Archive for August, 2010

Ekow Eshun Announces Plan to Step Down as Executive Director of ICA in March 2011 – Art Daily

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Ekow Eshun Announces Plan to Step Down as Executive Director of ICA in March 2011
Art Daily
He brought together a host of internationally-renowned artists including Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley, all of whom were first shown by the ...

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Leading article: A monumental debate – Independent

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Leading article: A monumental debate
Independent
Anish Kapoor's 50m long Temenos was unveiled in Middlesbrough's docks earlier this year. But that is only the beginning. Mark Wallinger's 50m Ebbsfleet ...

David Lee: Nowhere is safe from epidemic of monstrous works by Kapoor and Co – Independent

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

David Lee: Nowhere is safe from epidemic of monstrous works by Kapoor and Co
Independent
The announcement that Anish Kapoor is to exhibit large sculptures at the Serpentine is no surprise. After all, since his retrospective closed at the Royal ...
Why size is everything in public artIndependent


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Andy Warhol’s Piss Paintings Aren’t Exactly Number One – Village Voice

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Andy Warhol's Piss Paintings Aren't Exactly Number One
Village Voice
Warhol's late "great artistic developments" include collaborations with Jean-Michel Basquiat ("a tour de force of figurative painting"), hand-stenciled ...

French Protesters: Murakami Too Hot for Versailles – Flavorwire (blog)

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

CBC.ca

French Protesters: Murakami Too Hot for Versailles
Flavorwire (blog)
In fact, the French right is so incensed about a Takashi Murakami show that opens September 14th at the Palace of Versailles that they've started several ...
Japan pop artist's Versailles show sparks protestsAFP

4000 Protest Takashi Murakami's Versailles ExhibitAnime News Network

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Universal theme explored – Shanghai Daily

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Universal theme explored
Shanghai Daily
ARTIST Zeng Fanzhi has moved on from his famous "Mask" series. His new exhibit is seemingly preoccupied with ...

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Murakami’s Planned Show at Versailles Riles Right-Wing Critics – ARTINFO

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Murakami's Planned Show at Versailles Riles Right-Wing Critics
ARTINFO
But the Qatar royal family and its head, Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, are voracious collectors of contemporary art, having acquired Damien Hirst's stainless ...

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Protesters decry Murakami show at Versailles – CBC.ca

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

CBC.ca

Protesters decry Murakami show at Versailles
CBC.ca
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami poses in the Hall of Mirrors at France's famed Palace of Versailles in June (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)The ...
Murakami's Planned Show at Versailles Riles Right-Wing CriticsARTINFO

French Protesters: Murakami Too Hot for VersaillesFlavorwire (blog)

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Mortality Bites – New York Times (blog)

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

New York Times (blog)

Mortality Bites
New York Times (blog)
... and which anticipated the works of Robert Gober and Damien Hirst by decades. ''We accept our thing-ness intellectually,'' he said of these works, ...

Chinese Long Course Nationals: Li Xuanxu Posts Another Swift 400 IM – SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Chinese Long Course Nationals: Li Xuanxu Posts Another Swift 400 IM
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
Zhao Jing placed second in 2:10.42, shy of her 19th-ranked season best of 2:10.21, while Liu Yali rounded out the top three in 2:11.25. ...