Why are my son’s teachers putting abstract principles before children’s education?
The teachers putting principles before children
Ai Weiwei: the perfect Asian artist for lazy western curators
In September, the Royal Academy of Arts will present a solo exhibition of works by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.…
‘Likes’, lacquered cherry pies and Anselm Kiefer: the weird world of post-internet art
In the mid-1990s the art world got excited about internet art (or ‘net.art’, as those involved styled it). This new…
The rise of the art fair – and the death of the small gallery
In 1967, two Cologne-based gallerists came up with the Cologne Art Market — a trade fair where German galleries could…
When Britain’s avant-garde weren’t so shouty
Niru Ratnam highlights the revival of interest in artists who were popular in the 1960s and 1970s
How to fight back when 'public art' is not for the public
In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…
Do you think this painting is worth $48.4 million?
Collectors may be mad for Jean-Michel Basquiat but the critics hate him. Niru Ratnam asks why
The boom in private museums
In the past ten years museums of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. New institutions have appeared…
