International

This is what happens when you rent museums for private events

May 29th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
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Smoking gun here. Revellers vomited and tried to urinate on museum exhibits. Hmm, kind of proves the case for better funding of museums, rather than asking them to pan handle for small change.
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here’s a letter detailing the de...


Artist is present photo set

May 27th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
Artist is present photo set

The flikr set of people who have sat opposite Marina is here. Whack it on slideshow for full effect.

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Picasso and politics

May 20th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
Picasso and politics

Article here.

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This is a tricky issue, in other words, pulling in many directions. It’s much trickier than anything acknowledged in Picasso: Peace and Freedom. This is a show that surveys the last 30 years of the artist’...


Short stories from the Tate

May 18th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

A series of short stories from the Tate modern on Radio 4.
“The most visited museum of modern art in the world”

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Riot dog

May 14th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
Riot dog

With all the troubles in Greece, one of Shanghai Eye’s favourite countries, it seems there has been one observer who has attended all the troublesome events there. See photos here.

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Deutsche Bank art mag out

May 9th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
Deutsche Bank art mag out

Deutsche Bank art magazine is out

They name Wangechi Mutu artist of the year.

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Some Intl. art news

May 7th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
Some Intl. art news

All the art mags are out, and quite a bit of content is online, here is a brief selection

Frieze looks at the latest Berlin Gallery shows
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The bear-bellied, bald-headed guy in wife-beater shirt who lives in the run-down house ...


Presser: Tirana protest

May 6th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

Tirana Hunger Strike
Dear friends,
Douglas, Philippe and I were shocked when we arrived to Albania to discover the massive protest in Tirana. Following a demonstration of 200,000 people, 200 citizens and 22 MPs started a hunger strike to a...


End of the world literature

Apr 25th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

A great Guardian end of the world books podcast. Offers insights such as the colours in Munch’s the scream were the result of atmospheric conditions after the Karakatoa volcano exploded.

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Gervais discuss’ the English

Apr 23rd, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International

podcast thing here, funny (some swearing)

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