How much did this Jeff Koons' sculpture fetch at auction? Jul 1, 2008
The sculpture was sold as part of a post-war and contemporary art sale, that included work by Francis Bacon, Gilbert and George and Lucian Freud. A piece of work by UK-based duo Gilbert and George, called To her Majesty, also reached a record price of 1. (BBC News -- UK)
All eyes on BarberOsgerby's Iris tables May 4, 2008
Their distinguishing feature is that, true to the tradition of British male duos (from the artists Gilbert and George, to the comedians Morecambe and Wise, and the aptly named Little and Large), one of the two, Barber, is taller than the other. They met as architecture students at the Royal College of Art in the mid-1990s, and designed a restaurant together after graduating. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Linda McCartney's lives through a lens Apr 23, 2008
Gilbert and George, for example, are imprisoned with each other behind the railing bars of their East London patio garden. There's the beautiful, tender image of her daughter Stella, photographed in Tokyo in reflection in a high-rise window, a complex image of railings and grids superimposed with Stella's face and Linda's shadow, framed with the waxy purity of a white orchid. (Times Online)
A colossal private sale by the heirs of a dealer Apr 4, 2008
During the 1960s and '70s she introduced American Pop artists to Europeans, and European artists like Christo, Baselitz and the British duo Gilbert and George to Americans. In addition to selling art Sonnabend enjoyed holding on to her favorites, and over the years she amassed hundreds of works of art and outstanding examples of 20th-century furniture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Emin pays £4m to save art district Mar 2, 2008
The Turner Prize-nominated artist is committed to both living and working in the area for the rest of her life, sharing the resident artistic community with veteran firebrands Gilbert and George and Turner Prize winner Rachel Whiteread, who lives in a converted synagogue. I can't imagine living in another house, although I sometimes try to imagine living in a house with flat floors or with straight stairs,' says Emin. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Britain acquires major modern art collection Feb 28, 2008
The collection, which also includes work by Joseph Beuys, Ron Mueck, Robert Mapplethorpe, Diane Arbus and the duo Gilbert and George, will tour museums and galleries across Britain under the title Artist Rooms. It will be owned and managed by the Tate Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland, and grouped into a series of rooms representing individual artists. (MSNBC -- News)
Major art collection bought for UK Feb 28, 2008
The collection - which features works by Gilbert and George, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst - was put together by art dealer Anthony d'Offay. He will receive the 26. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Sale of century Feb 27, 2008
The collection contains some of the finest works by the most important artists of the last 50 years, including Joseph Beuys, Gilbert and George, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. It will be called Artist Rooms and it will be jointly owned and managed for the nation by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Gilbert and George's art might make you squirm Feb 17, 2008
In 1969, London artists Gilbert and George wrote four "Laws of Sculptors." They continue to follow them, to judge by my encounter with the pair in their retrospective, opening today, at the de Young Museum ... These precepts inverted the social style of many famous sculptors of Gilbert and George's generation ... Shortly out of school, following, or at least echoing, promptings from Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein, Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol, Gilbert and George pronounced themselves "living... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Changes at British Council 'appalling' Jan 12, 2008
The signatories also include artists Sir Peter Blake, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Gilbert and George, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Sam Taylor-Wood, Gavin Turk and Mark Wallinger. The leaders of some of Britain's most important galleries have also signed, including the Tate's Sir Nicholas Serota, Stephen Deuchar of Tate Britain, and Sir Norman Rosenthal and Charles Saumarez Smith of the Royal Academy. (Guardian Unlimited)
Damien who? Will Hirst stand the test of time? Nov 25, 2007
Art lovers in 2112 will not, apparently, be flocking to see Tracey Emin, the Chapman Brothers, Sarah Lucas or Gilbert and George. Instead, the museums of the future will be packing in the crowds with exhibitions of Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois and, believe it or not, Yoko Ono. (Independent)
Germaine Greer Oct 8, 2007
Richard Deacon, Howard Hodgkin, Gilbert and George, Rachel Whiteread and Damien Hirst were all shortlisted twice, and all won on their second appearance; Richard Wilson, Alison Wilding and Sean Scully were all shortlisted twice and never won at all. Of this year's shortlist, Wallinger was shortlisted in 1995, the year that Damien Hirst won. (Guardian Unlimited)
What's the point of the Turner Prize? Oct 3, 2007
The works appear like a succession of solid trophies, each one asking above all to be recognised: some Hirsts, some cut-up cows, a couple of Deacons, a room of Gormley body casts, a big Gilbert and George wall-piece one of each, so to speak. You might also expect the show to have a timeline function, laying out in partial snapshots the progress of British art over the last quarter-century. (Independent)
Art world braced for a crash Sep 30, 2007
Another seller is Marino Golinelli, an Italian multi-millionaire and philanthropist, whose collection includes works by Gilbert and George and Anish Kapoor. One London dealer said: Contemporary art has been the big money spinner in recent years so the sales coming up will be a major test. (Times Online)
Its Turner Prize time again Sep 29, 2007
Should have won a Turner in the 1980s but was, unfortunately, beaten by Gilbert and George in 1986. TINO SEGHAL. (Financial Times)
Frosty, fabulous Melbourne Aug 23, 2007
There's Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as more recent art stars such as Gilbert and George, Rachel Whiteread and Cindy Sherman. Curated by the National Gallery of Victoria from the Guggenheim's venues in New York, Bilbao, Venice and Berlin, the exhibition starts at post-war abstraction and continues through abstract expressionism, conceptual art, pop art and contemporary art. (NEWS.com.au)
Arts chiefs warn of funding problem for festival Aug 10, 2007
Edinburgh seeks larger subsidy to stay on top Lottery bid submitted to fund gallery makeover. Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondentFriday August 10, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
Joshua **½ Jul 13, 2007
Screenplay by David Gilbert and George Ratliff. Starring Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts and Michael McKean. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Middle-aged Brit Artist waves the flag in Venice Jun 7, 2007
"In 2005, when Gilbert and George were in the British pavilion, I thought, 'It's brilliant that gay men making work about multicultural society are representing Britain. It shows the world there's more to Britain than Tony Blair and war. I thought, 'I'd love to represent Britain'.". The first and last British woman to have a solo show at Venice was Rachel Whiteread, a decade ago. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Domestic bliss with art's Hinge and Bracket May 9, 2007
Gilbert And George, BBC 1 ... Gilbert And George began with a shot of Bryan Ferry looking bored at a Tate Modern retrospective of the artists' work ... For the past 40 years, Gilbert and George have been united as a living art-work. (Scotsman)
Free Gilbert & George art online May 9, 2007
For just 48 hours, art lovers will be able to download an original work by artists Gilbert and George ... "But when I saw how Gilbert and George made their pictures it was clear this would be a perfect match," he told the Guardian ... Gilbert and George, known for their sharp suits and dour expressions, have courted controversy over the course of their career with paintings like Dirty Words Pictures. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
- Sean O'Hagan May 6, 2007
to the Anglo-Irish agreement, and the Belfast agreement, who said 'No' to Mo and Mandy, and to 'Babbling' Brooke before them, and John 'See you, Jimmy' Reid after them, and who also said No' to Jesus Christ, Superstar and Jerry Springer the Opera, to the Anne Summers sex shop in the city centre, and to Gilbert and George at the Ormeau Baths Gallery. Was it Prozac. (Guardian Unlimited)
Emin tops artistic bill in Venice May 2, 2007
In 2005, the UK was represented by artists Gilbert and George, and the Golden Lion carried away by France. Representing UK. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
- Paul Flynn Apr 21, 2007
Kylie, Gilbert and George ... It was on leaving the Gilbert and George retrospective at Tate Modern that I was washed over with that slightly pleased-with-myself sensation that I, possibly wrongly, assume everyone gets when they leave an exhibition of high art feeling they have enjoyed rather than endured it ... When Gilbert and George began making art in the 60s, they fashioned a manifesto. (Guardian Unlimited)
Beijing finally embraces modern British art Mar 20, 2007
When Gilbert and George exhibited at the National Exhibition of China in 1993, British art was about to enter the international limelight, while China was still trying to emerge from the shadows of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. That brief era of Cool Britannia is gone, but China's growing cultural power is evident in the setting of the new exhibition. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Now look whos shot Andy Warhol Mar 15, 2007
About halfway through Factory Girl we get the point. Andy Warhol, played by an emaciated Guy Pearce in white make-up, is interviewed by an obsequious journalist who mentions the fact that Warhol s art movies are being referred to as pornography by the mainstream establishment. (Times Online)
Natural talent Mar 11, 2007
It is as impossible to imagine Goldsworthy living in Hoxton as it is Gilbert and George in the Dales. He is a man of nature, and part of him wants to remind us, somewhere deep down, that we all are. (Guardian Unlimited)
Blair pledges to protect arts funding Mar 6, 2007
In attendance were Tracey Emin, Gilbert and George, Jarvis Cocker and Alexander McQueen. That was at the height of the government's short-lived "Cool Britannia" wooing of the arts world. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
- Germaine Greer Feb 26, 2007
There is only one way Gilbert and George can complete the work - by dying, in unison ... The Major Exhibition of Gilbert and George at Tate Modern has been a triumphant moment for this single artist in two bodies, who began by turning up at art events in their matching suits and being a living sculpture, like any pair of painted buskers at Covent Garden ... It is useless now to ask whether the art world should have responded so enthusiastically; the fact that it did is now an aspect of the... (Guardian Unlimited)
The arts column Feb 21, 2007
The phenomenon of Gilbert and George, a retrospective of whose art opened last week at Tate Modern, raises many questions beyond that of the intrinsic merit of the work ... These enchantingly witty and inventive Swiss artists have been working together for nearly 30 years (though, unlike Gilbert and George, they are not partners away from their art). (Telegraph.co.uk)
Better than a poke in the eye? Feb 18, 2007
Over 40 years, Gilbert and George have become an institution with their rude words, colossal images and public double-act, but does this huge retrospective finally show us what they really mean by it all ... Gilbert and George Tate Modern, London SE1; until 7 May ... Gilbert and George, the most famous alliance in art, are having the biggest-ever show at Tate Modern. (Guardian Unlimited)
Terrible twosome Feb 13, 2007
Gilbert and George, suited, collide in the middle of the picture. They have said that Named is like a war memorial. (Guardian Unlimited)
Fayed dismisses 'shocking' Diana death report Feb 3, 2007
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. By James Tapsfield and Laura Elston, PA. (Yahoo News -- Princess Diana)
Just the two of us Jan 28, 2007
Rachel Cooke joins Gilbert and George for lunch at their favourite Turkish cafe and hears them trade anecdotes about homophobia, dead rats and dishy waiters ... Interviewing two people at the same time is never easy, but Gilbert and George, a retrospective of whose work opens at Tate Modern next month, take the thing (and of course they're perfectly aware of this) to a whole new level ... Of course, when Gilbert and George bought their house in 1973, this was not the desirable area it is today;... (Guardian Unlimited)
Battle to save celebrated cradle of cutting edge art Dec 28, 2006
"The estate and the college have proud histories. Bought in 1925 by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, the estate was the base for the couple's experiments in arts and crafts, building and agriculture. The college opened in 1961 and continues to win plaudits as a crucible for cutting-edge music, dance and theatre created in cream tea country.Dartington has hosted many of the greats - from Stravinsky to Britten, Bernard Shaw to Gilbert and George. Michael Chekhov, the actor and director, sought refuge... (Guardian Unlimited)
It's not about intelligence, it's about endurance." Nov 10, 2006
l the rights to a book about the English artists Gilbert and George. But his eye kept wandering, he said recently, to some images at the back of the booth. (International Herald Tribune)
* Small victories and little defeats Nov 9, 2006
The project came about more or less by accident when the company's owner, Richard Schlagman, attended the Frankfurt Book Fair a couple of years ago, hoping to acquire from the French publisher Denoel the rights to a book about the English artists Gilbert and George. But his eye kept wandering, he said recently, to some images at the back of the booth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Power list shows growth of British influence in art Oct 14, 2006
Artists included this year include Tracey Emin, who is to represent Britain at the next Venice Biennale, Gilbert and George, Gavin Brown and Anish Kapoor. Mr Weich said: "Even though Rugoff and Obrist aren't British, [the fact they have come to work here] does indicate the pull that London has as a growing and important art capital.". (Independent)
Bid to acquire key art collection Sep 27, 2006
Other works in his collection include pieces by Gilbert and George and Robert Mapplethorpe. SEE ALSO 06 Sep 01 | Entertainment. (BBC News -- UK)
Designer Museums Attract Big Crowds Sep 21, 2006
It's home to the Guggenheim Bilbao, which contains works by late 20th century greats such as Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol, as well as avant garde artists such as Britain's Gilbert and George. Just as big an attraction is the much-lauded museum building designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry. (BusinessWeek)
Tate reveals £12m purchases Sep 19, 2006
Gilbert and George's Fates cost 130,000, and a 1932 letter to the director of the Tate was bought for 41 ... It should prove a fascinating chance to assess how the prize has shaped our sense of contemporary art since 1984 - the moment when Howard Hodgkin and Gilbert and George were named runners-up to Malcolm Morley. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Week in picturesA look back at pictures in the news over the past seven days Sep 9, 2006
Artists Gilbert and George pose for photographs in London. The Tate Gallery has announced it will stage a retrospective of their work in February. (BBC News)
Gilbert and George hail 'triumph' Sep 5, 2006
Gilbert and George hail 'triumph. Gilbert and George have worked together for nearly 40 years ... Artists Gilbert and George believe their retrospective exhibition at London's Tate Modern next year shows they have confounded their critics. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Tate Modern spectacular: The Gilbert and George show Sep 5, 2006
They were the enfants terribles of British art when Damien Hirst was still a baby and have established an international reputation over nearly 40 years, but Gilbert and George still had to spend five years lobbying for what should be the crowning glory of their career so far - the biggest show Tate Modern has dedicated to a "single" artist ... Gilbert and George were "living sculptures," he said, who were among the best-known artists in Britain ... "Everybody used to say, 'Gilbert and George,... (Independent)
Gilbert and George relish their retrospective at the Tate Sep 5, 2006
Gilbert and George, not so much the godfathers of contemporary British art as the self-proclaimed "fairy godmothers", are to have a major retrospective at Tate Modern after years of neglect, they claim, by the gallery ... George said that the exhibition shows that "in some way we won - everyone used to say, 'Gilbert and George, very interesting, but will it last?' Yes, there's a sense of triumph." ... According to the curator of the show, Jan Debbaut, the exhibition will present a rare chance... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
- Alice Rawsthorn May 24, 2006
If one gallery closes, another nabs its artists - as White Cube and Gagosian did with Gilbert and George and Rachel Whiteread respectively after D'Offay folded. And the mood is optimistic. (Guardian Unlimited)
- Nick Cohen Feb 19, 2006
At first glance, Gilbert and George's Sonofagod Pictures: Was Jesus Heterosexual ... In prose that might embarrass an estate agent, novelist Michael Bracewell told them in the catalogue that Gilbert and George were engaged 'in rebellion, an assault on the laws and institutions of superstition and religious belief ... Gilbert and George still get a 'frisson of excitement' by including 'f-words, turds, semen, their own pallid bodies and other affronts to bourgeois sensibilities' in their work,... (Guardian Unlimited)
Artists arouse MP's fury Jan 20, 2006
Gilbert and George are the finest dressed, and quite possibly most courteous, artists in London ... - have aroused the fury of the Tory MP Ann Widdecombe, who has called them "blasphemous in the extreme, as Gilbert and George will find out when finally they stand before the Son of God". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
We'd hate to offend Jan 17, 2006
Detail from Son of a God 2005 by Gilbert and George. Photograph: the artist. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Patrick Hughes Jan 1, 2006
Of one of our greatest art critics, he says, "His ignorance is unparalleled.'' He speaks of the "maunderings" of Tracey Emin and when I ask him if he admires his near-neighbours Gilbert and George he says "Naargh'' so forcefully that I do not press the matter. I'm also sad to learn that he is indifferent to the genius of Little Britain but I share his distaste for the contemporary celebrity culture and all the fuss that attended the long-drawn-out death of poor old George Best. (The Independent, UK)
