Thanks to Dazed & Confused for pointing out this Paul Fryer installation that was up for the duration of Frieze.
At the Church of the Holy Trinity Marylebone, Paul Fryer replicates the heavens and earth to demonstrate man´s megalomaniacal folly.
He [] displays the consequences of man´s hubris with a figure of a child-sized angel trapped in […]
This weekend is your last chance to peek at London (or Brooklyn) from the giant optical devices installed on Fulton Ferry Landing and near the Tower Bridge, respectively.
On display since May 22, the telescope-like devices have been open every hour of the day. The brainchild of Alexander Stanhope St. George and realized by his great-grandson […]
Less than two weeks after a successful showing at auction, Banksy once again explodes onto headlines, allegedly unmasked, working, and on camera. The Times Online (UK) reports that a passerby was able to take a camera-phone snapshot of the man who had extended the street’s double yellow line into the flower you see pictured, as […]
Eleven originals created by the cheeky, sneaky graffiti artist Banksy sold for over £540,000 at Bonham’s auction house in London last Wednesday. The Bristol-born artist, who has managed to keep his identity a secret despite worldwide notoriety, is a divisive figure in the art world, at once infuriating the establishment with his bold stunts and […]
Since Bloomberg first reported the news that Damien Hirst’s diamond-studded, platinum skull piece, For the Love of God, had sold for the asking price of £50 million, there has been a flurry of scepticism surrounding the purchase.
The ‘consortium of businessmen,’ or, “unnamed investor group,” includes Hirst, and why that raised eyebrows was dissected by […]
From MSNBC.com:
Mark McGowan, 37, said he ate “about three bites” of the dog meat, cooked with apples, onions and seasoning, to highlight what he called Prince Philip’s mistreatment of a fox during a hunt by the queen’s husband in January.
“It was pretty disgusting,” McGowan said of the meal, which he ate while appearing on a […]
The BBC (and everyone else) reports on For the Love of God, Damien Hirst’s oeuvre of oppulence:
Artist Damien Hirst has unveiled a diamond-encrusted human skull worth £50m - said to be the most expensive piece of contemporary art.
The 18th Century skull is entirely covered in 8,601 jewels, while new teeth were made for the artwork […]
Join me at The New School this afternoon for a talk by my artistic heroes, Gilbert & George:
Legendary British duo Gilbert & George will discuss their remarkable artistic and personal collaboration over the last thirty-five years, from their early performance pieces to their large-scale photomontages, which have attracted both fierce controversy and enormous acclaim. This […]
