How much of the effect is the object reflected, or the reflection of the object?
Tate Modern
What Is Bruce Nauman for?
It is neither easy nor especially relaxing to spend time with Nauman.
A Very Duchampian Protest Action at Tate Modern
A curious sign in a bathroom at Tate Modern was created to protest lay offs at one of the UK’s biggest museums.
Teenager Who Threw Child From Tate Modern Balcony Is Sentenced to 15 Years
A British 18-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder and admitted to premeditating the attack.
What Are Exhibition Catalogues for?
No exhibition of any pretension is complete without lasting proof of its existence, preferably in print on coated paper.
My Argument With Andy Warhol
It’s all slightly depressing that we can’t seem to get rid of the Warhol itch.
The Disturbing, Enthralling, Pitiless Steve McQueen
The serious-minded artist-cum-filmmaker is enjoying a full retrospective at Tate Modern.
Man Vandalized a Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar at Tate Modern
Shakeel Massey, a 20-year-old from north London, was arrested for allegedly ripping the $26 million painting. The damage to the artwork is being assessed by a Tate conservation team.
The Raucous and Frenetic Energy of Nam June Paik
As a recent retrospective at Tate Modern demonstrates, even fitted with decades-old circuitry, Nam June Paik’s work still pulses with energy, breakneck and experimental.
Kara Walker Satirizes Britain’s Public Sculptures with a Monument to Trans-Atlantic Slavery
Kara Walker upends the Tate Modern with a massive fountain, renewing the debate about the nature of public monuments in the heart of violent empire.
Kara Walker’s Monument to Monstrousness
Can the enduring presence of such monuments among us still have the power to reinforce deep-rooted prejudices, by the very fact that they have simply not gone away?
Elevating the Representation of Animals Onscreen
Through haptic close ups and pulsating sound design, Carlos Casas’s Cemetery attempts to map a more spiritual experience onto the representation of animals.