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Between headline auction lots and art fair admission fees, it’s been an expensive week in the artworld: So, The Scream provokes an outcry. You can see the final suave, diabolical moments of its public appearance in this Telegraph video But do high prices merely advertise the auction system itself? Jerry Saltz thinks so and hates …
May 7, 2012
More links to edify and entertain: Plimack Mangold demonstrates you can stay at home, paint and still be conceptual. That’s what gets so well argued in this essay by John Yau on Hyperallergic (Parts one, two and three) Everyone’s favourite least-favourite art critic now has his own two part sampleboard on a website dedicated to …
April 16, 2012
For no real reason, this week is a Bank Holiday special: It’s always good to hear what the animal world might have to tell us. Guardian chats with their spokesman Marcus Coates (via @LizzieHom.) Beverley Knowles writes up a pleasing memory feat and takes in art, human rights and, emo. Intrigued? 90% of guns seized …
April 9, 2012
This week has indeed had its quota of hard-to-ignore links: Let’s get Damien out of the way. Here’s a well argued piece from Tom Jeffreys which puts the new Tate show in the bigger picture. And in case you should need to know what Jay Jopling eats for lunch, here’s a highly readable interview with …
April 4, 2012
Almost too many links to choose from this week, but here are the best all the same: Government ministers sack head of Arts Council England. Could it be they want someone who will cosy up to big business instead? (via @MutualArt) Here’s a reality check for London and New York. The world’s most visited exhibition …
March 26, 2012
The Art Newspaper reports on a ‘major systemic shift’ as sales go to the world’s many art fairs, rather than through traditional galleries. No less than 56 rhino horns have been stolen from museums since 2011. Der Spiegel reports on this worldwide crime trend. The Smithsonian website looks back at the trailbrazing career of guitarist …
March 19, 2012
Stories you may or may not have seen from the last seven days: Succumbing to the fact we may need rolling new coverage of Damien Hirst in 2012, here’s a fine analysis of his spots from The Point + here’s a revealing interview in the Guardian (via @artnet) Gilbert and George now also have a …
March 12, 2012
Some links from the week that was: China Miéville offers a dystopian portrait of London which most will recognise. Can he do some more cities, please? (via @AnnaMinton) Martin Creed, artist behind a redesign of part of Sketch restaurant, tells The Independent he prefers to eat at home. On art-Corpus, there’s an in depth review …
March 4, 2012
My weekly round up of links is back. Sorry if you missed it last week. Ai Weiwei risks everything to give an interview to the FT. Prepare for some vicarious paranoia. Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal visits Tracey Emin. A nice portrait, but you cannot help comparing artist-governmental relations with Ai (via Art Observed). David …
February 27, 2012
Not an especially romantic edition of Found Objects this week, but hey ho: It was sad to hear that Barcelona painter Antoni TÃ pies has passed away. Check out this obituary and slideshow in the Guardian. Here’s a Tate Shots video dispatch from the Yayoi Kusama PV at Tate. Always good to hear a former rock …
February 14, 2012