modern art

A floating 'separation wall' in Tel Aviv

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Israeli artist Shelly Federman created this curious structure that resembles the West Bank separation wall...  Except that it's made of Styrofoam and can be used as a floating mattress. Read more and see the photos...

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FIAC: despite the crisis, art collectors still get out their chequebooks

France's biggest annual art fair, Fiac came to an end on Sunday. In the midst of the financial crisis, you might expect a little more thrift than usual. Not so. Read more and see photos sold pieces.

CCTV hacked by video artists

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Along with the explosion of surveillance cameras comes a new type of filmmaking. Using a technique called "video sniffing"; the pirate filmmakers capture CCTV footage from shopping centres and the police to "retake control of their environment". Read more and see our selection of sniffed videos...

Deface Jesus and risk doing time


When vandals destroyed pieces of modern art in an exhibition in Moscow, it wasn't the perpetrators who got into trouble. According to the law, their actions were justifiable. Museum director Yuri Samodurov however, is now facing several years in prison for putting on another of the "Christianity-offensive" shows. Read more...

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Modern art hijacks television

Video of the 'explosion' aired last summer

A group of artists in the Czech Republic are facing up to three years in prison for playing a practical joke. Last July, the ‘Ztohoven' art group hijacked a Czech television broadcast and introduced the image of an atomic cloud into a weather report. Early risers who were tuned in to the morning programme were stunned to see the cloud rising in the midst of a peaceful country landscape. Read more...