Tag: exhibitions
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Art Basel: a dose of reality with exhibits on snooping and migration
Samson Young and Chiharu Shiota among artists whose works bring global political turmoil to art market’s top event
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Revealed: the unseen flip-sides of the world’s most famous paintings
From the Mona Lisa to Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz has exposed – literally – the nuts and bolts of centuries-old masterpiecesFlipside of art: match the famous paintings to their frames – quiz
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Wonder of the vulgar: Barbican exhibition to delve into garish fashion
Autumn show with clothes by Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier will explore renaissance to present day
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Dalí in a diving helmet: how the Spaniard almost suffocated bringing surrealism to Britain
Eighty years ago, as Dylan Thomas served boiled string, Salvador Dalí put on a diving suit, grabbed a billiard cue – and changed British art for ever. Can new exhibition Surreal Encounters recapture that spirit?
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Jeff Koons: Now review – Damien Hirst’s joyless paean to Donald Trump of art
From sexed-up Hoovers to kitsch kids’ toys, Hirst’s celebration of his biggest artistic influence is empty of emotion, revealing the shallowness of his own art
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Stripes and zigzags: fashion brand Missoni’s links to modern art
Exhibition at Fashion and Textile Museum in London takes an eclectic trip through the Italian label’s six-decade history