The creator, in her youth, of such notorious installations as My Bed and Everyone I Ever Slept With 1963-1995 is now creating neon works with titles like I Promise To Love You and You Touch My Soul. Emin “affectionately recalled an e-mail that her studio had received from newlyweds who had bought a digital neon work, priced at eighty dollars, and had projected it at their wedding.”
Tag: 02.20.13
UK Arts School Tuition Tripled Last Year. And The Impact Has Been…
“It’s still hard to pinpoint the impact of last year’s fee rises. Although applications to creative arts and design course fell by about 15% in 2011-12, this year’s Ucas figures show some signs of a recovery. The number of students hoping to study art and design in September is up 2.4%.”
Have The Academy Awards Outlived Their Appeal?
“Perhaps we are watching the Academy Awards in its death throes. Most reasonable people would agree that very few movies now match the best of television in terms of artistic vitality, storytelling vigour and social relevance. That argument is over and television won.”
The Literary Essay Is Popular Again (Why?)
“I wonder if that may be because it is attuned to the current mood, speaks to the present moment. At bottom, we are deeply unsure and divided, and the essay feasts on doubt.”
Suspected Thief Of Dalí Drawing Lured From Europe, Arrested
“The clue – a simple fingerprint on a juice bottle stolen from Whole Foods – was routine. But that, along with some creative undercover work, helped the authorities unravel the brazen daylight theft of a Dalí drawing from an Upper East Side gallery that had gone unsolved for months.”