Because the conflict within the Center East continues to rage, Ben Luke speaks to The Artwork Newspaper’s reporter on Iran and different international locations within the area, Sarvy Geranpayeh, concerning the response of cultural communities in Iran and Lebanon, and the harm to heritage in each international locations.
A picture exhibiting harm to the Chehel Sotoun palace in Isfahan, Iran
The newest version of the Artwork Basel and UBS World Artwork Market Report has been printed and reveals that the market has returned to progress. However the particulars present a extra sophisticated story, which Ben explores with the author of the report, Clare McAndrew.
Dr Clare McAndrew
© Paul McCarthy
And this episode’s Work of the Week is VOLUME (III – White Bay Energy Station, Australia) a brand new work by the Indigenous American artist Cannupa Hanska Luger. This sculpture and sound set up that includes seven ceramic dingo skulls is a part of the newest version of the Sydney Biennale in Australia, and has gained an unintended topicality on account of a current tragedy involving the loss of life of a backpacker in Queensland. Ben speaks to our reporter in Australia, Elizabeth Fortescue, concerning the work and the broader context.
Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger created seven ceramic dingo skulls for his set up Quantity III White Bay Energy Station on the Sydney Biennale
Courtesy of the artist
Rememory: the twenty fifth Biennale of Sydney, 14 March-14 June
