Political Art
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The German artist explains why he puts aggression and provocation centre stage—along with his mum
As her debut movie, “Women Without Men”, screens in Basel, the artist explains that cinema is closer to her people
The American artist on her “odd and lonely” childhood, other people’s texts and why she’s returned to painting
The Belgian artist talked to us about the messages art can convey on the eve of exhibitions in Europe, Russia and the United States
Perry is about to show his most ambitious work, a huge tapestry depicting images of consumer excess and retribution
A British conceptual artist, an Iraqi artist, and a US soldier who served in Iraq travelled from New York to Los Angeles with the remains of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bomb attack in tow
Turner prize-winner to take the controversial show on a three-week tour of the US in late March
Themed events at the fair include, “Armed and Dangerous” and “The Wartime Ball”, taking place this weekend
President Musharraf has encouraged artists to promote a “peaceful and tolerant” image of their country through their work
Meanwhile, doctors form an art club and Mimran takes on Type A
The artists have installed a concrete-grey fortification inside the gallery as an anti-war statement
But California Attorney General defends freedom of speech
The Bush administration and its supporters now have their guns trained on social policy
The artistic equivalent of standing in front of a tank
Polls show the public could not care less what the art world thinks
An act of censorship or tact?
Belgium's representative at this year's Venice Biennale explains why pigeons are not symbols of peace, how he depicts violence without actually showing it and why he returned to painting
The US artist on text being just one medium in her work and how trying to measure up to Goya can keep her motionless for months
Charles Saatchi and Eli Broad both collect him, but only 13 US museums have examples of this artistic rebel’s work
Three books show that the depiction of war in art is as various as other human responses to the phenomenon
The progress of Modernism in the Communist States and the response of the French Avant-garde to World War I are examined in these two books
Major show of political art dominates at John Weber Gallery, and there is also a new group of Rauschenberg’s (this year’s flavour) and Beckmann, Barlach, Lehmbruck and Constable on offer