Mark Leckey
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
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
How Mark Leckey became the artist of the YouTube generation | Charlotte Higgins
The long read: Six years after he won the prestigious Turner prize, Leckey remains little known outside the art world – but he has quietly become one of the most influential artists in Britain
Charlotte Higgins
26, Mar, 2015 @6:00 AM
London's fourth plinth: the artists fighting the latest battle of Trafalgar
Models of the six shortlisted projects for Britain's most talked-about public sculpture commission go on show
Charlotte Higgins, chief arts writer
25, Sep, 2013 @8:50 AM
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