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Nam June Paik: an avant-garde genius and his ‘topless cellist’ collaborator commemorated at Tate Modern

21 October 2019

Charlotte Moorman with TV Cello and TV Eyeglasses.

Nam June Paik: an avant-garde genius and his ‘topless cellist’ collaborator commemorated at Tate Modern

By James Brewer

Visionary artist Nam June Paik was among the first to foresee the rise of a new mass media as a many-headed Goliath, to hail advances in robotics, and to envisage an internet which in his words would be the ‘electronic super-highway.’

Super-creatively, he seized on transformational technologies as a springboard for installations...

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With deep sadness we announce the passing of Takis

9 August 2019

With deep sadness we announce the passing of Takis

It is to our deep regret to learn that Takis the iconic man of arts and in particular of sculpture, coupled with physics and Cosmos begins his journey to Sea of Eternity.

The communique for the Takis Foundation reads:

“It is with deep sadness that the Takis Foundation announces the passing of the international sculptor Panagiotis Vassilakis, known as Takis.

A true pioneer, innovator and legend. He will be forever missed.

A prolific and visionary...

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Natalia Goncharova: Tate Modern celebrates trailblazer of modern art

14 July 2019

Self-portrait with Lilies. .

Natalia Goncharova: Tate Modern celebrates trailblazer of modern art

By James Brewer

She was the personification of the avant-garde before the avant-garde got into its ultra-provocative stride.

Outraging early 20^th century Russian society, Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962) was later tucked away from mainstream history for many years.

A whirlwind of creativity, Natalia bravely challenged conventions in a heady but repressive Moscow. She came up against the stern grip of the...

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Takis: Tate Modern’s take on a master of kinetic art

7 July 2019

In the magnetic orbit of Takis.

Takis: Tate Modern’s take on a master of kinetic art

By James Brewer

At the age of 93, the Greek artist Takis is working full tilt. In his hillside studio overlooking Athens, the “sculptor of magnetism, light and sound” is exploring solar power and other alternative energy sources for his sculptural toolkit.

“I know how to use energy,” he asserts, and this is backed up resoundingly – sometimes deafeningly – by his largest exhibition in the UK which continues at Tate...

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Takis

13 June 2019

Takis

3 July – 27 October 2019

Supported by Tate International Council

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis, b.1925) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th century. A sculptor of magnetism, light and sound, he seeks out the essential poetry and beauty of the electromagnetic universe. Takis was one of the most original artistic voices in Europe from the 1960s and remains a pioneering figure today. Tate Modern will stage Takis’ largest exhibition in the UK, bringing...

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