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Tate Retrospective For Key Painter Alex Katz
Born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, Alex Katz is one of the most important and respected living American artists. In July 2012 Katz celebrates his...
Why The Other Art Fair Provides A Real Alternative To Frieze
For a second year running, The Other Art Fair is hoping to provide a radical alterative to the established model of art fair by cutting out the...
Why Is The Cultural Olympiad A Media Ugly Duckling?
Our newest columnist Rosy Wiseman investigates the marked lack of media enthusiasm for the Cultural Olympiad – despite the ever-eulogistic tone of...
September 11 Monument Freedom Tower Tallest Building in NYC
As Londoners watch the progress on the Shard, New Yorkers have their eye on the ever-growing new One World Trade Center known as the Freedom Tower....
Rem Koolhaas Gets Stars In The Simpsons
The most recent episode of “The Simpsons,” (Season 23, Episode 19) features a surprising cameo of the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. On a family...
Pulse Stands Its Ground During NY Art Week
New York has now proven that it can handle a corridor of art fairs and satellite events all crammed into one spring week. PULSE Contemporary Art...
Helsinki Guggenheim Proposal Thrown Out By Politicians
On 2 May, city politicians in Helsinki voted against the proposal for a new Guggenheim Museum in the Finnish capital. The project was initially...
NY Frieze Sets The Benchmark For Future Art Events
A stunning fair with style and substance opens on Randell's Island Frieze is just what the doctor ordered to reinvent the lackluster New York fair...
Tracey Emin Creates Work In Aid Of NSPCC
Tracey Emin has created a digital work called ‘My Favourite Little Bird’, the proceeds of which will go to the children’s charity the NSPCC. The...
Iconic Work Of Keith Haring Honoured In Google Doodle
Iconic pop artist Keith Haring is honoured today – his birthday – by the latest Google Doodle that copycats his style. In the early 1980s, Haring...
Damien Hirst & Stella McCartney Give Art To Yoga Charity
Major artists including Damien Hirst and Stella McCartney have donated artwork to a charity auction, the proceeds of which will go towards a Special...
Vital American Photographer Richard Avedon Honoured At Gagosian
Richard Avedon (1923-2004) – described by the New York Times as the one of those photographers who has helped ‘define America's image of style,...
