Author: jaywp

  • MACO: Mexico Arte Contemporaneo

    ‘MACO: Mexico Arte Contemporaneo’ is considered to be the most important art fair in Latin America, drawing together the best in contemporary art by notable new artists, as well as established names from around the world. The fair was held…

  • Barbara Kruger

    Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 21 April–26 September 2005 Barbara Kruger, American artist and political activist, is exhibiting in Scotland for the first time, contributing to the ‘Rule of Thumb: Contemporary Art and Human Rights’ programme of exhibitions, workshops and…

  • Design and Engineering

    James Dyson’s resignation as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Design Museum in London is a reminder of a debate that has been going on in Britain since the second half of the 19th century, when Sir George…

  • Mr Jeremy Moon experiments. Jeremy Moon: drawings and collages

    Rocket Gallery, London 1 March – 2 April 2005

  • Unauthorised unoriginals

    There has been new attention to the continuing habit of plagiarism in design, which in the furniture world is escalating. But a new group, called Anti Copying in Design (AciD), is fighting back for the originators of designs. Recently, it…

  • Erich Mendelsohn: Dynamics and Function – Realised Visions of a Cosmopolitan Architect; Motion Path; Bridget Smith: Rebuild

    De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea 8 April-2 July 2006

  • Andy Warhol Self-Portraits

    Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 12 February–2 May 2005

  • Photographers\’ Gallery Revived

    With the support of the Deutsche Börse Group, the Photographers’ Gallery in London has been saved. This is an astute move for new backers, the German stock exchange, which has its own, highly-prized collection. As a result of this excellent…

  • Getting the Measure

    A new EU Report holds to task the British fine art market, estimated to be worth some £4.2 million per year. From 2006, the droit de suite directive will put a tax of up to 4% on all resales of…

  • Idyllic Landscapes

    Still on the subject of landscape, it transpires that the process of mapping and monitoring changes in agricultural cropping patterns, sponsored as a result of the reform of the EU common agricultural policy, is using satellite technology to check on…