Recently added articles from Art Monthly:
Inside out.(Dave Beech on the fall of public art)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On 7 July this year a memorial to the 7/7 bombing victims in London was unveiled in hyde park. Designed by two young architects, Kevin Carmody and Andrew Groarke, it consists of 52 stainless steel columns, corresponding to the number of innocents killed in ...
The future of futurism.
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ON 15 OCTOBER 1908, A YOUNG, SELF-AGGRANDISING AND WEALTHY ITALIAN POET CALLED FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI crashed his new Fiat sports car into a ditch on the northwestern edge of Milan while avoiding an errant cyclist. No one was hurt much in the incident, ...
Empty plinth.(One & Other public art project)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2009 ... Hope Junky' read the slogan on the young woman's T-shirt, as she sat out her hour on the empty plinth, eating her desultory takeaway lunch while gazing disconsolately at the people thronging Trafalgar Square below, most of whom were entirely oblivious to her presence. As Benjamin Franklin ...
Student concerns about falling standards in higher education.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009 ... We seek to draw your attention to the poor standards of higher education that we have received at the London Institute. We have been raising these issues with our tutors and the dean throughout our course, but to no avail. Fees are rising, but the quality of 'service' students ...
UK City of culture.(ARTNOTES)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw is soliciting bids from UK cities for the title of City of Culture, a mini-me version of the European award that Liverpool held last year. The idea is that every four years a new UK city is awarded the honour--just the title; no funds are provided--in an ...