How to be internationally celebrated artist Francis Alys
- Perform pointless task
- Record it on low quality video from poor angle
- Give it lengthy and pretentious name
- …
- …
- …
- Art
Thomas Demand, Junior Suite.
A recreation of Whitney Houston’s last supper. On Display at Matthew Marks Gallery New York starting May 5.
(via toomuchart)
(via annthesinister)
Your Comfort Is My Silence/You Thrive On Mistaken Identity
Barbara Kruger
This is Marina Abramovic, serbian performance artist, participating in her work Rhythm 0, wherein she invited viewers to use any one of 72 different objects, including a feather and a gun, on her body over the course of 6 hours.
This was one of the only things I understood about my ridiculous lecture yesterday, but the thing I really took from it is how much young Marina Abramovic looks like Kelly MacDonald.
Fanfare For Crossing the Road
Ann-Marie LeQuesne
Performance, Ongoing (Intermittent)
Barbara Hepworth sculpture stolen for scrap
The curators have offered a £1000 reward. Yet, the article states a sculpture of a similar size, by Henry Moore was sold for scrap metal for £1500 and also, that the sculpture is worth £500,000. Who on earth is going to read that and then return it for a measly grand?
Andrea Riseborough in Vogue Italia
By Tom Munro
Meus Volatus Magicus Supra Antoglyph
Lukas Strebel
1971
Thoughts on Tacita Dean’s FILM
This is part of an essay I just handed in called FILM and Finality: Death as a concept and I’m pretty haps with it so if you fancy it’s not too long.
