Tag: Installation
Leckey wins Turner art prize
Cartoon cats eclipse dirty dishes and a mannequin on the loo to scoop the Turner Prize.[MORE]
Resale royalty scheme disappoints art industry
Lobbyists say Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has failed to deliver a strong resale royalty scheme to artists.[MORE]
Melbourne woman takes top Deloraine craft prize
Melbourne designer Kim Simon has won the $10,000 Premier's Award for Excellence at the Tasmanian Craft Fair in Deloraine. [MORE]
Bunk beds fill Tate's Turbine Hall
French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has transformed the vast Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern museum into a refuge from futuristic climate chaos, with beds laid out under oversized works of art.[MORE]
Record number of artworks up for Aboriginal award
A record number of entries received for the nation's richest Aboriginal art award.[MORE]
SpongeBob waterboarding display hits NY fairground
Artist Steve Power's waterboarding installation at a NY fairground causes controversy.[MORE]
Complaint lodged over 'racist graffiti' installation
A complaint has been lodged with the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Board over a Sydney biennale art exhibit that includes a graffitied toilet block on Cockatoo Island.[MORE]
Waterfall art exhibition opens in NY
A public art exhibition featuring four man-made waterfalls has opened in New York.[MORE]
Art award for UTAS lecturer
A lecturer at the Tasmanian School of Art has won a $30,000 award from the Qantas Foundation.[MORE]
Toilet mannequin bids for Turner Prize
Cartoon characters and mannequins squatting on the toilet make this year's short-list.[MORE]
National Portrait Gallery closes ahead of relocation
The National Portrait Gallery at Old Parliament House in Canberra has closed its doors ahead of relocating to new premises at the end of the year.[MORE]
Gascoigne gift to National Gallery
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Rosalie Gascoigne's family has donated her last major work of art to the National Gallery.[MORE]
Good art should unsettle: Gormley
Antony Gormley wants to see public art that is challenging, not lazy and meaningless.[MORE]
Artist's exploding cars take over Guggenheim
Cai Guo-Qiang's exploding cars have taken over the Big Apple's Guggenheim.[MORE]
Wrapping artists return to Sydney
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Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who wrapped the coastline near Sydney in 1968, are back in Australia this week.[MORE]
Buyer pays $84,000 for skateboarding video
An anonymous buyer at a Sotheby's auction in Melbourne has paid $84,000 for a digital installation work showing a man skateboarding at Bondi.[MORE]
Digital installation goes under the hammer
A digital video artwork of an artist skateboarding against the backdrop of a stormy Bondi sky will come up for auction in Melbourne tonight.[MORE]
Christo plans oil barrel pyramid
A husband-wife team is set to build a giant oil barrel pyramid in the Middle East.[MORE]
Art to mark anniversary of Indigenous rights referendum
Three new permanent artworks have been unveiled at Canberra's Reconciliation Place, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Indigenous rights referendum.[MORE]
Thieves cash in on money-covered art
A Norwegian painting featuring 12,400 euros ($A20,600) worth of cash glued to a canvas proved too tempting to thieves, who made off with it at the weekend. [MORE]
Gold ingot stolen from artwork in Paris
A gold ingot valued at around 200,000 euros ($336,000) which formed part of an artwork has been stolen from the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris.[MORE]
Electronic art changes to suit mood of viewer
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the latest electronic artwork is all about the viewer's mood. [MORE]
Spanish artist's 'gas chamber' work angers Jewish leaders
German Jews have blasted a conceptual artist for converting a former synagogue into a 'gas chamber' in a project he said targeted the "trivialisation of the memory of the Holocaust". [MORE]
Jewish Holocaust memorial opens in Berlin
Germany has unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Berlin that aims through its controversial abstract design to preserve the memory of the six million Jewish victims of Nazi terror.[MORE]
