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Duchamp, bad father“The career of Marcel Duchamp offers a rare instance of chaos theory as applied to the history of art. His concept of the ready-made work of art came out of the blue. It could not have been foreseen
“ZURICH — Armed robbers stole four important paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Cézanne from a museum in Zurich, the Swiss authorities announced Monday, in what they said might have been the largest art theft in Europe. “Three thieves,
“One Sunday, several months ago, early risers gazing at Czech Television’s CT2 channel saw picturesque panoramas of the Czech countryside, broadcast to the wordless accompaniment of elevator music. It was the usual narcoleptic morning weather show. Then came the nuclear
Artist takes a soft approach to the divine [Sydney Morning Herald] “Few people would describe the Pope or the Scientology founder, L.Ron Hubbard, as cute and cuddly. However, in his exhibition Cupco Is God, the artist Luke Temby has turned
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helicopter Symphony, from YouTube “Karlheinz Stockhausen, a controversial giant of 20th century musical modernism whose works were seldom embraced by mainstream concert audiences, has died at the age of 79. Endlessly prolific, whether in fashion or out of
Secret letters unravel Kahlo legend [Guardian arts and architecture blog] “It’s part of Frida Kahlo‘s considerable legend that she had a brief but passionate love affair with Trotsky shortly after his arrival in Mexico from Russia, where Stalin had ousted
Tooth mining at Gauguin’s love hut [The Guardian] “Four rotten molars and an empty jar of Bovril have been found down a well in the garden of Gauguin‘s house on the remote island of Hiva Oa in the Pacific Ocean.
Friends, On Sunday 25th November I staged an interventionist performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. ‘Dead Art’ was a protest about the absence of live performance art in the MCA, one of Australia’s foremost contemporary art institutions.
As we noted below in a re-posting from The West Australian, the widely respected and admired curator John Stringer passed away unexpectedly last week. The Kerry Stokes Collection has posted a memorial website to commemorate his life and work.
From The West Australian: Leading curator Stringer dies 14th November 2007, 7:00 WST/ The West Australian John Stringer, one of Perth’s leading artistic lights and the curator of billionaire Kerry Stokes’ vast art collection, has died at the age of