Blogs Posts on "Tate Modern"

Listen to a Londoner: Daniel Higgott by Little London Observationist on Nov 14, 2009Listen to a Londoner. This is a weekly post where people who live (or have lived for a while) in London answer a few questions about the Big Smoke. If you fit the bill and want to be interviewed, give me a shout at littlelondonobservationist@hotmail...

Burning Candy in UK by Puregraffiti.com - Graffiti x Art x Hip Hop on Nov 7, 2009Bristol UK: November 5 – 9, 2009 Burning Candy This Bonfire night Burning Candy, the UK’s foremost Savant Garde autistic spectrum graffiti crew, come together to set aflame and pay respect to the memory of Guido Fawkes…..the guy wi...

The black hole of Southwark by Skuds' Sister's Brother on Oct 13, 2009Must be time for another trip up to London – the Tate Modern have unveiled the latest in the Unilever series of artworks for the Turbine Hall: How It Is by Miroslaw Balka.  It is really hard to judge from a description or even a photograph wh...

What is Street Art? by Puregraffiti.com - Graffiti x Art x Hip Hop on Oct 6, 2009From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Hamon french artist in Paris. “Painting in the Global tradition” by Ces53, a Dutch street artist. Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, “in the streets&...

Aesthetics at Tate Modern - booking open by Virtual Philosopher on Aug 27, 2009You can now book by telephone on 0207 887 8888 for my 7 Ways of Thinking About Art course on Monday evenings at Tate Modern 19th October to 30th November 2009 (7 sessions). If you need information about the sorts...

Tate Modern Course October 2009 - 7 Ways of Thinking About Art by Virtual Philosopher on Jul 26, 2009Tate Modern - I will be teaching the course 'Seven Ways of Thinking About Art' on 7 consecutive Monday evenings from 19th October until 30th November. Booking required. The course explores the philosophical basis of our attempts to understand works..

Days out in London for free: South Bank larks by Madam Miaow Says on Jul 22, 2009A free day in London can mean varied entertainment and practically no dosh required. This is how I spent yesterday.We take the bus into town, intending to head straight for the Tate Modern a little way up from the stop in Waterloo Bridge. But London...

How To Build Cathedrals (Cildo Meireles 1987) by whispering echoes on Feb 14, 2009A visually spectacular piece by  Brazilian installation artist, Cildo Meireles. It was made for an exhibition to commemorate the Jesuit missions to South America between 1610 and 1767.  Missionaries sought to eradicate cannibalism in the indigenou...

Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Rothko by Virtual Philosopher on Feb 13, 2009There is a podcast of a talk I gave as part of last year's Tate Modern symposium on Mark Rothko available from the Tate Modern Events podcast. Further details about how to download this mp3 here. Rothko loved Kierkegaard's Fear...

St Paul vue du Tate Modern by Week end in London on Nov 14, 2007Pride of London, BombDog.St Paul vu du Tate Modern...