The MOCA Makeover Nov 20, 2009
And watch where you step, or you might collide with the battery-powered kid in the gray sweatshirt and jeans riding his tricycle around the museum a piece called Charlie, by Maurizio Cattelan. Some of the crown jewels of MOCAs permanent collection, including a sampling of its array of 1990s artworks (arguably the best collection of the 90s in the world, Schimmel said), are on display at the Geffen. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Art.view: Against the odds Oct 4, 2009
The strange case of Maurizio Cattelan ... In these tough times, Maurizio Cattelan, a 49 year-old Italian artist with an acute sense of absurd, is not just surviving but thriving. (The Economist)
Art Basel 2009: Recession appeal Jun 19, 2009
The building, whose opening was one of the highlights of the Biennale, raised the bar for private museums and many collectors were reassured by the confident display of new masterpieces by artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Mike Kelley and Cindy Sherman. Art Basel is not just a market but a social whirl that thrives on ambience cocktails at the Beyeler Museum, dinner at Chez Donati, nightcaps at the Three Kings Hotel. (The Economist)
Artist Begins Spamming 10 Million Americans With - Cans of Spam! Apr 6, 2009
"Colin Colorful is like a Maurizio Cattelan clone, commanding an army of digital Jackson Pollocks, flicking millions of multicoloured pixels by email across a canvas which is the global internet," said another. "The possibilities for digital originals are infinite.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: EMILY JACIR Feb 12, 2009
Previous finalists have been Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Stan Douglas, Cai Guo Qiang, and Yasumasa Morimura in 1996; Huang Yong Ping, William Kentridge, Lee Bul, Pipilotti Rist, and Lorna Simpson in 1998; Vito Acconci, Maurizio Cattelan, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, Tom Friedman, Barry Le Va, and Tunga in 2000; Francis Als, Olafur Eliasson, Hachiya Kazuhiko, Koo Jeong-a, and Anri Sala in 2002; Franz Ackermann, Rivane Neuenschwander, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij, Simon... (AbsoluteArts.com)
