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Jul 13

Conceptual art wrecked by yobs

An art exhibit designed to show what can happen when tearaways get hold of powerful cars has been wrecked… by yobs.

  • ‘It’s a joyhiding’. The Sun, 25 June 2010, <http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3029056/Art-exhibit-takes-a-joyhiding.html>.

AW: The Sun can barely disguise the note of triumph. Conceptual art? Bollaaaarks! Yobs? Booo! Conceptual art wrecking yobs? Well…


Mar 26

Artof Hitler

It is thought Hitler’s anti-semitism was fuelled by the fact that a Jewish professor snubbed him.
  • ‘Nazi Bit of Work’, The Sun, 25 March 2010, <http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2906370/Sketches-by-Adolf-Hitler-show-why-he-was-rejected-by-Vienna-Academy-of-Art.html>

AW: Historians at the Sun answer the big questions: what makes a tyrant?


Feb 8

Celebrity Artists: Kate Moss

‘Everything she [Kate Moss] puts her name to sells like hot cakes and moving into the art world could be very lucrative.’

‘if Kate starts knocking out oil paintings, they will go for a fortune’

‘Moss-terpiece’, The Sun, 6 February 2010

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2842108/Kate-Moss-takes-painting-lessons.html#ixzz0eyM0mmOs