Whilst arts creative brilliance is often achieved through a considered and practiced dedication to a creative arts form there are few gains without risk, and this is one of the hardest things of the fledgling creative artist to come to terms with.The painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) used to throw paint …
Those who campaign against public artworks, as in Wales recently, promote a mindless, cultureless vision of Britain
Public art may be hitting the buffers, after years in which it swept all before it. An installation devised for Cardigan in Wales, by an alliance of local people and artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer – …
If only more public artworks could be like The Burghers of Calais, a powerful monument to everyday heroes
It’s great to be able to celebrate a genuinely powerful and moving public sculpture. There have been so many disappointments, and that’s a gentle way to describe the ugly, stupid stuff our cities …
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His new installation at Tate Britain sees him guiltily return a stolen stone to the Pyramid of Giza. It’s a gripping work of art
It’s unusual to see a new work of art about conscience. I mean individual conscience, not some generalised idea of political guilt. …
From clashes of pop culture to doodles, sculpture to collage, the ambiguity of Hofer’s work frees us from history as it drags us in
It seems that anything goes in Andreas Hofer’s artistic universe. You’re as likely to encounter dinosaurs as comic-book heroes, Nazis, Sigmund Freud, John Wayne, Veronica Lake or …
Grime MCs rapping about Chris Ofili paintings? If it challenges white, middle-aged art critics then it can only be a good thing
The art world thrives on the reactions of critics. Sensationalist work damned as “gratuitous” or “pretentious” is what makes the Turner prize so exciting. The most media-worthy pieces of …