Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good Sep 5, 2008
Hirst's gift, when it's with him, is for black comedy, William Hogarth meets Stanley Kubrick work that's part deadpan joke, part dead serious utterance about mortality and decay. The piece that first made him famous, an open-jawed shark in a tank of formaldehyde titled The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, offered a giant beast of prey as a belligerent correlative for a universally suppressed anxiety. (Time.com)
A Beryl of Laughs! Life-affirming painter Beryl Cook passes away at 81 May 29, 2008
As a result, her work has been compared to the great 18th-century English painter and satirist William Hogarth - 'but without the darkness. Beryl Cook 'Twins. (Daily Mail)
Fishermen seek elusive bluefin tuna Jan 23, 2008
The state of the bluefin is not good, said a leading expert on the fish, William Hogarth, an administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who is past chairman of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. He is also past chairman of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, a multinational group focused on commercial bluefin interests. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
2007 in the arts Dec 29, 2007
The year started with William Hogarth at Tate Britain - there was not only the pleasure of his teeming, wicked, cartoonish storytelling, but also plenty of proof, if any were really needed, that he could handle paint with brilliance. Bookending 2007 at Tate Modern was Louise Bourgeois. (Guardian Unlimited)
Prof compares Gin Lane and Binge Street Sep 10, 2007
Street scenes on a 21st century Saturday night are on a par with the scenes of drunken depravity depicted by artist William Hogarth when he engraved Gin Lane. The artist s work reflects contemporary concerns about the state of society. (ic Wales)
More than words: Britain embraces the graphic novel Aug 22, 2007
LONDON: For a country that prides itself on its visual satire, and that has produced such celebrated social and political cartoonists as William Hogarth, George Cruickshank and George du Maurier of Punch magazine, Britain's approach to the comic art form has been, until lately, distinctly lackluster. Comic art from Batman to the New Yorker funnies forms a cultural reference point in the United States; in France the "bande dessin?e" has established status as a neuvi. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Gin gets a tonic Jun 6, 2007
Gin's popularity soon spiralled out of control, however, spawning the ugly years of gin madness captured by the artist William Hogarth (hence the nickname, mother's ruin), when London alone produced 14 gallons a year per citizen. Legislation and taxation eventually curbed the "rotgut merchants", who peddled roughly distilled gin, replacing them with companies run by "gentleman distillers", such as Bombay, which is still making gin to a 1761 recipe. (Guardian Unlimited)
Caricature artist skewers politicians, mall rats - between fairs May 24, 2007
He is a caricature artist, whose work has earned him recognition within the pages of the online art dictionary, ArtLex, following luminaries such as the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth and France's famous, 19th-century political cartoonist, Honore Daumier. It was an example of Klemke's political work that grabbed my attention. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
The home front May 19, 2007
Paintings of William Hogarth. Just William by Richmal Crompton. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The Rake's Progress Apr 26, 2007
The title is taken from a series of eight William Hogarth paintings from 1732-1733 depicting the demise of Tom Rakewell, a cheeky chappie who lands in hell after blowing his inheritance on boozing and whoring. Here, the rake is Vivian Kenway (Rex Harrison), a rich kid who causes havoc after succumbing to the charms of wine and women. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hogarth's Harlots, Libertines Parade in London: Martin Gayford Feb 8, 2007
William Hogarth (1697-1764) could be seen as the great-great-grandfather of Britart, and of much else besides. Upwardly Mobile. (Bloomberg)
Finding the fun and frolics in Hogarth Feb 7, 2007
William Hogarth was a high-spirited chronicler of extraordinary times, as Tate Britain's hugely entertaining show demonstrates ... Poor William Hogarth ... Born in London in 1697, William Hogarth was the son of a scholar from the north of England whose attempt to establish a coffee house where only Latin was spoken landed him in the Fleet prison, where he spent four years as a bankrupt. (Telegraph.co.uk)
- Adrian Searle: Hogarth can't paint, but who cares? Feb 6, 2007
William Hogarth was a printmaker, a genre painter, a satirist, a portraitist (or "phizmonger" as he sometimes put it), a history painter and a painter of conversation pieces. He was a polemicist and theorist, and the director of his own art school. (Guardian Unlimited)
Berlin films, Nixon mementos, other masters Berlin International Film Festival Jan 29, 2007
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was the foremost British artist of the first half of the 18th century. Best known as a satirist, he also excelled at portraiture and other, more respectable genres. (Boston Globe)
Tunnel vision Jan 23, 2007
William Hogarth did not like the French. In The Four Times of Day: Noon, the first great British artist painted dandified French immigrants coming out of a Huguenot church in London, all done up in ribbons and lace, simpering. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sights to see this winter Jan 4, 2007
William Hogarth The most comprehensive Hogarth show for more than 30 years, with over 200 works. Hogarth (1697-1764) depicted corrupt, raddled, gin-soaked, wormy old England at its worst. (Guardian Unlimited)
A capital look at cartoons Dec 3, 2006
It features a 1743 etching, "Characters & Caricaturas," by satirical printmaker William Hogarth, along with examples of original work by Bill Griffith ("Zippy the Pinhead") and Lynn Johnston ("For Better or for Worse"), two contemporary masters of the comic strip. Sure, often-surreal "Zippy" might be an acquired taste, but Johnston has been feted with a slew of honors for her slice-of-life humor, including the 1985 Reuben Award (she was the first woman to get the prize, named for cartoonist Rube... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Art experts reunite pair torn asunder 300 years ago Nov 23, 2006
A researcher for London art dealer Philip Mould noticed an ad in a New Hampshire antiques magazine for an 18th-century portrait of a young woman, thought to have been painted by a compatriot of William Hogarth. He was intrigued and bought it. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Harlots and Rakes Meet Sticky Ends in Paris's First Hogarth Exhibition Nov 16, 2006
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Incredible but true: The William Hogarth exhibition at the Louvre is the first one-man show England's best known satirical painter has ever had in France. During his lifetime, French intellectuals greeted Hogarth as a comrade-in-arms in their fight against hypocrisy and bigotry. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Beaverbrook works gifts, not loans: Expert Nov 8, 2006
this article to your Del. 06:25 AMVICTORIA AHEARNCANADIAN PRESSA 57-year-old catalogue from a prestigious New Brunswick art gallery indicates works assembled by the late Lord Beaverbrook were gifts, not loans, an art expert testified Tuesday. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Feast For The Senses Oct 1, 2006
"I don't think it's been done," Barringer says of the show, which combines works by such artists as J.M.W. Turner, James McNeill Whistler and William Hogarth, along with commercial art, lyric sheets, recorded music ranging from Handel to Gilbert and Sullivan, and period instruments - two pianos, a harp, a hurdy-gurdy and a serpent (a snake-shaped leather-covered wind instrument). For one thing, "Musical instruments are usually kept in a separate world," Barringer says. (CTNow.com)
Record numbers visit Tate Britain Sep 20, 2006
An exhibition dedicated to the works of London-born artist William Hogarth opens at the Tate Britain in February. Tate Britain Director Stephen Deuchar said he expected the most comprehensive look at the artist for 30 years to be a "great spring blockbuster". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
William Hogarth works to go on show Sep 19, 2006
LONDON - London's Tate Britain gallery said Monday that it plans to stage a major exhibition about the 18th-century British artist William Hogarth. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Tate reveals £12m purchases Sep 19, 2006
As part of its future projects, Tate Britain is to unveil the most significant William Hogarth show for 35 years. Bound to be a blockbuster, it will bring together all the artist's most important work, including satirical series such as The Election from Sir John Soane's Museum. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
'Portraits': Charting a master's progress Jul 10, 2006
The conclusion, which is fictional, is patterned after a sequence of enduring etchings by the 18th-century narrative artist William Hogarth, the inspiration and namesake for Hockney's series. Though this style garnered Hockney both a gallery and early commercial success, it's significant that he didn't stick with what worked. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Art worth reading Apr 20, 2006
The two etching/engravings Beer Street and Gin Lane by William Hogarth depict the drastic polarity of life in 18th- and 19th-century Britain ... The two etching/engravings Beer Street and Gin Lane by William Hogarth depict the drastic polarity of life in 18th- and 19th-century Britain. (The Ithacan Online, NY)
Easy alcohol access damaging health Mar 24, 2006
He likened the plentiful sale of cheap alcohol to Gin Lane - depicted in an engraving by the artist William Hogarth. Hogarth showed the rampant alcoholism that afflicted London's streets in 1751 before the Government took control. (This is London)
