Contemporary art

Artists in the Marketplace opens with sculpture show on Randall’s Island

Programme aims to teach artists practical skills, such as grant writing and how to find gallery representation

Published online: 17 June 2013

 
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Something new out of Africa

The market is hotting up for the continent’s artists, but a boom seems far off

Published online: 14 June 2013

Sculpture in all its dimensions

3-D works have trumped painting over the past half-century

Published online: 14 June 2013

Al-fresco art in the Kaserne

Parcours’ new curator on staging the section in Basel’s lively cultural quarter

Published online: 13 June 2013

It’s big, but is it clever?

Supersizing can, at best, greatly enhance a work’s impact. At worst, however, it’s about ego and marketing

Published online: 13 June 2013

Here come the young ones

Patrons groups for people under 40 are on the rise in UK museums and elsewhere

Published online: 13 June 2013

Paul's enchanted forest fills Park Avenue Armory

A dazed troop of journalists filed out of the Park Avenue Armory this morning after the press opening of Paul McCarthy’s graphic...

Kanye digs Prouvé

Who knew that the upper echelons of Art Basel had a rock god in their midst? Just before the hip-hop superstar Kanye West strutted his...

I believe I can buy

Pop stars are all over Art Basel this week (hi again, Kanye), but even eagle-eyed aficionados of high (and low) culture might have missed a...

 

Turner Prize nominee David Shrigley—a “verified” artist

David Shrigley, known for his comical cartoons, was one of four artists shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize. The Art Newspaper interviewed the artist at opening of his 2012 show at the Hayward Gallery in London, and he talked about how it feels to be accepted by the art world establishment.