37 days ago by Micol Di Veroli

Il mondo dell’arte contemporanea è senz’altro un mondo bizzarro dove accadono numerose vicende di dubbio gusto e scaramucce tra colleghi. Del resto con questi ingredienti non ci si annoia mai ed ogni tanto è lecito ridere di fatti che non hanno niente a che vedere con le produzioni creative. Prendia ...

37 days ago by Paul Behnke

The great Robert Hughes is never short on opinions, thank God.

37 days ago

The Big Hawthorne El guante está echado. El pintor David Hockney, que acaba de ser galardonado con la Orden del Mérito de la Reina Isabel II, lanzó el dardo en el cartel de la exposición de su obra, que se inaugurará el 21 de enero en la Royal Academy of Arts de Londres: «Todas las obras fueron hech ...

38 days ago by Will Brand

This is what the end looks like. January’s show at Gagosian – any Gagosian, all Gagosians – is Damien Hirst’s spot paintings. All of them, loaned back from their owners, in a retrospective. Why? Because they can. As you can see by Gagosian’s exhibition thumbnails above, there’s lots of variety here. ...

38 days ago by By ROBIN POGREBIN

In an apparent dig at the artist Damien Hirst, much of whose work is produced by assistants, posters for an upcoming exhibition of paintings by David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts in London include a note that reads, "All the works here were made by the artist himself, personally."

38 days ago by Victoria

What are the standards for ‘good’ art at the beginning of 2012? A loaded question that probably has a variety of answers for different segments of the population. And how is painting being changed? For an experienced art critic and historian like Robert Hughes, artist Damien Hirst’s work amounts to ...

38 days ago by sottoosservazione

David Hockney Il parere di critici e artisti: “Il fatto a mano non garantisce la qualità dei lavori”. Il pittore attacca il collega perché “lascia realizzare tutto agli assistenti”. E apre il dibattito su cosa definisca davvero la produzione di un autore Dario Pappalardo per “la Repubblica” «L´arte ...

38 days ago by mr_dopestar

"[Employing assistants to make his artworks] is a little insulting to craftsmen, skillful craftsmen." David Hockney told the Radio Times about Damien Hirst.

38 days ago by Mark Westall

Hockney has condemed Hirst’s use of assistants to create artwork.

38 days ago by Mark Westall

I suddenly got what I wanted. It was just a way of pinning down the joy of colour.