Andy Warhol lost then found: tender portrait of artist in 1981
25 April 2013 • Mark Westall
British photographer Steve Wood saw the truth about Warhol, writes Jonathan Jones
Tag: Blogposts
Pardon? What Modern Toss’s F***yeux tapestry says about Britain today
18 April 2013 • Mark Westall
A world-record attempt to cram as much depravity as possible into one artwork shows how little has changed since the Bayeaux Tapestry
The cake that looks like a Mondrian painting
17 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Could these sweets, inspired by great artists, be the perfect thing to round off a stylish dinner party?
4D-printing: from self-assembling chairs to cancer-fighting robots
13 April 2013 • Mark Westall
The future is here. Project Cyborg will revolutionise the way designers think by training materials to build themselves – and adapt to their surroundings
Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse rooftop gym transformed into art space
8 April 2013 • Mark Westall
French designer Ora-Ïto is converting the famous Marseille roof terrace into a haven for contemporary art
Andy Warhol’s iconic New York anti-films come to London
5 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Warhol’s most famous movies – including Sleep, a five-hour film of his lover dozing – perfectly capture the avant garde New York of the Velvet Underground and the Chelsea hotel
Tilda Swinton sleeps in glass box for art installation at MoMA
25 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Scottish actor spends more than six hours ‘napping’ in reprisal of performance art piece at New York’s Museum of Modern Art
Haroon Mirza’s unsettling TV transmission is ahead of its time
19 March 2013 • Mark Westall
The artist’s late-night broadcast – in which a woman speaks to viewers in 1987 from 2013 – explores a temporal mystery and may have given some viewers uneasy dreams
Richard Wright’s stellar art shines next to Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum
15 March 2013 • Mark Westall
The British artist’s new ceiling paintings featuring a vast network of black stars display a radical vision that fits with Dutch tradition
What have you done with your Raspberry Pi?
1 March 2013 • Mark Westall
From drones to drumkits, the Design Museum wants to see what you have made of your $25 credit-card-sized computer
Who’d steal an empty, pretentious Dalí?
21 February 2013 • Mark Westall
The dangerous power of celebrity, so well understood by the Spanish artist, may be behind a fashion PR’s alleged theft
Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine pavilion promises a breath of fresh air
18 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Master of delicate, beguiling structures, the young Japanese architect marks an exciting new direction for west London’s summer structure
Picasso in Paris: raw works of genius from the artist as a young man
17 February 2013 • Mark Westall
A scintillating new show at London’s Courtauld Gallery follows a coming-of-age Picasso as he dips his paintbrush into the colourful underworld of Montmartre
Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night four: The Man Machine
11 February 2013 • Mark Westall
When you get this close to Ralf Hütter, earthly realisations occur. Very earthly realisations
Hacked George W Bush paintings help us inch (slightly) towards empathy
8 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Amateur art by the former president obtained in hacked emails reveal a curiosity about the world – or, at least, his bathroom
Paul Cézanne: founding father of modern art
6 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Look closely at the French artist’s abstract, pixellated works and the seeds of modernism come into focus
Marc Quinn’s giant baby sculpture infantilises art
24 January 2013 • Mark Westall
It’s great that Quinn is soppy about his son, but this towering idol confirms him as the father of reductive, attention-seeking art
Sticking it out with the stuckists
16 January 2013 • Mark Westall
The art world bubble is over, giving the ‘anti-conceptualists’ a chance to crow. But they really don’t require our approval
Blue plaques are crucial cultural landmarks
7 January 2013 • Mark Westall
London stands to lose more than plaques when English Heritage stops its memorial scheme – the city’s very identity is at stake
Oiled on canvas: the art of intoxication
31 December 2012 • Mark Westall
From Rembrandt to Degas, learn from the masters about the pleasures and perils of the demon drink this New Year’s Eve
Rachel Whiteread is Britain’s greatest living artist
16 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Her magnificent sculptures conjure up vanished lives, lost voices and forgotten loves – and sit easily alongside modern masters
The Turner prize has regained its style and importance
3 December 2012 • Mark Westall
This year’s nominees provide a powerful dose of what the avant garde is up to in 2012. If there’s any justice then Luke Fowler or Elizabeth Price will win
Antony Gormley: a model of hype?
27 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Could it be that now the artist has fallen off the art world’s fashion hitlist, Gormley’s work can be seen as it is – quotidian and overrated
Print yourself: the rise of the 3D photo booth
24 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Shops in Tokyo and New York are offering you the chance to turn yourself into a miniature plastic action figure