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Cubist sculpter Jacques Lipchitz has caught our eye this week. Lithuanian and Jewish, he left home after school, moved to Paris and started to mix with the likes of Picasso and and Juan Gris in the early 20th century. The interaction with this crowd at this period in Paris influenced his style. After much success he later cemented his status as one of the influential cubist sculptors. He became...

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A new but regular feature. We'll be asking our favourite music people to provide us with a soundtrack to shop and work to. First up library music man Jonny Trunk of Trunk Records puts together a Scandinavian selection from mid-twentieth century. Perfect! Recent highlights for us from Trunk Records have been The Britxotica compilations as well as the regular and very generous 50p Fridays, which entertains every Friday morning....

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You may have seen Italian born modernist architect Lino Bo Bardi featured on our instagram page more than once. As well as being arguably the most important architect in 20th century Brazil, she was a furniture designer, magazine editor, Gio Ponti collaborator and communist.  

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