Artnews Behold a terrible beauty Artists are responding to a decade of global conflict, but will their work find favour with collectors? With civil war raging in Syria and anti-government protests taking place across Turkey, the art world goes about its business on the Messeplatz this week—but a number of powerful works relating to war, conflict and terrorism are making an impact in Art Basel this year. Works inspired by sensitive political subjects, usually the domain of non-selling biennials and the Kassel-based Documenta exhibition in particular, have not previously been considered market-friendly. theartnewspaper/articles/Behold-a-terrible-beauty/29948
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:12:10 +0000
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