To Celebrate the launch of the 2012 Olympics today (27 July 2012) Bells will ring out in a once in a lifetime cacophony. At 8.12 AM the official launch day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ‘Work No.1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for […]
Turner prize winning artist Anish Kapoor has mused that the £15 price tag to go up in the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower may be a bit on the expensive side. At a preview for his Orbit tower sculpture, he stated, the price was; “a hell of a lot of money”.The structure which was designed by Kapoor […]
A specially-created, monumental sculpture titled, “Torchlight Chandelier” has been unveiled in Park Lane, as part of world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly’s international public art programme. It will remain in situ until after the 2012 olympic games. As London celebrates the incredible sporting achievements of the world’s finest athletes, this towering beacon heralds this historical year […]
Artist Tom Phillips RA Designs The Silver The British Sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro RA has designed the official Olympic gold commemorative coin, which was released today to the press,by the Royal Mint at London’s Royal Academy of Art. The UK’s first 1 Kilo coin was made in an edition of 60 and is valued at […]
Big Names Equal Big Impact For Official 2012 Olympic Posters Twelve Olympic posters were unveiled at Tate Britain yesterday in the run up to the 2012 games which take place in a little over nine months time. The Paralympics are also represented in the dozen images chosen by a panel spearheaded by Tate Modern director […]
Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed, will be executing a live sound piece on 27 July 2012 at 8:00 BST The piece titled, “Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes” will synchronize a three minutes performance throughout the UK to celebrate […]
London’s Olympic Park area, including Hackney Wick will be decorated with street art as part of the ‘Cultural Olympiad’ next year. This is a ‘if you cant beat em Join em’ solution to all of the creative graffiti that has existed in the area for decades. The more organized Art exhibitions by David Hockney, Lucian […]
Twelve Artists have been selected by the organizers of the 2012 Olympics to design the official posters. The list reads like a who’s who of A- Lister names from the London art scene. Tracey Emin, Bridget Riley ,Michael Craig -Martin and Bob and Roberta Smith plus Turner Prize winners Howard Hodgkin, Martin Creed, Chris Ofili […]
Tate Modern have announced the first substantial survey of the work of Damien Hirst which will run from 5 April – 9 September 2012. This is hardly a retrospective, given Hirst’s age. It will instead cover in-depth two decades of the artist’s output. The exhibition will highlight works including many of his most iconic pieces […]
Anish Kapoor has designed Britain’s largest piece of public sculpture, a 120 metre tall interwoven tower that people will be able to climb. The tower will boast spectacular views of London and the Olympic park. The work falls somewhere in between a crushed Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Dome, a fun fair Helter Skelter and […]