Academic arguments
The teachers putting principles before children
Ai Weiwei
In September, the Royal Academy of Arts will present a solo exhibition of works by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.…
Net effect
In the mid-1990s the art world got excited about internet art (or ‘net.art’, as those involved styled it). This new…
Art fairs
In 1967, two Cologne-based gallerists came up with the Cologne Art Market — a trade fair where German galleries could…
Coming out of the shadows
Niru Ratnam highlights the revival of interest in artists who were popular in the 1960s and 1970s
Power to the people
In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…
Critical divide
Collectors may be mad for Jean-Michel Basquiat but the critics hate him. Niru Ratnam asks why
Private passions
In the past ten years museums of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. New institutions have appeared…
