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A real scene stealer: Glenn Brown's 'second-hand' art is the subject of a Tate retrospective
A lot of people want to lick or even eat Glenn Brown's paintings. It is a permanent source of puzzlement and wry amusement to the artist because some of those pieces that seem to get the digestive juices flowing most freely are those in which he has gone out of his way to create a "toxic foul smelling lump."
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Mark Wallinger: Mane attraction
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Breathing new life into traditional symbols is the hallmark of the artist whose giant white horse is destined to become the 'Angel of the South'
Free spirit: Maggi Hambling on art, taboos and political correctness
Friday, 13 February 2009
The controversial artist explains why art should go for the heart and talks about the special relationship with her great friend, the late jazz singer George Melly
Nominations announced for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
The Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition, which runs from 12 February - 14 June has announced this year's nominations.
Revolution in the head: The kings of constructivism
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Rodchenko and Popova's Constructivist style was one of the great successes of 20th-century art, argues Tom Lubbock
Angus Fairhurst: The forgotten man
Saturday, 7 February 2009
While Damien Hirst and other YBAs went on to make millions, their friend Angus Fairhurst seems fated to be remembered for his suicide. Michael Glover visits the first retrospective of his work
Observations: Conran's new restaurant art
Friday, 6 February 2009
Since the Boundary restaurant opened last month in east London, it has received the usual barrage of scrutiny and reviews but hardly anyone has mentioned the art. Yet what's on the walls is obviously important to Sir Terence and Vicki Conran, whose 50th foodie venture – which will eventually comprise three restaurants, 17 bedrooms, a bakery and foodstore when the converted Victorian warehouse is fully functional in April – will house work by more than 50 artists, photographers, graphic designers and print makers.
The Diary: Titian's Diana and Actaeon; Glastonbury; Sebastian Barry; Alec Greven
Friday, 6 February 2009
New sensation: The next generation of Young British Artists
Friday, 6 February 2009
The Sensation spectacular spotlighted the young British artists 11 years ago. Now, the Tate's new show is trying to repeat the trick. Tom Lubbock ponders art's new direction, while Alice Jones introduces the key artists
Observations: Heathrow's Terminal chaos was turned into an artform
Friday, 6 February 2009
Disgruntled passengers might differ, but someone thinks Heathrow's Terminal 5 is a potential design classic. The ill-fated airport hub features three times on the shortlist for this year's Brit Insurance Design Awards, though not in the architecture or transport categories. Instead, Troika gains two nominations for its striking installations, which greet harassed visitors. The first is an innovative take on a world clock – a 22m-long wall with cities and statistics in blue neon, while its digital sculpture Cloud, made of thousands of flip-dots, hangs above the entrance to the luxury lounges. Ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty receives a nod for its "live" adverts, a campaign which mopped up the aftermath of the disastrous launch, using daily information about waiting times and baggage handling to prove that "Terminal 5 is working".
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Friday, 6 February 2009
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