As a new exhibition tracing 500 years of physical attacks on British art opens at the Tate, artists including Douglas Gordon, Michael Landy, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Michael Wallinger explain how destruction can be a starting point for...

 

 

Curator Fulya Erdemci recounts the 13th Istanbul Biennial, after Gezi Park occupation http://t.co/oi6wpASvpM

 

 

The Guardian
Is art to blame for gentrification?
The Guardian
Bold Tendencies is the art space and cocktail bar standing imperiously on top of a Peckham multi-storey car park.

 

Elle Buys Italian 'Art' at Venice Film Festival Variety Paris-based sales company Elle Driver has acquired all international territories outside Italy on ambitious Italo animation drama “The Art of Happiness,” by Alessandro Rak, which opened the...

 

Toronto Star
GOP Congressman Endorses Bogus Theory That Syria Got Its Chemical ...
Mother Jones (blog)
On Friday, the Obama administration released its assessment of last week's chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians.

 

'Labour and Wait' displays the melding of art and craft Los Angeles Times SANTA BARBARA — Speaking recently to a sold-out crowd at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, noted British ceramic artist Grayson Perry held forth as his alter ego, Claire, in a...

 

 
The Venice Biennial is one of the most important art events in the world, presenting the work of avant-garde artists for over 100 years.

 

Corbijn Will Film James Dean's Road Trip With Lensman Dennis StockPublished: May 29, 2013Before he was a film director, Anton Corbijn was a rock photographer.

 

Massimiliano Gioni's Urbane Biennale Is the Most Dazzling in MemoryPhoto Gallery: Slideshow: "The Encyclopedic Palace" in VenicePublished: May 29, 2013As far as biennial concepts go, the “encyclopedic palace” is a smart one.

 

From Al Aqsa clashes to Tel Aviv activism:

- Independent commentary from Israel and the Palestinian territories This week: Clashes in Jerusalem and the West Bank at the heels of provocative visits to...

 

 

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Federal complaints targeting Palestine solidarity activism on campus are ...

 

The Judas Kiss: Glen Berger's "Song of Spider-Man"Published: August 30, 2013Tell-all books in the theater are rare. Frank Langella waited until all of his subjects were dead before he lacerated some of them —Richard Burton, Yul Brynner, Laurence...

 

The burial site of the artist Kazimir Malevich, near Moscow, has been covered in concrete by a real estate developer.

 

New York Times
'Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan' Shows Detailed Efforts
New York Times
“Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan,” at the Metropolitan Museum, is the perfect place to mourn the lost art of handwriting.

 

httpv://youtu.be/zwkzf-KUNPM Between 1979 and 1981, the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould collaborated on a series of documentary films with the French violinist,

 

A violin and a viola owned and played by Mozart will be used in performances in the United States in June.

 

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Abstract art projects are great for those who feel that art is always about drawing, and may not always be so keen on their skills. Sometimes just making irregular shapes with color can produce beautiful results.