Why Modern Art Is Not Shocking Enough

Why Modern Art Is Not Shocking Enough

Our newest columnist Rosy Wiseman asks what Contemporary Art could learn from Maurice Sendak… A crop of careful art has emerged by artists who don’t want to disturb or upset, spurred on by a perceived need to cheer people up during a double-dip Olympiad....
Glasgow International Festival Launches Inflatable Stonehenge

Glasgow International Festival Launches Inflatable Stonehenge

Turner Prize Winner Jeremy Deller Does Spinal Tap Smell The Glove Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (20 April–7 May 2012) launched today with the unveiling of Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller’s major new artwork Sacrilege. Situated on Glasgow...
Turner Prize Jeremy Deller Creates Plastic Stonehenge

Turner Prize Jeremy Deller Creates Plastic Stonehenge

  Prehistoric Stonehenge to be recreated on Glasgow Green by Jeremy Deller The Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller will be creating a plastic version of the mysterious stone monument as part of the city’s International Festival of the Visual Arts. The work will be...

Glasgow Prepares For International Festival of Visual Art

Everyone knows that quality visual art happens all year round in Glasgow just look at the last few years of Turner Prize nominees. For two weeks every two years, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art puts it firmly in the spotlight. From artists’ studios...
Jeremy Deller Rejoices In People At Hayward

Jeremy Deller Rejoices In People At Hayward

Jeremy Deller: Joy in People @ Hayward Gallery – REVIEW Joy in People is the world’s first retrospective of Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller – an artist whose work typically eschews the gallery space for the public, and rejects the ‘high’ trappings of visual...