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On the top floor of Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall, London, Pharmacy2 is less a café than a fully immersive extension of the artist’s worldview. Drawing directly from Hirst’s long-standing fascination with medicine, the space translates the cool precision of his Medicine Cabinets series into an environment where visitors can sit, sip, and linger inside the artwork itself.
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Brian Clarke in the ’80s, Lower Left (All Photos By Gail)
The art world mourns the loss of Sir Brian Clarke, the visionary British stained-glass artist and painter, who passed away from cancer on July 1, 2025 — just one day shy of his 72nd birthday. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Clarke transformed stained glass from ecclesiastical embellishment into a breathtaking architectural medium.
Clarke’s artistic journey began as a scholarship student at age 13. Over the decades, he pioneered works that blurred art and space —from majestic church windows to public installations and freestanding glass screens.
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Ellsworth Kelly’s Colors for a Large Wall, with Fan, at MoMA (All Photos By Gail)
Confession: I am obsessive about taking photographs of art that includes no people in the frame. To achieve this goal requires great patience. There is no telling how long you will need to wait for one or more endlessly dawdling, selfie-snapping, oblivious art fans to GTF out of your way so you can get the shot. It is a character-builder, for sure.
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