The art project “Bewegtes Land” transformed Germany’s Saale valley into a 30 kilometer long stage, entertaining passengers in passing trains. Some 500 residents and volunteers took part along the Jena-Naumburg route.
Serpentine Pavilion 2017: Francis Kéré
Diébédo Francis Kéré talks about his 2017 Pavilion design, his work in Burkina Faso and his German influences. Inspired by the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in […]
Bret Easton Ellis interview: Donald Trump and American Psycho
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.
