In the infamous novel American Psycho, the main protagonist and yuppie killer Patrick Bateman references Donald Trump hundreds of times. We talk to the book’s author Brett Easton Ellis about the new […]
Tate Britain celebrates David Hockney’s iconic art
He’s one of the most influential British artists of the past 50 years. Now David Hockney’s work is being celebrated in a major new exhibition in London. Four years in the planning, […]
‘I assume the best work is yet to come’: David Hockney
A new David Hockney exhibition is opening at London’s Tate Modern this week (9 February – 27 May 2017). In 1980, Fran Morrison caught up with David Hockney for Newsnight to discuss […]
Greece unveils first modern art museum
The Greek capital of Athens, well-known for its ancient monuments, is opening its first National Museum of Contemporary Art. Artists who have suffered during the country’s economic crisis hope this will be […]
Olafur Eliasson on ‘Brilliant Ideas’
Olafur Eliasson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and it’s where he still has one of his studios. The work that put Olafur on the map was the weather project, in the Turbine […]
The mystery of the missing Francis Bacon nude
Stephen Smith unravels the 60-year-old mystery of a missing unfinished nude by Francis Bacon, which is hidden under a pair of works by a little known Irish painter, Tony O’Malley.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s new documentary takes an uncensored look at trailblazing arts patron and collector Peggy Guggenheim.
Painting the 20th Century: Black Artists
Eldzier Cortor (1916-2015), a painter and printmaker, was part of a generation of black artists whose work was overlooked by many institutions but is now being recognized.
Matthew Barney: Boat of Ra
Boat of Ra is one of many monumental sculptures in Matthew Barney: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. In this work manifold symbols, narratives and histories are layered within […]
The artist who takes 17 years for a painting
The artist Ben Johnson has painted every building on the Liverpool skyline in one picture. He painted all 30,000 tiles of the Dome of the Rock, each with seven layers of paint. […]
