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Terje Isungset's Ice Music, Somerset HouseThursday, 06 January 2011
Clichés about the frozen North aside, music from the Nordic countries is often described as redolent of glacial landscapes or icy wastelands. But the music of percussionist Terje Isungset goes further – his instruments are carved from Norwegian ice... Read more... |
Never the Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts CentreFriday, 17 December 2010
Simon Starling’s wonderfully eccentric exhibition Never the Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts) will inevitably mean more to those who have visited the Camden Arts Centre regularly over the years. Places gradually acquire a patina of... Read more... |
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, ICATuesday, 07 December 2010
As I wandered round this year’s New Contemporaries at the ICA, a few yards away in Trafalgar Square, thousands of students braved the cold for the third time to protest against the Government’s proposed spending cuts on education. How many art... Read more... |
Philippe Parreno, Serpentine GalleryThursday, 25 November 2010
Lovers of the beautiful game may already be familiar with the name Philippe Parreno, or at least with his best-known work. In 2006 he collaborated with artist Douglas Gordon (24-hour Psycho) on Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait, a film that trained 17... Read more... |
British Art Show 7, Nottingham GalleriesSunday, 07 November 2010
Nottingham always had an eye for beauty. When I was growing up near there, the boast was that its women were the most beautiful in England. Today, it could and should be boasting about Caruso St John’s magnificent concrete landmark adorned with... Read more... |
Art Gallery: The Museum of EverythingWednesday, 20 October 2010
Whether you think the weird world of Walter Potter is cute or creepy, there’s little doubt that the Victorian taxidermist, and creator of humorous tableaux in which fluffy creatures enact human scenarios, has acquired some standing in the art... Read more... |
When will it end? Dust continues to spoil fun for visitors to Tate ModernSunday, 17 October 2010
Three days after its closure, and just a few days after opening, Tate Modern is still to make an announcement over the future of Ai Weiwei's interactive Turbine Hall installation. Will the closure of the dust-emitting artwork be permanent? Or are... Read more... |
Alexander Ponomarev: Sea Stories, Calvert 22Friday, 08 October 2010
As well as being a great artist, Leonardo da Vinci designed machine guns, tanks and cluster bombs and worked out how to build a submarine; but so appalled was he by the potential of this last invention that he coded his notes to prevent anyone using... Read more... |
Turner Prize 2010, Tate BritainTuesday, 05 October 2010
There may be some who feel this year’s shortlist for the Turner Prize has done little to forge ahead with anything new, innovative and different. And then there may be others who will welcome the rather more established artists on this year’s list,... Read more... |
Darren Almond: The Principle of Moments, White Cube Mason's YardFriday, 10 September 2010
Darren Almond’s ongoing fascination with far-flung places where extreme weather conditions prevail provides the inspiration for his current show at White Cube. The Principle of Moments consists of over 10,000 tiny photographs cataloguing the ever-... Read more... |
Gregor Schneider: Fotografie und Skulptur, Sadie Coles HQSunday, 05 September 2010
Few artists can creep you out like Gregor Schneider. His work is scary and it’s absurd. But even as you giggle nervously when confronted with its less than subtle deployment of shock-horror tactics, a more profound disquiet creeps up on you.... Read more... |
theartsdesk in New York: Over the Sea to Art Getaway IslandSunday, 22 August 2010
When it’s 33 degrees and rising, boarding a ferry in New York has to be a good plan. One of the newest and weirdest of the city’s watery destinations is Governors Island (no apostrophe - it was removed in 1783 when the British, who used it to house... Read more... |
