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recessed.space is a platform for writing about art and architecture, and where the two intersect.
The essential Palm Springs: the city & desert modernism
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00315 - Palm Springs part 1 - the city — recessed.space
The essential Palm Springs: the city & desert modernism In the first of a three-part...
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Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels: a masterplan for culture
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00314 - Kanal Centre Pompidou — recessed.space
Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels: a masterplan for culture In November, Brussels opens one of the largest...
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At Edinburgh’s RSA, architect Richard Murphy looks at the generational family tree of design
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00313 - Richard Murphy Generation RSA — recessed.space
At Edinburgh’s RSA, architect Richard Murphy looks at the generational family tree of design At the Royal...
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The John Soane x Minecraft collab that allows you to explore ancient architecture The Sir John Soane Museum in London has been recreated in Minecraft blocks, allowing children from across the world to explore incredible architectural museum & ancient civilisations.
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00312 - Soane Museum Minecraft — recessed.space
The John Soane x Minecraft collab that allows you to explore ancient architecture The Sir John Soane Museum...
https://recessed.space/00312-Soane-Museum-Minecraft
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Cerith Wyn Evans glows in MAAT, Lisbon
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00311 - Cerith Wyn Evans MAAT Lisbon — recessed.space
Cerith Wyn Evans’ glows in MAAT, Lisbon Cerith Wyn Evans has quietly become one of the...
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29 days ago
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography by
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A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural Association presented maps drawn by author Ursula K. Le Guin as part of her authorial worldbuilding process.
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00310 - Ursula Le Guin AA — recessed.space
Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural...
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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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@dulwichgallery.bsky.social
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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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4 months ago
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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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4 months ago
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A Deeper Recess 014: a conversation with Sumayya Vally
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4 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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5 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...
https://recessed.space/00295-British-Ceramics-Biennial
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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
https://recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess-035
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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...
https://recessed.space/00294-Tolia-Astakhishvili-Venice
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/recessedspace/p/a-deeper-recess-012-a-conversation?utm_source=share
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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...
https://recessed.space/00293-Derrick-Adams-interview
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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...
https://recessed.space/00292-Hauser-Wirth-Downtown-LA
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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...
https://recessed.space/00291-Edinburgh-Art-Festival-2025
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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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6 months ago
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The country’s newest stone circle has been created in Luton as a space for gathering & community by
@willjennings.bsky.social
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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...
https://recessed.space/00289-Matthew-Rosier-Luton-Henge
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Robert Clayton Photographer
6 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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7 months ago
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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...
https://recessed.space/00286-Mark-Leckey-Arthur-Jafa-Whitgift-Croydon
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Robert Clayton Photographer
7 months ago
Thank you to
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for reviewing my new photo book
@recessedspace.bsky.social
- 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 ...
https://recessed.space/00285-Robert-Clayton-Provision
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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
7 months ago
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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...
https://recessed.space/00284-Jeremy-Deller-National-Gallery
7 months ago
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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
https://recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess-032
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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 ...
https://recessed.space/00282-Second-Nature-at-Cantor-Arts-Center-Stanford
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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.
https://recessedspace.substack.com/p/a-deeper-recess-007-an-interview
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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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