Smoking gun here. Revellers vomited and tried to urinate on museum exhibits. Hmm, kind of proves the case for better funding of museums, rather than asking them to pan handle for small change.
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here’s a letter detailing the de...
The flikr set of people who have sat opposite Marina is here. Whack it on slideshow for full effect.
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Article here.
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This is a tricky issue, in other words, pulling in many directions. It’s much trickier than anything acknowledged in Picasso: Peace and Freedom. This is a show that surveys the last 30 years of the artist’...
A series of short stories from the Tate modern on Radio 4.
“The most visited museum of modern art in the world”
With all the troubles in Greece, one of Shanghai Eye’s favourite countries, it seems there has been one observer who has attended all the troublesome events there. See photos here.
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Deutsche Bank art magazine is out
They name Wangechi Mutu artist of the year.
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All the art mags are out, and quite a bit of content is online, here is a brief selection
Frieze looks at the latest Berlin Gallery shows
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The bear-bellied, bald-headed guy in wife-beater shirt who lives in the run-down house ...
Tirana Hunger Strike
Dear friends,
Douglas, Philippe and I were shocked when we arrived to Albania to discover the massive protest in Tirana. Following a demonstration of 200,000 people, 200 citizens and 22 MPs started a hunger strike to a...
A great Guardian end of the world books podcast. Offers insights such as the colours in Munch’s the scream were the result of atmospheric conditions after the Karakatoa volcano exploded.
...podcast thing here, funny (some swearing)
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