Mark Leckey

‘Inhaling fridge coolant? It’s just like poppers’: the wild, obsessive art of Mark Leckey

The former football casual who had been up in court three times found an escape in art and the YBAs. He talks about his new work – about seaside towns and funfairs – and a group show imagining the near future

Tim Jonze

05, Oct, 2023 @5:13 PM

Cash as canvas, Turner returns and footy gets fashionable – the week in art

An exhibition on money as protest art, the creativity of terrace culture in Merseyside and Frick Collection treasures visit the National – all in your weekly dispatch

Jonathan Jones

04, Nov, 2022 @12:03 PM

‘It’s manic!’ Turner-winner Mark Leckey’s dream comes true as he opens an art school in Cornwall

Redruth, one of the most deprived areas in Britain, has become a beacon for isolated West Country artists. And this is just the beginning, says Leckey, as he eyes other outposts in the north

Oliver Berry

11, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM

From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works

Starting with experimental film in the 60s, video art has revolutionised the art world. We celebrate the medium through its most groundbreaking pieces

Barbara London, Skye Sherwin & Oliver Basciano

17, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM

The road to everywhere – Mark Leckey: O' Magic Power of Bleakness review

In this astonishing show, the artist has built a life-sized mock-up of a motorway underpass. The result is a supernatural riot that whisks you back to his Wirral youth, with help from music, adverts and old film footage

Adrian Searle

24, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

Concrete art: Mark Leckey's M53 motorway bridge at Tate Britain

London gallery calls Turner Prize winner’s immersive exhibition ‘an audio-visual play’

Mark Brown

23, Sep, 2019 @1:18 PM

A rebel sharpens her pencil and Hirst spreads his wings – the week in art

Devlin stages a takeover, Cattelan washes his hands of guilt and Turner lets off some steam – all in your weekly dispatch

Jonathan Jones

20, Sep, 2019 @2:20 PM

Mark Leckey: ‘There has to be a belief that art has this power, this charisma'

The Turner prize-winning artist on reconstructing part of the M53 for his new Tate Britain show

Miranda Sawyer

14, Sep, 2019 @3:00 PM

Interstellar sexual adventures and underground erotica – Glasgow International review

This year’s citywide showcase is a sprawling, ambitious mixture of the marvellous and the mundane, with Tai Shani’s S&M-tinged installation the edgy standout

Adrian Searle

20, Apr, 2018 @3:57 PM

Fiorucci: why the disco-friendly label is perfect for 2017

Associated with New York 70s cool, Fiorucci’s Lexington Avenue store was known as the ‘daytime Studio 54’ – but there’s no time like the present for a relaunch of this playful heritage brand

Lauren Cochrane

22, Mar, 2017 @3:34 PM

Richard Branson's big head and naked sax player star in art show

Installation by Benedict Drew on show in Arts Council Collection exhibition in Liverpool

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

27, Oct, 2016 @6:07 PM

Mark Leckey: the raving artist goes large at MoMA PS1 in New York

Inspired by the 90s rave scene, the artist has filled the Queens space with footage of sweaty nightclubs, trippy images and soundsystems blasting fart sounds

Nadja Sayej

27, Oct, 2016 @4:33 PM

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