To under paint or not? As anyone who has ever tried to paint an interior wall would testify, covering a dark area with white paint takes more than one coat….
The Banksy Phenomenon When notorious for having been a street vandal, you have to travel incognito forever or come clean and foot some bills. For the artist Banksy,… Topics: Street art
Jens-Peter Brask’s take on collecting art With a collection comprising of 2000+ works, Jens-Peter Brask is one of the most prolific art collectors in Scandinavia who dares to take on emerging… Topics: Art collector
Erling Kagge spills the beans The informal Erling Kagge enjoys a highly fulfilling career as an author, publisher, explorer, lawyer and art collector. The Norwegian national might best be summed… Topics: contemporary art
Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner at Versailles A giant metal sculpture of the British artist Anish Kapoor has hit the headlines. The vagina-like sculpture has managed to insult some cultural sensitivities when… Topics: Versailles
Frances Stark wins the Absolut Art Award 2015 The 2015 Absolut Art Award goes to the artist Frances Stark, it was announced today during the Vernissage of La Biennale di Venezia – 56th… Topics: Absolut Art Award, International art
English aristocracy is letting go of old masters Historic houses in England are increasingly auctioning off old masters from their art collections. According to the Art Newspaper, the Earl of Derby at Castle… Topics: British Art
Centre Pompidou fights back on the issue of Le Corbusier Centre Pompidou in Paris dismisses criticism of ignoring Le Corbusier’s fascist leanings as unreasonable. Pompidou has just opened an exhibition in its Galerie 2 celebrating… Topics: French art, Le Corbusier, Pompidou
Artist Rachel Rose has been awarded the Frieze Prize The New York video artist Rachel Rose (b 1986) has been announced as the winner of the Frieze Artist Award. The Award itself is a… Topics: award, Frieze, London
Abandoned: a series of photographs by Christian Richter Before Christian Richter became a photographer, he grew up in an area that used to belong to East Germany. In 1989, after the German Reunification,… Topics: art photography