Overzealous cleaner ruins £690,000 artwork that she thought was dirty
4 November 2011 • Mark Westall
She scoured off a layer of paint in a sculpture by late German artist Martin Kippenberger on loan to a museum in Dortmund
Tag: Art News
Art News is where you can find all the cool art stuff: exhibitions, and events we have found globally. Interviews and thought pieces all chosen by FAD magazine.
RCA Secret: annual exhibition of postcards gets a more political edge
2 November 2011 • Mark Westall
Many of the 2,500 contributions to this year’s fundraising show offer a graphic response to current events
This week’s new exhibitions
30 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Jony Easterby | Building The Revolution | Siobhan Davies Commissions | Kurt Hentschläger | Graham Gussin | Simon Le Ruez | Civic | Cezary Bodzianowski/Savage
Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Britain pays belated homage to Spanish genius
28 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Influence on seven British artists – including Henry Moore, David Hockney and Francis Bacon – to be explored in 2012 show
Carsten Höller in New York: all the fun of the fair
26 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Carsten Höller has brought his trademark helterskelters, fairground carousels, and aquaria to New York City
This week’s new exhibitions
23 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Turner Prize 2011 | Private Eye | The Wonders Of The Visible World | William Morris | Klaus Weber | The Indiscipline Of Painting | Richard Long | Edward Burra
What colour should gallery walls be?
21 October 2011 • Mark Westall
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has joined the Wallace Collection in trying out different background shades. But is anything beyond white just a distraction?
Tacita Dean and the quirky art of being English
19 October 2011 • Mark Westall
There is something very English about Dean’s latest work in Tate’s Turbine Hall, so why do we call her a British artist? You wouldn’t call Dylan Thomas British, would you?
George Condo retrospective opens at the Hayward Gallery
18 October 2011 • Mark Westall
London show by American artist, who makes the funny serious and the grotesque beautiful, includes nine portraits of the Queen
Frieze week 2011: recommendations for the best of the rest
12 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Beyond the fair’s epicentre in London’s Regent’s Park, there are tonnes of art events happening in venues around the capital
PREVIEW: Chicks on Speed – Cultural Workship Now! in Berlin Art opening Friday, 9th September 2011
15 August 2011 • Mark Westall
10th September until 23rd October 2011, daily from 12-7 pm Exhibition, Performances, Workshops – Talks with Chicks on Speed and… Read More
Mathilde Rosier: Necklace of Fake Teeth Camden Arts Centre Private View Thursday 21st July 2011
19 July 2011 • Mark Westall
Image:Mathilde Rosier The Chamber 22nd July – 25th September 2011 This July, Camden Arts Centre presents the first solo exhibition… Read More
Walking Drawings: Across the Estuaries London debut of landmark Cumbria art film installation Friday 29th April
28 April 2011 • Mark Westall
Walking Drawings: Across the Estuaries, a film and photography exhibition showcasing the landmark public art installation by artist Evewright, which… Read More
10th East End Film Festival Opens Wednesday 27th April 2011
26 April 2011 • Mark Westall
Wednesday 27 April 2011, 7pm, Troxy, Limehouse Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2011, East End Film Festival will open with… Read More
ART WARS
3 April 2011 • Mark Westall
Like a cross between Jeff Koons, George Lucas and Al Gore Art Wars wages war against the global establishment with its Pink and Crystal heavy Storm Troopers.
Alice Anderson and Kate MccGwire BOUND at All Visual Arts Private View Thursday 31st March 2011
30 March 2011 • Mark Westall
BOUND is the inaugural exhibition at All Visual Arts’ (AVA) new space at Kings Cross. Featuring new work by Alice Anderson and Kate MccGwire that tap into some of our deep-seated fears.
100 Worlds Project Ron Miriello
29 March 2011 • Mark Westall
The “100 Worlds Project” is a year long exhibition of sphere-inspired sculptures made by Ron Miriello, in collaboration with a… Read More
Emmanuelle Tricoire – In Utero at East Gallery Private View Tuesday 29th March 2011
29 March 2011 • Mark Westall
Image:Jeff, Paris 2010 -© Emmanuelle Tricoire Paris-based photographer Emmanuelle Tricoire presents a series of deeply personal, intimate Black and White… Read More
GOSEE: Stefan Sagmeister: Another Exhibit About Promotion And Sales Material at the mudac Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts
28 March 2011 • Mark Westall
“Sagmeister: Another Exhibit About Promotion And Sales Material” is currently on display at the mudac Museum of Design and Contemporary… Read More
Jeff Koons Must Die!!! VIDEO
27 March 2011 • Mark Westall
Locked in a museum overnight showing a Jeff Koons retrospective exhibition, what would you do? Here is a video created… Read More
Is It Art ? Horn from HI-MACS
27 March 2011 • Mark Westall
This new hand-made piece from HI-MACS, called ‘Horn,’ has been designed by Korean architect Shi-hyung Jeon, of Jeon Associates, who… Read More
An innovative way to fund art from ArtQuest
27 March 2011 • Mark Westall
Artquest has just launched Generator, an innovative new project . They want to raise money through crowd-funding to award three… Read More
Satellite Presents: Video Art from Brief Histories Winter/Spring 2011 Curated by Fawz Kabra and Isak Berbic One Night Only! Thursday March 31st, 7:30pm
27 March 2011 • Mark Westall
Al Serkal Avenue Warehouse C-16 Al Qouz, Dubai Satellite hosts this special screening of a selection of video art from… Read More