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As someone who loves both a spooky stone circle and a robust countryside walk, I was incredibly excited to discover that, for the past 10 years, artist Andy Goldsworthy has been working on an odyssey through the North York Moors National Park. Commissioned by telecommunications magnate and philanthropist David Ross to commemorate his 50th birthday, hanging stones is a monumental land art project that traverses six miles of moorland in Rosedale, reimagining 10 buildings as installations inspired by the forms and materials of the natural world. In an exclusive reveal for HTSIJames Reginato has explored nine of these interactions, while photographer Julian Broad has taken photographs along the route. The project has been deliberately shrouded in opacity; Both Ross and Goldsworthy are keen to preserve a sense of mystery around the project. We’ve kept our captions vague about precise locations and have been persuaded to show only an edited selection of the set.
There are few things I can think of more exciting than the prospect of a secret art trail. Especially when the installations are so evocative, so surprising and so ambitious in their scale. In some ways hanging stones It is the epitome of what I consider modern luxury: a multi-sensory experience that cannot be replicated by any other means. Visitor registration is now open: see you with my map and keys…
There is no secret about the rising tennis star. Our cover story features Jannik Sinner, the 22-year-old player now enjoying an extraordinary winning streak. The haughty redhead from South Tyrol first came into the public consciousness when he came back from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam title in Melbourne in January. Since then, he has participated in a number of other competitions and is currently ranked number two in the world. For HTSI, We interviewed the player in Monaco., where he reflected on his very “normal” childhood, his “positive mindset,” and his diet. Raphael Abraham took a break from being the FOOTfrom the deputy art editor to paint a portrait of the man poised to become the game’s most important player.
And so to Norway – and to another facility, on Odderøya, where the guardian of the Norwegian sovereign treasury, Nicolai Tangen, has converted A former grain warehouse converted into a huge center for contemporary Nordic modern art.. It’s part of an effort to create a home for his own collection, as well as revitalize the cultural prestige of his hometown. Curiously, or so it seemed to me, Tangen’s tastes are atypically Scandinavian. Not for him the figurative works associated with the artists of the region; He doesn’t like scenes depicting “poor industrial shipyards, loneliness and unhappiness.” Instead, his choices have a more optimistic spirit: an installation by Marianne Heske, glazed ceramics by Axel Salto. However, there is still room for “very dark, very somber” pieces. As he himself admits: “That’s where we come from.” Turns out, not even billionaires can compete with all that black energy.
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