30 Jun, 2009
Posted by: admin In: We make money not art
In sensory deprivation experiments of the 1950s, college students lay on a cot in an empty cubicle nearly 24 hours a day, leaving only to eat and use the bathroom. They wore translucent goggles that let in light but prevented them from seeing any shapes or patterns, and they were fitted with cotton gloves and [...]
Here’s another artist’s studio. This is the workspace of American artist Garric Simonsen. If you like Cy Twombly or Willem de Kooning you’ll enjoy browsing through Garric’s work on his website. See Garric’s paintings and works on paper at his Website Here.See more Art Studio photos. Read the original post on the Art News Blog
D&AD has announced the appointment of a new chief executive – ex Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam MD Tim O’Kennedy (above). What do you think his first task should be? D&AD has been without a chief executive ever since Michael Hockney left under a cloud in March 2007. O’Kennedy comes in at a difficult time for [...]
29 Jun, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Creative Review
Tribal DDB’s Carousel took the Cannes Lions top prize in the Film category while the much-coveted Titanium award went to the Obama Presidential campaign After the Dove web film from two years back, the Film jury once again favoured an internet-based idea over traditional commercials, leaving us to wonder whether a straight commercial will ever [...]
29 Jun, 2009
Posted by: admin In: We make money not art
In London until tonight for the RCA show and a couple more exhibitions. Yesterday was Sunday. Barbican day to check out Radical Nature. Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009. “Yawn! Do we really need to read about yet another exhibition around that theme?” will you ask. Yes! It is a great show. A [...]
An 80-metre-long sculpture made up of huge black triangles has been unveiled at Tate Britain in London. Read the original article on the BBC
An ambitious series of stunning architectural designs is turning the spotlight on Norway’s natural beauty. Gwladys Fouché takes a tour See some of the designs in our gallery I am admiring an icy-blue river framed by majestic snow-capped mountains – but would have easily missed the spot were it not for the stunning structure I [...]
Queen and Prince Charles kept abreast of £10m project to revamp historic church in time for diamond jubilee Westminster Abbey is planning a spectacular £10m intervention in one of the most famous skylines in Britain, by building a corona – a crown-shaped roof – over the lantern that lights the heart of the church in [...]
A new sister museum to Russia’s Hermitage has opened in Amsterdam. It’s just the latest feather in the top art city’s hat, says Jonathan Jones On my last visit to the Hermitage collection, I could see skaters on the frozen Neva as I peered through the windows of St Petersburg’s Winter Palace. This time around, [...]
Performance artist Bobby Baker has charmed audiences worldwide with her slant on modern life. Few suspected that she suffered acute mental health problems, which she captured over a period of 10 years in hundreds of ‘diary drawings’. As Kate Kellaway finds, she has grown stronger for the experience When I tell people I am about [...]
