Neil Gaiman, Bobby Baker, David Lynch, the V & A, Tate, and Yoko Ono are twitter addicts. Its growing popularity means that you can stalk your favourite artist without getting arrested! Catch their thought of the day, hour, thought or minute (twittering from your phone) and catch things little gems like Ono’s messages of peace [...]
The new Angel of the North: Horse of the South?
Mark Wallinger’s obsession with animals is to be taken to the largest scale possible as he builds a £2m horse in Ebbsfleet. The thorough-bred British horse will jut out of the new community being built there, looming over the Eurostar and the A2. Wallinger says, ‘There was some very tough competition and I am honoured [...]
Find your local Banksy
Find street art near you using a website which utilises Google Maps to map street art worldwide. The active site is adding new art to the map regularly including graffiti, gallery, painting, stickers, stencil, sculpture and installation. http://www.streetartlocator.com Jo Matthews
Consider yourself a work of art?
Anthony Gormley’s commission called One and Other will take the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in July. It will be occupied by volunteers standing every hour for 100 days! (That’s 2,400 people) Gormley says that ‘through elevation onto the plinth and removal from common ground, the subjective living body becomes both representation and representative, encouraging [...]
