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My life in art: How Will Gompertz was bitten by Jeff Koons's dog |
Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 8:25 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The American artist's giant sculpture of a balloon pooch didn't impress me much until I came face to face with it in Manhattan, writes Will Gompertz
Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes
Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:33 PM EDT (theartnewspaper.com)
American architect and artist Maya Lin was an undergraduate student at Yale University when she won the national competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, in 1981.
Faces of war 'laugh a little'
Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:11 PM EDT (BBC News)
The British photographer Rankin - best known for his fashion portraits - has swapped the catwalk for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In pictures: Has the art market bubble burst? |
Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The Christie's sale raised a total of £32m, a sum that includes buyers' premium of 12% for the top lots. It had been expected to make £58-76m (not including premium)
African Textiles
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:45 PM EDT (The New York Times)
To the casual Western eye, "African art" equals "African sculpture" — masks, headdresses and ritual figures.
The Frieze Art Fair in London
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)
At this week's Frieze Art Fair in London, they hoped for the best, expected the worst and took what came. After several weeks of financial havoc in stock exchanges across the globe, the feeding frenzy is over.
The Art of Calligraphy
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:26 PM EDT (The New York Times)
In the hands of artists over the centuries the Koran became a devotional object of surpassing beauty.
Warhol painting is sold for £4.3m
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:11 PM EDT (BBC News)
A painting by Andy Warhol has been sold for more than £4m, Sotheby's auction house said.
Bid to rescue Berlin Wall artwork
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:01 PM EDT (BBC News)
For decades the Berlin Wall was the physical symbol of the Cold War "Iron Curtain" between East and West.
Frieze 2008: British-based artists talk about art and money |
Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:08 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
As the Frieze art fair opens in London amid global financial turmoil, the minds of buyers and artists are on the subject of money more than ever.
Renaissance Faces: National Gallery exhibition |
Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:56 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Van Eyck to Titian
Free alternatives to Frieze |
Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:27 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Frieze is not the only art extravaganza in town this month.
Will women artists ever be given the respect they deserve?
Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:00 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Once again, men outnumber women on the Art Review's Power 100 list - further proof, if you need it, of the lack of equality in the art world.
£1m pledge for Titian masterpiece: BBC NEWS
Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:23 AM EDT (BBC News)
A grant of £1m has kick-started a campaign to keep Titian masterpiece Diana and Actaeon on public display. The donation is the largest towards saving an individual work in the Art Fund charity's 105-year history.
Tate Modern unveils the new Turbine Hall installation |
Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:38 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster brings the end of the world to Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Get a first look.
The Kingdom of the Blind
Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:20 PM EDT (iniva.org)
Newly commissioned work installed at Rivington Place 3 September - 20 October 2008.
The Real Da Vinci Code at the National Gallery
Seeded on Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:33 PM EDT (nationalgallery.org.uk)
The National Gallery does in fact have its very own 'Da Vinci Code!'
Shop found frozen in time
Seeded on Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:34 PM EDT (BBC News)
A boarded-up shop in Lancashire was found to have been left in exactly the same state as when it stopped trading more than 40 years ago.
Arts gets bigger and bigger
Seeded on Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:37 AM EDT (BBC News)
Exhibitions showing massive sculptures are creating a trend across the UK despite the economic gloom.
Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze
Seeded on Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:40 PM EDT (theartnewspaper.com)
Andrea Riccio: renaissance master of Bronze,from Wednesday in New York.
First show of Arab contemporary art in Israeli musem
Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 7:45 PM EDT (theartnewspaper.com)
Exhibition is also first of its kind with an Arab curator.
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian.
Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 7:37 PM EDT (theartnewspaper.com)
The National Gallery's own rich collection of Renaissance portraits is joined by loans from the UK, Europe and North America.
Moore at Kew
Seeded on Sun Oct 5, 2008 12:13 PM EDT (bbc.co.uk)
His monumental sculptures grace several public spaces across our city and are seen by thousands of Londoners every day. Now Kew Gardens has installed an exhibition of even more Henry Moores.
10 things to know about William Blake
Seeded on Sun Oct 5, 2008 12:01 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Yes, he wrote the words to 'Jerusalem' and inspired rockers like The Doors and Van Morrison. But as London marks William Blake's 250th birthday, how much do you really know about the painter, poet, mystical outsider and son of the city?
Vermeer was no sex-mad garret artist
Seeded on Sat Oct 4, 2008 3:30 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
She's back. The Mona Lisa of the modern age, Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring, is in town again and kicking up a storm. The truth about the subject of this famous image has been trampled over by a salacious West End and Hollywood.
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