Digest of international news for the week Business Standard London: British Indian artist Anish Kapoor unveils Britain's tallest sculpture, a twisted tangle of steel sponsored by ArcelorMittal, next to the Olympic Stadium that he called 'awkward but beautiful'. Dhaka: A special Bangladeshi tribunal indicts an ... |
Coke is too much for the tastebuds Financial Times Sir, “I love food,” says Anish Kapoor (Lunch with the FT, May 5). So why on earth does he drink Coke with it? And most especially with the eclectic variety of flavours and tastes that have been provided by the “fashionable delicatessen Ottolenghi”? |
 Irish Times | Culture Vultures Must Dos Irish Times Decide for yourself at London's big draw this summer; Brit art's bad boy Damien Hirst's blockbuster retrospective at Tate Modern. Pickled sharks, spots, a diamond encrusted skull and dead flies are all on show. Book your €17.42 ticket before you book ... |
 Irish Times | Culture Vultures Must Dos Irish Times Decide for yourself at London's big draw this summer; Brit art's bad boy Damien Hirst's blockbuster retrospective at Tate Modern. Pickled sharks, spots, a diamond encrusted skull and dead flies are all on show. Book your €17.42 ticket before you book ... |
State of the art Financial Times Inside, its chic minimalist aesthetic and trendy rooftop bar frame work by Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami. (Anish Kapoor's solo show there opens next week.) But the curators are keen to show visitors what's being made in Ukraine. |
 ARTINFO | Artist Jeff Koons ARTINFO by Ann Binlot Whether it's the mission to bring his $25 million dollar “Train” to the High Line or calling his own artwork “empty,” artist Jeff Koons never ceases to be an art-world enigma. His appropriated sculptures, from “Michael Jackson and ... WSJ “DONOR OF THE DAY” CELEBRATION AT THE WHITNEY Photos by Billy Farrell |
 Wall Street Journal | POST-COLONIAL CONTEMPORARY ART by Barbara Pollack Artnet Pace Beijing sold a major work by Li Songsong and had a bidding war going on over a Zhang Xiaogang, but Gagosian was attracting equal interest with a magnificent butterfly painting by Damien Hirst, as well as a small painting by its single Chinese ... What Chinese collectors are really buying |
 HotelChatter (blog) | If the (Tasmanian) Devil's In the Details, then Tasmania's MONA Pavilions Have ... HotelChatter (blog) Four underground levels built into an old sandstone quarry contain a $110+-million USD collection including pieces by Damien Hirst and Jean-Michel Basquiat. And then there are the Pavilions. Four of the eight Pavilions are named after famous Australian ... |
Mississippi River swimmers put hazmat boat on lockdown WAFF Police tried to get the Richard Prince and Roberto Ferie to swim back to the shore. However, instead of getting out of the water, the men told officers that they were swimming to New Orleans. "That statement led Harbor Patrol officers to believe the ... |
Mississippi River swimmers put hazmat boat on lockdown Downtown Memphis Police tried to get the Richard Prince and Roberto Ferie to swim back to the shore. However, instead of getting out of the water, the men told officers that they were swimming to New Orleans. “That statement led Harbor Patrol officers to believe the ... |