A series of primitive early doodles for the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the spiralling tower that will be erected on the Olympic Park, have been released by Arup. The sketches apparently come from the cultured hands of the main men behind the design: Anish Kapoor (a Royal …
As we mentioned last night, the Olympic Delivery Authority has got away with only modest cuts following George Osborne’s plans to slash the budget deficit by £6bn. Modest in Olympic terms is of course a mind boggling 27 million pounds but when you’re juggling £9.3bn, …
Among the many reasons one may have to dislike Boris Johnson’s Olympic vanity project is the fact that it has destroyed any chance of Skylon being rebuilt in the Stratford park, report Private Eye and the Architect’s Journal (subscription). A campaign to resurrect Skylon, the …
Images have emerged for a planned 120 metre tower from artist a la mode Anish Kapoor and engineer Cecil Balmond. What will become Britain’s tallest piece of public art will begin construction on the Olympic site almost immediately, for completion next year. The structure, dubbed …
Photo / michald* The commission for Boris Johnson’s much-mocked tower in the Olympic Park has been won by artist Anish Kapoor, according to the Architects’ Journal. Kapoor, whose successful Royal Academy show closed in December, will apply his considerable talent to a £15m structure that …
Anish Kapoor ‘Shooting into the Corner’ 2008-09, installed at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009 Photography: Dave Morgan Anish Kapoor’s solo exhibition is drawing crowds to the Royal Academy with its giant load of wax on rails traversing Burlington House from one end to …
Could this crimson pylon be built on the Olympic site? The Times has gotten wind of a plan to build a colossal monument near Stratford to act as a lasting architectural legacy for the games, driven by the Mayor. “He wants to build something quite …
Akram Khan & Juliette Binoche by roll the dice We were fortunate to be in the company of the beautiful people on Friday when actress Juliette Binoche and dance star Akram Khan revealed their upcoming Franco-British collaboration for the National Theatre. The project – In-I …
Big names making big sculptures are making big waves. Six new ideas for sculptures for Trafalgar Square are open to public viewing from today – and you will have the chance to pick which one will follow the current whacking huge great Thomas Schütte coloured …
A new exhibition opens this week in Trafalgar Square. For one week only the Journey installation will be wowing visitors to the square. But there’s good wow and bad wow, and this is definitely in the latter category. For the exhibition is portraying the misery …
“The annual farce of the Turner Prize is now as inevitable in November as is the pantomime at Christmas.” – Brian Sewell, The Evening Standard, 19 November 1992 The Turner Prize is “intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art.” This …
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