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Artbytch 2016: Death, Fake News And A Few Bloody Good Exhibitions
Artbytch - Bloody hell it’s depressing this year. I don’t know which artistic musical literary or just general all-around genius I’m mourning from...
Top 10 – Art Disasters
Welcome to the Top 10 - Art Disasters "A visual experience is vitalising. Whereas to write great poetry, to draw continuously on one's inner life,...
Top 10 – Hated Works Of Art
This week's Top 10 takes a look at works of art that have been hated by some but not always by all. Hate is a subjective state of mind, what one...
Top 10 – Offensive Works Of Art
Warning… If you are easily offended then please do not open this top 10! Art has been a great marker for social change and most of the works in this...
Top 10 – Laughable Works Of Art
Some works of art are funny ha ha. Some are funny and we're laughing with them. Some are funny but we're laughing at them. Art is a subjective means...
Top 10 – Artists Behaving Badly
Artists were very likely the first ‘Rock Stars! Since Caravaggio, they have left behind a legacy of volatile extremes whether it be drunken...
Top 10 – Come Up And See My Etchings
'Come up and see my etchings' was a students catchphrase in the 1940s that rapidly gained a much wider currency throughout the English speaking...
Top 10 – Most Violent Works Of Art
This is not an easy or palatable topic, but art is steeped in violence. The human condition seeks it out, and in doing so glorifies the deity of...
Top 10 – Monochrome: Works of Art in Black and White
A new exhibition at the National Gallery is a celebration of monochrome and in particular painting in black and white. The term monochrome is used...
Top 10 – Art Attacks
Cultural vandalism manifests itself in various ugly ways. There are examples of government approved vandalism, like the destruction of TFL's Eduardo...
Top 10 – Outsider Artists
What is Outsider Art? Roger Cardinal the English art critic coined the term 'Outsider Art' in 1972 as the English alternative to 'Art Brut' (French:...
The Best Exhibitions Of 2016 – Chosen By Paul Black
Picked By Paul Black - With Anselm Kiefer's ambitious new exhibition, Paul Nash At Tate Britain, Picasso at the NPG, and Georgia O’Keeffe, and Mona...
