For the first time in 50 years, Britain is hosting an exhibition of the work of Paul Gauguin, the bad-boy of modern art. The show opens at the Tate Modern in London this Thursday through January 16th, 2011: Gauguin is one of the world’s most famous and best-loved artists from the early 20th century. For the first time in ... Read More »
If you wanted to check out Polish artist Miroslaw Balka’s massive “How It Is” installation in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern but can’t make it to London… well… there’s an app for that. (SlamXHype) 10,000 music fans re-enacted AC/DC videos, sang, danced, and generally had a good ol’ time as they choked the streets of Melbourne late ... Read More »
As an article over at Arts21 notes, “The new Chris Ofili mid-career retrospective at Tate Britain feels like walking through a mixtape of semi-obscure black American music from the last 50 years, created by a middle-aged record shop owner with an encyclopedic knowledge of musical history and a body odor problem.” Actually, it’s not just the backward glance that ... Read More »
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