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Artnose Contemporary Art Archive

Nail-biting news from the crazy crucible of contemporary art, compiled by Artnose art critic, Giles Montague-Guff


Camp Delta named as  contemporary art fair venue 

Camp Delta, the infamous prison at Guantanamo Bay where suspects in the ‘war on terror’ have been subjected to ‘water-boarding’ and other forms of torture, has been slated as the venue for a new contemporary art fair. more...


 Artist incarcerated in Fourth Plinth

The famous British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley, MFI, B&Q, RSI, has been accidentally incarcerated in the concrete block known as the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. more...


Hirst business manager gets pickled

In his most ambitious work to date, British contemporary artist Damien Hirst has pickled his business manager Frank Dunphy. more...


Make your own Jeff Koons

Make your own Jeff Koons public sculpture in just 15 easy steps with the help of the Artnose Education Department (unaccredited). more...


Banksy "not a real artist" says authentication body

Banksy, the self-styled urban guerilla graffiti painter, is not an authentic artist, according to ‘Rat Poison’, a new body set up to police the ever-expanding boundaries of the art market. more...



 

Damien Hirst to be nationalised 

Damien Hirst, the wealthiest artist the world has ever known and a colossus of corporate finance, faces nationalization say City analysts. more...


 

Lost Vettrianos saved for the nation

Two highly important paintings by the great Scottish artist Jack ‘Tiziano’ Vettriano have been saved for the nation after a public appeal raised £200 million to keep them in the United Kingdom. more...


Camp Delta named as new contemporary art fair venue 

Camp Delta, the infamous prison at Guantanamo Bay where suspects in the ‘war on terror’ have been subjected to ‘water-boarding’ and other forms of torture, has been slated as the venue for a new contemporary art fair. more...


Artist threatens to paint more pictures after guests throw up at private view

A Californian artist, whose abstract paintings of nude women caused an outbreak of vomiting, has said that if her pictures are not immediately put back on display she will paint even more of them. more...


   
   
   
   
 

 

 


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