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Artist who owes it all to Felix the Cat wins Turner Prize
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Animals, it seems, are the key to success. Last time round, a man in a bear suit walked off with Britain's premier art prize. This year, the Turner Prize, announced last night, was awarded to a man who took inspiration from Felix the Cat.
Michael Glover: Brainy stuff – but can't we have some beauty?
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
It has been a dismal year for the Turner Prize – and all that can be said for Mark Leckey's piece is that it is the least uninteresting of the lot. In part, this is because it has a kind of bizarre energy.
Whatever happened to the Turner Prize?
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Critics have panned the shortlist for the award that once epitomised the best of British contemporary art and say it's had its day.
It's art – but not to everyone's taste
Friday, 28 November 2008
Masterpieces are recreated using tofu, celery and cabbage – then eaten
Lucrezia Borgia is unmasked... in Australia
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
First portrait of Renaissance Italy's most notorious femme fatale identified after years of research
Tate to exhibit 'lost' van Dyck
Saturday, 22 November 2008
A portrait by the masterly 17th-century Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, which has never been exhibited in public and whose exact whereabouts were unknown for close to a century, is to be shown at Tate Britain next year.
Google redesign logo to celebrate artist's life
Friday, 21 November 2008
Google have temporarily redesigned their logo to incorporate elements of work by the artist Rene Magritte.
'Artists' gallery' unveils £13.5m expansion
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The Whitechapel Gallery today unveiled its "ambitious" expansion following a £13.5 million campaign.
Art's too expensive, says Hirst (worth £200m)
Monday, 17 November 2008
Arifa Akbar: Damien Hirst has welcomed the prospect of selling his work at cheaper rates in a recession.
The remarkable renaissance in Chinese art
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Over half of the world's best-selling artists today are from Asia – after 500 years of domination by Western art.
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