prada Marfa / Leighton House / Goodbye to The Leadmill / 1893 Exposition online / Chatsworth's arcade / 20 Century Society elects a president
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FOLKESTONE TRIENNIAL LOOKS DEEP IN TIME, LAND & SEA FOR ITS LATEST EDITION
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00283 - Folkestone Triennial 2025 — recessed.space
Folkestone Triennial looks deep in time, land & sea for its latest edition Folkestone, on the Kent coast, is a...
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At Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center, an exhibition viscerally presents the broken environments mankind’s progress has created by
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00282 - Second Nature at Cantor Arts Center Stanford — recessed.space
At Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center, an exhibition viscerally presents the broken environments mankind’s progress has created ...
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A deeper recess 09: an interview with Jeremy Deller - ahead of his huge National Gallery 200th birthday party on 26 July in Trafalgar Square
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A DEEPER RECESS 009: an interview with Jeremy Deller
We speak to Jeremy Deller about his National Gallery 200th birthday project, rituals, land art & other big ideas
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Hypha Studios x
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: an open call to exhibit in a postmodern icon
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00281 - Hypha Studios x recessed space — recessed.space
Announcing Hypha Studios x recessed.space: an open call to exhibit in a postmodern icon ...
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Manchester International Festival kicks off with an eclectic array of culture
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00280 - Manchester International Festival 2025 — recessed.space
Manchester International Festival kicks off with an eclectic array of culture The biannual Manchester International...
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A DEEPER RECESS 007: an interview with Richard Wright by
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a conversation with Turner Prize winner Richard Wright at a solo exhibition of an artist who intrinsically deals with architectural space in his work
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A DEEPER RECESS 007: an interview with Richard Wright
Sam Moore visited the Camden Arts Centre to have a conversation with Turner Prize winner Richard Wright at a solo exhibition of an artist who intrinsically deals with architectural space in his work.
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Burn the Sheets: an exhibition on the making of trans domesticity by Barney Pau
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00275 - Burn the Sheets trans domestic — recessed.space
Burn the Sheets: an exhibition on the making of trans domesticity An exhibition held at the unique, historic House of...
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Delaine Le Bas is stitching stories at Newcastle Contemporary Art by
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00276 - Delaine Le Bas Newcastle Contemporary — recessed.space
Delaine Le Bas is stitching stories at Newcastle Contemporary Art An immersive installation from Roma Gypsy artist...
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A BIENNALE THAT MAKES ALL THE RIGHT CALLS: MOMENTUM 13 IN NORWAY by
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00278 - MOMENTUM biennale 2025 — recessed.space
A biennale that makes all the right calls: MOMENTUM 13 in Norway In Moss, a picturesque town on the...
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An exclusive interview with Mike Nelson at his major new exhibition at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
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A DEEPER RECESS 008: an interview with Mike Nelson
We speak to artist Mike Nelson on the opening of his major new three-part installation at Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh
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How Uzbekistan’s incredible Sun Heliocomplex brought light to Venice Biennale
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00279 - Uzbekistan Heliocomplex Venice Biennale — recessed.space
How Uzbekistan’s incredible Sun Heliocomplex brought light to Venice Biennale One hour outside Uzbekistan’s...
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the recess 031 - the next 6 months in art & architecture
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THE RECESS 031 - 6 months ahead
including: what to look forward to until December, including: Folkestone, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Bukhara bi&triennials / Tai Shani / Wes Anderson / Hélio Oiticica / Turner & Constable / Andy Goldsworthy
https://open.substack.com/pub/recessedspace/p/the-recess-031-6-months-ahead?r=37fevq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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We are very excited to be collaborating with
@hyphastudios.bsky.social
to curate a gallery in No.1 Poultry, James Stirling's pomo masterpiece. We are looking for artists or architects to mount exhibitions about the built environment or the unique surroundings:
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the recess 031 - the next 6 months in art & architecture
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THE RECESS 031 - 6 months ahead
including: what to look forward to until December, including: Folkestone, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Bukhara bi&triennials / Tai Shani / Wes Anderson / Hélio Oiticica / Turner & Constable / Andy Goldsworthy
https://open.substack.com/pub/recessedspace/p/the-recess-031-6-months-ahead?r=37fevq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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An exclusive interview with Mike Nelson at his major new exhibition at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
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A DEEPER RECESS 008: an interview with Mike Nelson
We speak to artist Mike Nelson on the opening of his major new three-part installation at Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh
https://open.substack.com/pub/recessedspace/p/a-deeper-recess-008-an-interview?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=37fevq
6 months ago
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