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Issue 5: Venice Spe...
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The 52 nd Venice Biennale opened earlier this month, and runs until November 2007. So can you tell your Arsenale from your Giardini? We rounded up some Biennal...

Issue 5: Venice Special: Venice Biennale : A bluffer's guide t...

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Issue 5: Venice Special: Venice Biennale : A bluffer's guide to the Venice Biennale

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The 52 nd Venice Biennale opened earlier this month, and runs until November 2007. So can you tell your Arsenale from your Giardini? We rounded up some Biennale veterans and asked them to sum it up.

Issue 5: Venice Spe...
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03:00:00 06/22/07

This year the Ukrainian Pavilion is Venice takes the unusual step of showing work by artists from other countries. German photographer Juergen Teller, and British ...

Issue 5: Venice Special: Venice Biennale: A Poem about an Inla...

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Issue 5: Venice Special: Venice Biennale: A Poem about an Inland Sea, The Ukrainian Pavilion

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This year the Ukrainian Pavilion is Venice takes the unusual step of showing work by artists from other countries. German photographer Juergen Teller, and British artists Sam Taylor-Wood and Mark Titchner were amongst those invited to produce work in response to the question ‘Who are the Ukrainian people?’.

Issue 4: Current Ex...
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03:00:00 05/31/07

People have been using photography to capture images of life in Britain since the invention of the medium. This exhibition takes a snapshot of the country over the...

Issue 4: Current Exhibition: How We Are

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Issue 4: Current Exhibition: How We Are

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People have been using photography to capture images of life in Britain since the invention of the medium. This exhibition takes a snapshot of the country over the past 150 years, and includes both forgotten curios and established masterpieces. How We Are: Photographing Britain , Tate Britain, until 2 September

Issue 4: Current Ex...
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03:00:00 05/31/07

Salvador Dalí declared Walt Disney to be a ‘great American Surrealist’inspired perhaps by the fantastical imagery in animations such as Fantasia . The admiration ...

Issue 4: Current Exhibition: Dalí and Disney's surreal collabo...

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Issue 4: Current Exhibition: Dalí and Disney's surreal collaboration

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Salvador Dalí declared Walt Disney to be a ‘great American Surrealist’inspired perhaps by the fantastical imagery in animations such as Fantasia . The admiration was mutual, and Disney invited Dalí to collaborate on a short film, which became Destino . Producer Baker Bloodworth takes up the story. Destino is currently showing at Tate Modern in the exhibition Dalí & Film. Dalí & Film , Tate Modern, until 9 September

Issue 4: Meet the A...
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03:00:00 05/31/07

British artist Richard Wentworth climbs a skyscraper to pay tribute to London’s skyline, and explains why he finds inspiration in city life. Wentworth’s art has ...

Issue 4: Meet the Artist: Views of the city with Richard Wentw...

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Issue 4: Meet the Artist: Views of the city with Richard Wentworth

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British artist Richard Wentworth climbs a skyscraper to pay tribute to London’s skyline, and explains why he finds inspiration in city life. Wentworth’s art has taken the diverse forms of photography, sculpture, installation, walks and talks. For Tate Modern’s exhibition Global Cities he has made a series of films that show people painting road markings, a kind of urban street art that normally goes unnoticed. Global Cities , Tate Modern, 20 June - 27 August 2007

Issue 4: Current Ex...
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Surf's up at Tate St Ives where the new exhibition is inspired by the life and music of The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson. It includes art from the 1960s to today that ...

Issue 4: Current Exhibition: A show inspired by The Beach Boys

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Issue 4: Current Exhibition: A show inspired by The Beach Boys

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Surf's up at Tate St Ives where the new exhibition is inspired by the life and music of The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson. It includes art from the 1960s to today that seems to parallel or reflect Wilson’s musical development. DJ and major Beach Boys fan Sean Rowley takes us on a tour. If Everybody Had an Ocean: Brian Wilson: an Art Exhibition , Tate St Ives, until 23 September

Issue 4: Performanc...
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Artist Mathieu Briand and choreographer Prue Lang persuade the public to don masks and lose their inhibitions as they take part in a ‘flash-mob’ style performance ...

Issue 4: Performance: Did you ever want to be someone else?

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Issue 4: Performance: Did you ever want to be someone else?

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Artist Mathieu Briand and choreographer Prue Lang persuade the public to don masks and lose their inhibitions as they take part in a ‘flash-mob’ style performance for Tate Modern’s Long Weekend. UBS Openings: The Long Weekend 2007

Issue 4: Film: Dere...
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The experimental Super-8 films that Derek Jarman began making in the 1970s are rarely shown. James Mackay, who later produced some of Jarman’s feature films inclu...

Issue 4: Film: Derek Jarman's rarely seen Super-8s

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Issue 4: Film: Derek Jarman's rarely seen Super-8s

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The experimental Super-8 films that Derek Jarman began making in the 1970s are rarely shown. James Mackay, who later produced some of Jarman’s feature films including The Garden (1990) and Blue (1993), agreed to open up his archive of these ground-breaking short films for TateShots.

Issue 3: Current Ex...
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03:00:00 04/30/07

Tate Liverpool’s latest exhibition aims to convey the sheer diversity, confidence and ambition of art being made in China today. These predominantly young artists ...

Issue 3: Current Exhibition: Contemporary Art from China

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Issue 3: Current Exhibition: Contemporary Art from China

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Tate Liverpool’s latest exhibition aims to convey the sheer diversity, confidence and ambition of art being made in China today. These predominantly young artists have chosen to remain in China, unlike many of the generation before them, and the majority of the work on show is seen for the first time outside the country. The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China , Tate Liverpool, until 10 June

Issue 3: Performanc...
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To mark the opening of Tate Liverpool’s exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, the Yangjiang Group staged a ‘fireworks battle’ in the docks. The work is called ...

Issue 3: Performance: Fireworks by Yangjiang Group

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Issue 3: Performance: Fireworks by Yangjiang Group

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To mark the opening of Tate Liverpool’s exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, the Yangjiang Group staged a ‘fireworks battle’ in the docks. The work is called If I Knew the Danger Ahead I'd Have Stayed Well Clear and involved £50,000 of fireworks being launched from two opposing barges, filling the sky like exotic tracer fire.

Issue 3: Work in Fo...
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Toby Litt offers a personal view of Francis Bacon’s painting Figure in Movement 1985 . Litt is a London-based writer, whose books include Corpsing , deadkid...

Issue 3: Work in Focus: Toby Litt chooses a work by Francis Bacon

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Issue 3: Work in Focus: Toby Litt chooses a work by Francis Bacon

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Toby Litt offers a personal view of Francis Bacon’s painting Figure in Movement 1985 . Litt is a London-based writer, whose books include Corpsing , deadkidsongs , Exhibitionism , Finding Myself , and most recently Hospital , described by one critic as ‘an extraordinarily vivid comic nightmare, an apocalyptic vision for our own weird times’. Credits

Issue 3: Performanc...
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What happens when a group of performance artists go undercover at Tate Modern? Ordinary activities like standing in a queue, travelling on an escalator or listeni...

Issue 3: Performance: The art of everyday behaviour

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Issue 3: Performance: The art of everyday behaviour

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What happens when a group of performance artists go undercover at Tate Modern? Ordinary activities like standing in a queue, travelling on an escalator or listening to a gallery tour -guide takes on strange new dimensions. Artists Dora García, Jiří Kovanda, Roman Ondák, Mario Garcia Torres, Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund explore the way visitors behave in a museum, subtly intervening to disrupt the usual codes of conduct. Actions and Interruptions, UBS Openings: Saturday Live, Tate Modern, March 2007

Issue 3: Meet the A...
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Belgian artist Francis Alÿs talks about his work The Last Clown (1995-2000) , an installation that comprises animation, drawings and paintings all depicting ...

Issue 3: Meet the Artist: Francis Alÿs on artists as clowns

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Issue 3: Meet the Artist: Francis Alÿs on artists as clowns

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Belgian artist Francis Alÿs talks about his work The Last Clown (1995-2000) , an installation that comprises animation, drawings and paintings all depicting the same incident: a man tripping over a dog in a park. Alÿs explains how this absurd, real life event can be read as a metaphor for the predicament of the artist. The Last Clown is currently on show at Tate Modern.

Issue 3: In the Stu...
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Since the 1970s, Martin Parr has photographed aspects of British life, documenting and dissecting the way we live with a witty, unblinking eye. On the eve of Ta...

Issue 3: In the Studio: Martin Parr on photographing Britain

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Issue 3: In the Studio: Martin Parr on photographing Britain

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Since the 1970s, Martin Parr has photographed aspects of British life, documenting and dissecting the way we live with a witty, unblinking eye. On the eve of Tate Britain’s exhibition ‘How We Are: Photographing Britain’ Parr met us at his London studio to talk about his work. How We Are: Photographing Britain , Tate Britain, 22 May – 2 September 2007

Issue 2: Performanc...
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03:00:00 03/29/07

Warning: Contains Strong Language American artist Matt Mullican gives a performance while in a state of hypnosis. His work explores the way in which hypnosis alt...

Issue 2: Performance: Matt Mullican performs while under hypnosis

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Issue 2: Performance: Matt Mullican performs while under hypnosis

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Warning: Contains Strong Language American artist Matt Mullican gives a performance while in a state of hypnosis. His work explores the way in which hypnosis alters behaviour and seems to expose what lies behind the façade of identity. The symbols and shapes that he paints during the performance are a visual counterpoint to this inner journey, and point to the strong relationship between the unconscious mind and creativity. UBS Openings: Saturday Live Matt Mullican under Hypnosis

Issue 2: Current Ex...
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'Hogarth was filthy and he was fun' says Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson. In the final weeks of Tate Britain's popular Hogarth exhibition, Rowson takes to the st...

Issue 2: Current Exhibition: Cartoonist Martin Rowson on Hogar...

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Issue 2: Current Exhibition: Cartoonist Martin Rowson on Hogarth's London

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'Hogarth was filthy and he was fun' says Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson. In the final weeks of Tate Britain's popular Hogarth exhibition, Rowson takes to the streets of London in pursuit of the artist's satiric genius. Hogarth , until 29 April 2007, Tate Britain

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Issue 5: Venice Special: Venice Biennale : A bluffer's guide to the Venice Biennale
06/29/07

The 52 nd Venice Biennale opened earlier this month, and runs until November 2007. So can you tell your Arsenale from your Giardini? We rounded up some Biennale veterans and asked them to sum it up.