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 week's feature would hardly raise one of my eyebrows. I leave it up to your discretion to act as judge, jury and...
Artists were very likely the first ‘Rock Stars! Since Caravaggio, they have left behind a legacy of volatile extremes whether it be drunken incontinence or in your face infidelities. For every triumph achieved in their careers, there is always a story of excess and...
Cultural vandalism manifests itself in various ugly ways. There are examples of government approved vandalism, like the destruction of TFL's Eduardo Paolozzi Mosaic Arches At Tottenham Court Road Station. Or the council sanctioned removal of Banksy's 'Bird Mob' from a...
Good artists can create bad art, and fine artists are included in this selection; even they can create low-brow, mass produced work, in a perpetual state of gaudiness, with work designed to have calculated popular appeal - yet sometimes the work is so bad it's good -...
Artlyst has decided to cross the line and 'name and shame' local UK councils and public bodies for commissioning some of the most horrendous misuses of bronze and other materials in history. This is entirely a subjective list of visual misdemeanours which have invaded...
The Irish-born British artist Michael Craig-Martin has been awarded his Knighthood by Prince William (The Duke Of Cambridge . Martin known for creating images from everyday objects and credited with teaching Young British Artists like Damien Hirst in the late...
It wasn’t easy to get up this morning after the Moschino party at the Delano but after three large coffees and the prospect of visiting Art Miami and Context I set out to the Miami Beach Convention Centre to pick up the free shuttle bus to the Design District and...
Art Basel Miami is the world’s largest and perhaps the most important art event in the world. It opened yesterday and takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Centre, all this week. The global art scene, collectors, galleries, celebrities and well-known banks have...
Damien Hirst has become a major patron, in addition to being a celebrated artist. When he stages a show at his Great Newport Street Gallery, which is one of the most handsome art spaces in London, though not alas one blessed with good links to public transport, pretty...