art blog since 2009
There are worse crimes than misnomers. But after he arranged these shop-bought basketballs all that Jeff Koons had to do was name them. How could he get it so wrong? Alert readers will by now realise there are in fact four columns and six rows. Koons is no doubt aware of his slip. So it …
July 16, 2013
Feel free to peruse another bevvy of internet links: Brian Dillon talks about the so-called Phantom Rides of the early 1900s and segues into an intelligent review of the Simon Starling piece of the same name, currently on show at Tate Britain This is probably all kinds of reactionary, but does still hold a certain …
July 1, 2013
I’ve just got back from a camping holiday in Normandy, but don’t worry I’m only bringing you the highlight, and that was a trip to MuMa. The region is holding its second ever Festivale Normandie Impressionniste and as luck would have it we caught what must be the flagship show in Le Havre. The theme …
June 22, 2013
Greetings all. Another week, another collection of art links form that week. So click away: Vanity Fair visits the studio of James Bridle for a piece about the New Aesthetic which might be a little overdue. Brightonians will be familiar with his work Guy with amazing collection of Black Flag fliers goes public in Vice …
June 17, 2013
Here’s the weekly selection of links. Thanks for reading, and please note this blog will be on a week’s holiday-enforced hiatus from . . . now. Entrepreneur plans world’s biggest art gallery on UK billboards. 15,000 displays of British art to go up soon. Street Fine Art or Fine Street Art? Check your phone and …
June 10, 2013
Since we now have to pay tax on extra bedrooms, here’s a worthwhile bit of DIY. Why not transform your spare room into a gallery? Even if there’s no guarantee it will pay out. Requirements include lights and paint, both white, plus a tonne of hard work. But at least now the gallerist (Daniella Norton) …
June 9, 2013
Sculptor Gavin Turk is perhaps best known for work about Gavin Turk. He has dressed as Sid Vicious and posed for a waxwork, or dressed as a vagrant. He has posed for photos as Andy Warhol or Che. And his degree show consisted simply of a blue plaque confirming his historic residence at the RCA. …
May 12, 2013
Anyone with more than a passing acquaintance with the practice of artist Martin Creed will know all about the fastidious numbering of his works. These begin with Work No.3 in 1986 (a yellow painting) and so far stretch as far as this year’s Work No. 1461 (an installation made with adhesive tape). What might surprise …
April 30, 2013
There’s a political and a performative flavour to Found Objects this week, read on and enjoy: Scriptonite blog plays tribute to an incredible stunt by the soi-disant Artist Taxi Driver, as backdoor privatisation hits the NHS. We Make Money Not Art has interviewed Liberate Tate, and its happy to play devil’s advocate on this issue …
April 28, 2013
A depressing week for current affairs not least for lack of art angles: Instead we have a link to a Q&A with a very terse William Eggleston from the Independent Meanwhile a serious critique of some watercolours by less radical artist, Prince Charles Hennessy Youngman has released this half hour cut of so-called CVS Bangers. …
April 21, 2013