The Chapman Brothers Team Up With Hitler

The Chapman Brothers Team Up With Hitler

Brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman have taken pastoral paintings by Adolf Hitler added some psychedelic rainbows and hearts to the scene. Calling the work “If Hitler had been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be” the plan is to sell them as one piece. Taking the...
Artist Starves Dog to Death

Artist Starves Dog to Death

Sneaker blog SlamXHype blogged about this a few days ago. “Last year, Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, in the name of art, took a dog from the street, and starved him to death. Endorsed by the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central American, Habacuc has been...

Yale Art Student Uses Abortion as an Art Medium

From the Yale Daily News: Art major Aliza Shvarts ’08 wants to make a statement. Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often...

Abdessemed Exhibition Closed Under Threats of Violence

. San Francisco Art Institute has canceled closed the controversial Abdessemed exhibition as well as the public forum. The exhibition was curated by Hou Hanru, who was interviewed by us in Episode 129. From the SFAI Website: In response to a series of violent threats...
Controversial Exhibition Suspended In San Francisco

Controversial Exhibition Suspended In San Francisco

An exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute’s (SFAI) Walter And McBean Galleries has been suspended after the gallery received over 3000 emails from students, faculty, and community members in protest. Don’t Trust Me is French artist Adel...