Mark Wallinger, who won the Turner prize on Monday, talks to Charlotte Higgins about making art out of war, growing up in Chigwell – and the wrapping paper he designed for the Guardian
Wednesday December 5, 2007
The Guardian
Not inappropriately, given the work that he showed in the Turner prize shortlist exhibition, Mark [...]
According to The Art Newspaper the National Museum of Iraq is to reopen. Is this a good move? The museum has already been looted once resulting in 1000’s of precious artifacts being destroyed or stolen. Read the full article below.
Museum director Amira Edan gives US Army Lt Col Kenneth Crawford, commander of the [...]
Churchill as a painter
I have had Hitler so I have to have Churchill. Churchill’s art has sold for a staggering £600,000 in recent years, that is certainly another step ahead of Hitler. Personally, I don’t really like his paintings either.
As a painter he was prolific, with over 570 paintings and two sculptures; he received a [...]
