Posted by Andrew Soar on June 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick OBE today unveiled the major new commission by British artist Rachel Whiteread for the building’s historic façade with the artist and an introduction by Danny Boyle, filmmaker and London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Artistic Director. The work is Whiteread’s first ever permanent public commission in the UK and features … Read more
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Posted by Andrew Soar on November 4, 2011 · 1 Comment
Today at the Tate Britain, London 2012′s Cultural Olympiad team unveiled a series of posters to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The images seem to nod their hat in a big way to the Munich games of 1972, where the organisers of the Munich Olympics ran a very similar enterprise with the … Read more
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