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I’m not even going to mention the most famous toilet in modern art, but here’s another pretender to the throne, no pun intended. Hundertwasser was an Viennese architect. His quirky creations are a guide book mainstay, with their undulating floors and irregular windows. Coach parties love him. Just streets apart in the East of the …
December 13, 2011
Clearly there has been a major art prize since the last Found Objects, but you’ve been spared any more links to it. Instead: With great timing (both United and City crash out of Champions League) the BBC carry a slide show of a new show about Manchester after a speculative apolcypse. Gabriel Orozco is the …
December 12, 2011
They say no one likes a sore loser. And I’ve no doubt in person that after the winner was announced in last night’s Turner Prize, George Shaw was gracious in defeat. But shortly after Martin Boyce stepped up to claim the £20,000 award, it appeared to be paintings by Shaw which commented most directly on …
December 6, 2011
A few of the least missable art links from the web this week. Peruse at will: Here’s the most surprising thing written about art this week: Charles Saatchi on the vulgarity of the art world. As if to make a similar point Miru Kim shacks up with two pigs for the duration of Art Basel …
December 4, 2011
An inscription reads Silentium and it is almost tempted to leave this post right there and allow these snapshots to speak for themselves. They are not a sight for chatter. But I wanted to share the impression made on me by these tombs in the Austrian capital. It was like encountering a fleet of dark …
November 30, 2011
Welcome back to another round of art links from an exciting week on the Internet: From the department of unexpected events, here’s news that the EU is planning to undertake its biggest ever funding drive for art and culture. And here’s some more news that goes against the grain. Scientists have massively slowed up the …
November 28, 2011
With its dark, stained and somewhat splayed feet this stool looks solid enough. But it was still not clear that sitting there was permitted. It was, after all, part of an exhibition. It had its own plaque on the wall and, indeed, I was reading the very details relating to this piece, when I turned …
November 24, 2011
What might it be about a subterranean art commission which makes the imagination soar? Michael Landy, Jeremy Deller and Eva Rothschild are among the well-known contemporary artists to have taken their talents underground in recent times. It’s a gallery space you probably know, and chances are you have travelled on it. Art on the Underground …
November 24, 2011
Vienna was fun, but more on that later. Here are some links I’ve been catching up with: Check this photo on Hyperallergic and I’m sure you’ll agree, this woman really looks like a public menace. No wonder the cop is using pepper spray. I may be late to this, but if police can use said …
November 22, 2011
Internet: scoured, or at least partially. Hope you enjoy this week’s art-related links: The world’s most expensive photograph reached £2.7 million at Christies. The Guardian seemed surprised it wasn’t a classic Kodak moment. Meanwhile the world’s most expensive exhibition (surely) has already sold out its run at The National Gallery. The Independent offers a guide …
November 14, 2011