Restoring Rothko

There is a special place in hell for the person who vandalised Mark Rothko's painting 'Black on Maroon' at Tate Modern in 2012.
Here is a fascinating video showing the conservators painstaking process to restore the paintings surface.

Filmed over 18 months, this is the story behind the restoration of Mark Rothko's 'Black on Maroon'. Mark Rothko's 'Black on Maroon' 1958 goes back on public view at Tate Modern on 13 May 2014, following 18 months of intensive work by the Conservation team and colleagues across Tate.

Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art?

Dr Fox embarks on an open-minded guide for the perplexed and asks 'What is conceptual art?' 'How should we approach it?' and crucially, 'Why should we care?'. Roaming between the past, present and future he examines a mind-bending selection of the most influential conceptual ideas and artworks, alongside meeting the leading movers and shakers of today. And who knows? In the end, Dr Fox might find himself unexpectedly seduced by this trickiest of art forms.

I'll be here. Just swangin'

I'll be here. Just swangin'. #workinprogress #inprogress #art #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #behindthescenes #studio #artist

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Lawrence Weiner: The Means to Answer Questions

"An artist every day takes the chance of going mad, because you find yourself in situations that are past the point of logic you understand. You have to re-adapt your own logic, just to be able to communicate with somebody else."
Lawrence Weiner: The Means to Answer Questions

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AscU8wKzbbE

Uh-oh spaghettiO's

Uh-oh spaghettiO's.
So far this morning I have managed to knock over 2 paintings, a pallet, 2 paint kettles and 2 dippers in three separate incidents. It's 10:40, today could be entertaining. Next up I'm going to set my ladder up on some gravel then phone Claims Direct on myself.
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Some sage advice for artists from David Shrigley

“You’re on the right track if you’re excited about what you’re doing.”

"You're on the right track if you're excited about what you're doing." Artist David Shrigley, known for his humorous spin on common situations, here advises his young colleagues to be open to learning from mistakes and stresses that being an artist "isn't for everybody."

The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear

What happened on the December night in 1888 when Vincent van Gogh took a blade to his own ear?

To mark the exhibition: On the Verge of Insanity at the +Van Gogh Museum  in Amsterdam, Jeremy Paxman joins art sleuth Bernadette Murphy on her amazing quest to discover the truth - what exactly did the artist do, why did he do it and who was the unknown girl he is said to have handed his severed ear to, her real identity kept secret by her family for over a century?