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Facebook and non-spam

February 26, 2012

Yesterday I came across Hito Steyerl’s article The Spam of the Earth: Withdrawal from Representation on e-flux. In this article the artist and filmmaker addresses the much-discussed issue of our virtual presence, not only in the sense of profiles or blogs, but first of all – images and the current need many of us feel to avoid […]

Gerhard Richter takes the lead at contemporary art evening auctions in London. Again.

February 18, 2012

This week saw the world’s three biggest auction houses conduct their highly prestigious contemporary art evening sales in their London branches. In total, the sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips de Pury made a little bit less than £135* million, quite a figure taking into account the whole talk about the upcoming second wave of the […]

The Art of Flies

February 14, 2012

“In the cultural consciousness the fly usually figures as something tedious, unclean, and ugly. Something one wants to squash, to be rid of. The campaign against flies and, for that matter, any insects in the name of hygiene is one of the most important subjects in the entire history of culture.” * ____ A couple […]

A Pretty Little Kandinsky

February 7, 2012

The set of highly important evening auctions is coming up – both Sotheby’s and Christie’s will be selling the best of the best they have to offer or managed to get their hands on. The good thing is, despite the auction itself being quite an exclusive event with tickets required to get in and bidders […]

“Let’s Talk About Paul”. The gross, the witty and the strange in the art of Paul McCarthy.

February 4, 2012

*This article was written at the beginning of December 2011 on the occasion of Paul McCarthy’s work being on show at that time at Hauser & Wirth London. The show has now ended, although the Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools piece can still be seen in St. James Park till February 15th, 2012. The only […]

Fair Mayfair. A guide to getting cultured “on a budget”.

February 1, 2012

Those who live in London or who have been to this city know that it is an expensive place to be. Especially when it comes to the central part of it – everything from rent to shopping to going out can be a a bit tough if you’re on almost any kind of “budget”. But […]