London show reveals UK sculpture’s Wild Things

LONDON – An enormous robotic figure astride a drill, a sculpture of entwined lovers and the head of American poet Ezra Pound tell the tale of how three artists transformed British sculpture at the start of the 20th century. “Wild Thing” on at the Royal Academy of Arts in London until January 24th recounts the emergence of works by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, American Jacob Epstein and Briton Eric Gill, whose industrial, natural and sexually charged works changed the landscape of British [...]

Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century)

What does it mean to be an art school today? How should art education regroup and evolve in response to changes in the art world, higher education, information technology, the art market and the broader economy — and what should it mean to be an art school tomorrow? These are some of the many issues addressed in Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century) (MIT Press), a new book edited by Steven Henry Madoff, who is senior critic at the [...]