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“The Last Supper” at the Olympic Paris Games 2024 – Was it a parody or a coincidence?
The opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics sparked controversy with a presentation reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. Was it really meant to be?
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Shelley’s Art Scandal: The Enigma that is Banksy
We have all at least heard the name Banksy and are probably all familiar with the controversial stencilled stylings that are synonymous with his name; despite the fact that while there are speculations of who he is, we don’t know for definite who he is. “Love is in the Bin” Sotheby Auction 2018 Banksy cemented his name in the art history books earlier this year, through the shredding of “Balloon Girl” while it was being auctioned at Sotheby’s. The picture went in to self-destruct mode as there was a hidden paper shredder in the frame which (if you believe what the artist said about it) was set up to destroy…
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The 2016 Turner Prize and the Monotony of Controversy
It’s Turner Prize time again, and the four finalists for 2016 have been named: Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten, and Josephine Pryde. Anthea Hamilton’s “butt wall” has been dubbed quite controversial, and looking through the prize’s history, so many articles have been written about the weirdest, most outrageous, or most controversial art pieces of the Turner Prize history. The point always boils down to: “Is that really art?” And it’s not an illegitimate question or topic to bring up; it’s an important source of discussion, but in the grand scheme of art… screw it. It doesn’t matter. But let’s take a look at why we shouldn’t get hung up…
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