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Quit horsing around with those leg extensions. Sorry, had to be said. Seattle artist Kim Graham has built her own horsey stilt-like legs from steel, cable, foam, and rigid plastic (with optional fur).

Finally, you can be a centaur

Quit horsing around with those leg extensions. Sorry, had to be said. Seattle artist Kim Graham has built her own horsey stilt-like legs from steel, cable, foam, and rigid plastic (with optional fur).

Some films just shouldn't be re-made, having been perfect in their first incarnation. Think <em>Psycho</em>. Does <em>Fame</em> belong to that group?

Trailer: Fame for the noughties

Some films just shouldn't be re-made, having been perfect in their first incarnation. Think Psycho. Does Fame belong to that group?

Greece insistence that it has established a solid basis for the return of the Elgin marbles, writes former Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, <b>Binoy Kampmark</b>.

Losing marbles: the British Museum and the New Acropolis

Greece insistence that it has established a solid basis for the return of the Elgin marbles, writes former Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, Binoy Kampmark.

Coco Chanel is often credited with inventing the little black dress, but its roots go far deeper into a very radical history.

From Chanel to punk: the history of the Little Black Dress

Coco Chanel is often credited with inventing the little black dress, but its roots go far deeper into a very radical history.

Director George Lucas is building an enormous studio complex outside of San Francisco. Problem? It looks eerily like Hearst Castle from the movie <em>Citizen Kane</em>. And that didn't end well so well for the mogul...

George Lucas does a Citizen Kane?

Director George Lucas is building an enormous studio complex outside of San Francisco. Problem? It looks eerily like Hearst Castle from the movie Citizen Kane. And that didn't end well so well for the mogul...

Digital photography fans step aside, the Lomographic Society International, an organization championing the use of analog film, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Lomo LC-A camera.

Celebrating the Lomo

Digital photography fans step aside, the Lomographic Society International, an organization championing the use of analog film, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Lomo LC-A camera.

In very basic terms, Modernism opened up the closed Victorian city of London, but objectors, from HRH downwards, believe it would be far better to have a bit of opened-up-neo-Victoriana-Georgiana rather than a 'brutalist' and 'communist' piece of contemporary design.

How modernism changed the facade of London

In very basic terms, Modernism opened up the closed Victorian city of London, but objectors, from HRH downwards, believe it would be far better to have a bit of opened-up-neo-Victoriana-Georgiana rather than a 'brutalist' and 'communist' piece of contemporary design.

SMART artZ gallery showcases some of the portraits that <em>didn't</em> make it to the finals of the Archibald Prize.

Faces you won't see in the Archibald

SMART artZ gallery showcases some of the portraits that didn't make it to the finals of the Archibald Prize.

The Midwinter Press Gallery Ball is Canberra’s night of nights. And as with all red-carpet events worth their salt, it’s now time for us to brutally judge the attendees on their fashion sense.

Fashions on the Hill: politics gets gussied up

The Midwinter Press Gallery Ball is Canberra’s night of nights. And as with all red-carpet events worth their salt, it’s now time for us to brutally judge the attendees on their fashion sense.

Forget scrounging on the floor and battling with a tangle of cords to plug in your heater only to find there isn't a power point left... this is a sweet design solution.

A wall of power points

Forget scrounging on the floor and battling with a tangle of cords to plug in your heater only to find there isn't a power point left... this is a sweet design solution.