Top Items About Modern Art
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| Anecdotes | Banksy: Southeby's Auction | In February 2007, Sotheby’s presented seven works by Banksy in a sale of contemporary art. “Bombing Middle England”... | root | 81 | |
| Anecdotes | Luis Bunuel on the audience reaction to Un Chien Andalou | Luis Buñuel the surrealist was more interested in artistic than political revolution, yet he mocked purely aesthetic... | root | 80 | |
| Anecdotes | Banksy's Turf War Exhibit | In July 2003, Britain`s "most celebrated graffiti artist" Banksy, famed for leaving such subversive images as riot... | Anonymous | 76 | |
| Anecdotes | "Hello Mr. President" | In 2002, Johannes Gees staged an unusual artwork during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Gees`s Internet... | Anonymous | 66 | |
| Anecdotes | "Fountain" | In June 2000, two Chinese artists entered a gallery at the Tate Museum in London, approached Marcel Duchamp`s "Fountain"... | Anonymous | 59 | |
| Trivia | Banksy riot prank | Prankster graffiti artist Banksy once posted the words "Designated Riot Area" at the foot of Nelson`s Column. | root | 58 | |
| Anecdotes | Banksy at the Tate | In October 2003, Britain`s "most celebrated graffiti artist" Banksy, famed for spray-painting subversive images (riot... | Anonymous | 54 | |
| Anecdotes | Sleeper | Many fans found Andy Warhol`s avant-garde films an intriguing challenge to mainstream offerings. Indeed, "Film... | Anonymous | 52 | |
| Anecdotes | Artist sews balsa wood soles to his feet | "Stitching, a video by David Sherry, has already caused controversy. It is truly difficult to watch as the young... | Anonymous | 42 | |
| Images | Banksy - Portrait of the Queen | Banksy’s first formal exhibition was in 2000, at a Bristol restaurant whose owners he knew... it was not until three years later, with an event called “Turf War,” that he attracted the attention of the London art world. A Barnumesque spectacle, staged at a secret location, it included live pigs and a heifer spray-painted with Andy Warhol’s likeness. Queen Elizabeth II, who had just celebrated her Golden Jubilee, was depicted in a portrait [above] as a chimp. | root | 41 |
