Leading lights - Artists
After walking away from the art world, Carl Pope Jr. headlines the Cleveland Museum of Art’s newest exhibition
Carl Pope Jr. is an unconventional artist from the heart of the Indiana. Although his works have been exhibited by prominent cultural institutions, as well as the Whitney and MOMA […]
‘Popagandist’ Ron English intends to whitewash Banksy’s $730,000 piece Slave Labour
American artist Ron English is best known for his interesting fission of Pop art, propaganda, and art history. Having coined the term ‘popaganda,’ his paintings, sculptures, and even billboards are […]
Zoe Leonard’s ‘I Want a President’ revived to benefit HIV/AIDS activism group
‘I want a dyke for president. I want a person with aids for president and I want a fag for vice president and I want someone with no health insurance […]
‘The Miraculous Journey’: Qatar’s controversial Damien Hirst installation makes its second debut
14 large-scale bronze sculptures make up The Miraculous Journey (2005-2013) by Damien Hirst. The installation, standing just outside a Qatar hospital, has recently been unveiled – again. Each of the […]
The blood in Jordan Eagles’ ‘Jesus, Christie’s’ runs deeper than you might think
Just over a year ago, Christie’s rocked the art world when they sold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi for $450.3 million. The hype surrounding what was deemed ‘the last da […]
Somenotsukasa Yoshioka: a workshop ‘In Search of Forgotten Colours’
The 19th-century saw the industrialization of various manufacturing processes. One of which was the way in which materials were dyed. In the mid-1800s, the creation of synthetic dyes slowly pushed […]
Anni Albers: her life, her exhibition
Anni Albers (1899-1994) and textiles have become one and the same. Though the artist, born in Berlin to a bourgeois furniture manufacturing family, may not have known that she would […]
