CULTURE ALT

Michael Rakowitz' unveils response to ISIS looting in Irak

Mar 28, 2018

For the 12th edition of the 'Fourth Plinth' project in Trafalgar Square London, the artist Michael Rakowitz unveils 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist'. The sculpture is inspired by Lamassu, a 7th century winged bull which was destroyed near Mosul by ISIS in 2015. The piece is made out of 10,500 empty Iraqi date...

artist Fred Wilson "You can't have a messiah complex or you will fail"

Mar 26, 2018

Fred Wilson is an American artist who represented the USA at the Venice Biennale in 2003. He describes himself as having African, European and Amerindian roots. Identity – and the re-examination of history- is something which often comes back in his work. We met with the artist to celebrate his first solo show in the...

Tacita Dean on opening three major shows in London

Mar 16, 2018

Former YBA - Young British Artists- Tacita Dean is known for her films exploring themes like the sea, shipwrecks and the landscape.
She opens three shows at the same time in London: at the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Tacita speaks to us about the difficultly of using...

the curator of the National Gallery London speaks about Spanish artist Murillo

Mar 14, 2018

Bartolome Esteban Murillo was a Spanish painter active in Seville in the17th century. Mostly known for his religious paintings and depictions of street children, the National Gallery in London is taking a closer look at the artist’s self-portraits. We followed the curator of the show Letizia Treves inside the...

Cerith Wyn Evans and Marcel Duchamp

Mar 8, 2018

Cerith Wyn Evans is a Welsh conceptual artist, sculptor and filmmaker born in 1958. He represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2003 has had shows around the world, from the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, the Moscow and d’Istanbul biennials, the Serpentine Gallery and Tate Britain in London. He’s been...