The long-awaited New Museum retrospective of conceptual art pioneer Hans Haacke fell victim to internet hackers over the weekend trying to make a political point. The intervention drastically skewed ...
This is the second part of a two-part review of “Hans Haacke: All Connected” at the New Museum in New York. The first part can be found here. For myself, Hans Haacke’s masterpiece is A Breed Apart ...
Yesterday morning, the German artist Hans Haacke unveiled his equestrian sculpture for London’s Fourth Plinth, one of England’s most renowned publicly-funded art commissions (see Katharina Fritsch’s ...
Hans Haacke, “Condensation Cube” (1963–65); clear acrylic, distilled water, and climate in area of display, 12 x 12 x 12 in (30.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm). © Hans ...
Hans Haacke, “Gift Horse” (2014), horse: bronze with black patina and wax finish stainless steel fasteners and supports, bow: 5mm flexible LED display stainless steel armature polycarbonate face, 15 ...
At the Guggenheim Bilbao, an expansive group show cultivates attention to material histories, ecological care and institutional responsibility.
Hans Haacke has never been afraid to be political or offend the institutions of the art world. Now, with his sculpture for Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth – to be unveiled this week – he has the City ...
Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse fits in with the 19th-century statues in Trafalgar Square – but what do the LED stock market updates on its leg mean? Following Katharina Fritsch’s Hahn/Cock, the surprising, ...
MY DAILY PIC (#1562): Sol LeWitt collected this 1976 print by Hans Haacke, called The Chase Advantage, which is in fact silkscreened and collaged overtop of a print by LeWitt. (Click on my image to ...
At 83, he is the master of museum disruption. Curators have tried to ignore him. Who knows what he’ll do at the New Museum. By Blake Gopnik Anyone who knows much about the defiantly political art of ...