Archive for March, 2007

Daniel Sinsel At Sadie Coles, London

The second solo show by the Bavarian, London-based artist Daniel Sinsel opened this week. Entitled ‘Grete, erregt’, the exhibition, according to Sinsel, has been inspired by the “erotically entertaining” Hansel and Gretel fairytale. sinselManwithNutsTINY.jpg

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Cedar Lewisohn's Latest Diary

Still from Luis Bunuel's Viridiana Sunday... hmm... i just made a quick cottage pie on the punk's request,, she's in geneva and getting back tonight and said she'd love to...

Red Mansion Art Prize Exhibition, London

In 2002 the Red Mansion Foundation, whose mission is to promote artistic exchange between China and the UK, founded a new prize for young British artists to...

The Films Of Ira Schneider

This week is your chance to catch up with the work of Ira Schneider, one of the lesser known pioneers of video art, through a double set of...

Louisa Buck And Julia Peyton-jones On Collecting Contemporary Art

The British Art market generates around $500 million a year. Who controls this money? Where does it come from? Where does it go? Is there really an artwold...

Katie Shapiro: Stuart Artist Of The Week

Katie Shapiro is in the last year of her BFA in Photography at the California Institute of The Arts in Los Angeles. For her thesis she is...

Video: Squirrel By Anssi Kasitonni

A still from 'Squirrel' by Anssi Kasitonni Anssi Kasitonni, born 1978, is a Finnish artist and musician (Anssi 8000) based in Sahalahti, Finland. His short films, shot on 8mm,...

Doug Mcclemont On Tala Madani At Lombard Fried, New York

'Spill', 2006 Despite the presence of cakes and candles, the scenes in the paintings of Iranian artist Tala Madani are far from celebratory. Madani's world features middle-aged, Middle Eastern...

Reconstructing The Modlins, Madrid

Nelson, Margaret and Elmer Modlin. Rifling through a pile of domestic refuse one night in 2003, photographer Paco Gomez found what would become a fascinating project on the ideas...

The Politics Of Fear At Albion, London

Reza Aaramesh, 'I am a believer', 2006 The 'Politics of Fear' opened this week at Michael Hue-Williams' modernist giant the Albion Gallery. Five hundred was the number I heard...