The GuardianHirst grew up in a pretty bad situation with his mother, and he and his gang – many of whom became YBA artists – spent half their time housebreaking, stealing, [indulging in] criminality, and the rest of their time indulging their passion for art, which...
“Art School Stole My Virginity” – Or Did It?
DazedThose fortunate enough to get tickets (yes, it was ticketed, like Glastonbury) were invited to the former BBC London headquarters at 35 Marylebone Gardens, now a performance space for immersive theatre. The 120-strong crowd was shown into the gallery, which had...
Artist who defaced Banksy charged with vandalism
TMZAn artist who defaced several works of famed graffiti artist Banksy has been charged with the crime of vandalism -- which is pretty incredible since Banksy's collection is itself an act of vandalism. David William Noll has been charged with FELONY vandalism. ...
Emily Adams at CB1 Gallery
Emily Adamsat CB1 GalleryThere are some works of art that produce a palpable physical sensation when considered, like scraping your knees along a seemingly never-ending dirt road, or worse, a gravel pit. Emily Adams first exhibition at cb1 succeeds masterfully with...
Artist Abraham Poincheval living in a bear for two weeks in Paris exhibition
The IndependentDuring the performance piece, which he first exhibited at CAIRN Centre for Contemporary Art in Digne last year, Poincheval will not leave the sterilised carcass for a fortnight - forcing him to eat, sleep, and relieve himself while being filmed by two...

POP-EYECONIC Group Show at Corey Helford Gallery
POP-EYECONIC Group Show, posted by Artillery Magazine on 4/01/2014 (17 items) Artist Chris Anthony and his girlfriend, Jessica Spotts, with his piece "Josephi... Artist Eric Joyner with his piece "Life Before Hamburgers". Artist Joey Remmers with his...

Alexandra Manukyan’s “Beautiful Disaster” at Corey Helford Gallery
"Images courtesy of @[362039667819:274:COREY HELFORD GALLERY] http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/shows/alexandra-manukyan/info-press/" From Alexandra Manukyan's "Beautiful Disaster" Opening Night. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 4/01/2014 (6 items) Alexandra Manukyan...

The Portlandization of Los Angeles
I had serious work to do, so I took a nap. After dragging it out for as long as possible, I rolled off the sofa and quickly went out, greatly in need of some revivifying fresh air, or air as fresh as it gets around here. Ten minutes later I walked into what passes for...
Tracey Emin on the Strip
Washington PostEmin says she finds Las Vegas to be romantic and hopes the display gives viewers a moment to reflect on love amid the hustle and bustle of the Strip.. . . READ MORE

Into the Widening Gyre
How will the end of the world play out? With a bang or a whimper? With mournful lamentation or furious dies irae? Vengeful and wrath-laden or becalmed? In paroxysms of grief or a hemorrhage of hilarity and hysteria? Well of course it will be all of these...
Doug Harvey at Jancar Gallery
Doug Harveyat Jancar GalleryDoug Harvey, whose a regular contributor to Artillery, is also a terrific artist as his newest exhibition entitled, Found Moldy Slides, at Jancar Gallery can attest. Weirdly haunting, and sometimes just plain haunted, these images celebrate...
Hans Ulrich Obrist: the art of curation
The GuardianI think a good curator is like a good chef. They understand the city's needs – and fulfil and challenge them. How do curators and artists work with each other? Ideally, it's a collaboration in which one inspires and challenges the other. The best thing a...

Puke Performance Artist Paints The Standard
Puke performance artist Millie Brown just returned from the South by Southwest Festival where she “performed” with Lady Gaga. The UK artist has recently relocated to Los Angeles and painted her colored vomit canvas to a very small crowd in a rare performance at club...
Julie Adler at Campbell Hall Art Gallery
Julie Adlerat Campbell Hall Art GalleryJulie Adler’s recent exhibition of paintings, monoprints, etchings, linocuts and more at Campbell Hall Art Gallery suggests a fiercely compelling and singular mind at work. Mining an intensely personal vein and responding to the...

Still Howling – Ron Athey
I wasn’t even sure I would be admitted to the room where most of the performance took place. There was a small throng gathered in the courtyard. Another part of the audience was already assembling in the Billy Wilder Theatre, where the performance would be...

Guest Lecture: F. Scott Hess
The subject matter of several of my recent paintings derives from screwed-up iPhone panorama photographs. For centuries art linear perspective has ordered the space of paintings, determining how we look at an image. In panorama mode my iPhone-5 liberates the mind from...

Marc Selwyn’s Inaugural Opening
"Art luminaries came out to celebrate a new gallery for Marc Selwyn Fine Art: On February 16, 2014, invited members of Los Angeles’ vibrant art scene convened in the newly renovated historic 1940s Al Grimmet’s Garage, that has been transformed into the sleek, new...
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst put queer consciousness on the front burner
NY TimesIn “Relationship,” a photo exhibition currently on view at the Whitney Biennial, the two have chronicled that process and the evolution of their own love affair. (In a recent preview of the Biennial, Holland Cotter of The New York Times wrote that the...