Visual Arts
An honest comeback
The Treasury's new tax credit system looks all set to rejuvenate the industry it almost destroyed three years earlier. Craig…
Gibert and George: you can't have one without the other
Described as art's odd couple, Gilbert and George are rarely out of the headlines when they release a new artwork.…
An Actor's Business: Location Matters
On January 8, 2007, Canadian actors went on strike in a dispute over how they should be paid for performances…
The Collectors: Museums and the ethics of acquisition
A former curator at the Getty Museum is on trial in Italy for receiving stolen antiquities; governments of Italy and…
An Essay on Painting - Disinformation and The Origin of Painting
DJ and installation artist Joe Banks has pioneered the use of electromagnetic noise through his ground-breaking Disinformation project. He uses…
An ugly duckling no more: the Barb turns 25
March is the 25th birthday of the much loved, and much hated Barbican Centre in London. Out of a bomb…
Taking Off
The concept behind Sky Orchestra was inspired by a research trip to Tunisia in 2002. I was staying in a…
Taking Off
The concept behind Sky Orchestra was inspired by a research trip to Tunisia in 2002. I was staying in a…
Mission impossible?
Now in it's fourth year and third manifestation, what has the Mission, Models, Money initiative actually achieved?
Why do you want to be a writer? How to answer the hardest question of all
In the first edition of his monthly column, Ralph Grayden explores how to answer the hardest question of all, "Why…