Features

Aaron Johnson as John Lennon in Sam Taylor-Wood's

The artist as director

The latest work from the artist Sam Taylor-Wood made its debut in London last week. But it wasn't in a gallery. "Nowhere Boy", a fictionalised biography of the teenage years of Beatles founder John... >>>

Web only. Published online 3 Nov 09 (Features)

Why paintings succeed where words fail

Belgian artist Luc Tuymans talks to us on the eve of exhibitions in Europe, Russia and the US >>>

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From issue 205, September 2009. Published online 9 Sep 09 (Features)

Don’t call her the bag lady

Miuccia Prada on conceptual fakes, Italy’s cultural backwardness and what she plans to do with her own arts centre >>>

From issue 204, July/August 2009. Published online 18 Aug 09 (Features)

Jeff Koons on his Serpentine show, his inspirations and how his studio system works

The US artist reveals what he hopes to communicate to the public through his work >>>

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From issue 204, July/August 2009. Published online 5 Aug 09 (Features)

Remembering Nancy Spero

A former curator of the National Gallery of Canada and close friend of the artist looks back on her life and work >>>

Web only. Published online 26 Oct 09 (Features)

Art insurers on high alert for fraudulent claims

When the economy goes into recession, cases of insurance fraud shoot up. Industry specialists for the art world say they are watching contemporary dealers particularly closely >>>

Web only. Published online 1 Sep 09 (Features)

America is changing—but are its art museums?

Most major institutions are still run by white people, are supported by them, and tailor their exhibitions to suit them >>>

From issue 204, July/August 2009. Published online 12 Aug 09 (Features)

How to beat the recession: cut costs, slash prices, don't lie and be creative

Older and more experienced dealers offer their younger colleagues advice on how to weather the bad times >>>

From issue 204, July/August 2009. Published online 29 Jul 09 (Features)

Taking the war in Iraq to the American people

A British conceptual artist, an Iraqi artist and a US soldier who served in Iraq travelled from New York to Los Angeles with the remains of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bomb attack in tow >>>

Web only. Published online 17 Jun 09 (Features)

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Nancy Spero in her studio (Photo by Abe Frajndlich, 2003)

Remembering Nancy Spero

Luc Tuymans (Photo: Grant Delin, courtesy David Zwirner, New York)

Why paintings succeed where words fail

Miuccia Prada

Don’t call her the bag lady

The Brooklyn Museum has increased its percentage of non-white visitors from 17% to 45% in the last 12 years. Above, Yinka Shonibare's Diary of a Victorian Dandy: 11.00 Hours, 1998, is on view in an exhibition of the artist's work until 20 September

America is changing—but are its art museums?

Jeff Koons in his New York studio, where he employs more than 120 assistants

Jeff Koons on his Serpentine show, his inspirations and how his studio system works

Sign of things to come? Adam McEwen's Untitled (Closed) at the Wrong Gallery in New York, 2003

How to beat the recession: cut costs, slash prices, don't lie and be creative

Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Double Poke in the Eye II, 1985

Exclusive interview with Bruce Nauman

Jeremy Deller on a farm in Summertown, Tennessee

Taking the war in Iraq to the American people

Detail of Cantilever Staircase in Griffin Court
Photo: James Iska, Art Institute of Chicago.

Art Institute of Chicago’s massive extension opens

 

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