leAD  LONDON. Jeremy Deller’s Baghdad, 5 March 2007 was unveiled in the atrium of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London last month. The temporary installation of a car mangled by an explosion in the Iraq capital makes a dramatic contrast to the military hardware nearby. It is not the first time a thought-provoking sculpture has been mooted for this space in the museum, however. In 1986 Antony Gormley proposed an equally dramatic sculpture for the space. “It was a simple idea,” Gormley recalls. “A lead body case of a female child. It would have been tiny, about 60cm high.” The placement of the sculpture was critical. Gormley intended it to be placed between the V2 rocket and the Polaris missile on display. “Those two phallic objects that represent the second and cold wars,” he says. READ MORE
articles Director of the Palace insists he has not caved in to protestors opposed to his art programme "We continue to believe that it is still not too late for Turkish political leaders to take necessary action to avoid such a cultural tragedy to take place. Allianoi need not be sacrificed," says Europe Nostra secretary general Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic Archaeologists mount last ditch attempt to stop the flooding of Allianoi by controversial dam The artist, actor and maverick director who was due to represent Germany at next year's Venice Biennale, died of lung cancer last month With the gallery he founded with his father celebrating its golden anniversary, Giuseppe Eskenazi is at the top of his field and has no plans to slow down The outspoken Chinese artist is showing replicas of the 12 zodiac sculptures looted from the Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860 Buyers at the corporate art collection sale were cautious, but most lots sold The tenth edition of of the exhibition explores the global phenomenon of biennials After opening branches in Deauville and Toulouse, Artcurial adds another region to its roster Since organisers set up a marquee in Berkeley Square last year, the popularity of the event amongst the 94 exhibitors has risen exponentially All articles
video  Back by popular demand! Steve Shane continues our private guided tour of his Manhattan apartment. More museum than somewhere to live, Shane has completely covered the interior with works by DJ Simpson, Lucas Samaras, Amy Elkins and a 'chewed' Modigliani to name but a tiny few. Interview by Jean Wainwright.
Extreme Performance - Todd Pavlisko  Todd Pavlisko caused a stir at this year's Volta NY with his performance piece which saw him hammering a nail through his own foot. The piece marked the end of a long process of research into the human body to avoid serious injury however the work's creation still involved a long process of recovery and rehabilitation for the artist. Interview by Jean Wainwright.
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exhibitions  Magic realism, hyperrealism, photorealism: just three of the artistic movements that owe a debt to the artists who first rebelled against overblown 19th-century romanticism as they strove to create art that was truly of the modern age. The Rotterdam Kunsthal is hanging radically different works of art side-by side to trace the links, however tenuous, between different interpretations of objective reality. This approach results in unusual pairings, with 19th-century genre paintings rubbing shoulders with modern and contemporary works by the likes of Duane Hanson, Edward Hopper, Marc Quinn and Gerhard Richter.
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