Exhibitions at Blenheim Palace

Maurizio Cattelan’s America & The stolen golden toilet

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

Who is Maurizio Cattelan? Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist born in 1960 in Padua, Italy. His career in sculpting and art began way back in the 1980s through the making of wooden furniture. This was in his home country, but soon he mainly immersed himself in creating controversial sculptures whenever he could. Some have …

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Yves Klein’s blue swimming pool – From 1957 to now

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Who was Yves Klein? Born in 1928 in Nice, France, Yves Klein soon became an influential figure in the post-war European art scene. He quickly rose the ranks to become a leading member of the art movement of Nouveau Réalisme in France. His induction to the art scene was majorly fueled by having both parents …

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These are all of Maurizio Cattelan’s Horse sculptures

Sculptures / 6 minutes of reading

Horses have been used in art as a symbol of power for centuries. Perhaps one of the most talked-about examples of the past decades is Maurizio Cattelan horse sculptures series. The series comprises taxidermied horses with their heads stuck on the wall or hanging from the ceiling. Many critics, including audiences, took great umbrage …

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Maurizio Cattelan’s Hitler sculpture – World’s worst criminal regrets his sins

Sculptures, Statues / 4 minutes of reading

Adolf Hitler on his knees How much penance do the atrocities that Adolf Hitler committed in his lifetime require to be forgiven? This is perhaps the question which Maurizio Cattelan wanted to arouse in his audience when he drew a picture of the fascist leader in a kneeling position. There is nothing wrong with someone …

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Why did Ai Weiwei dip 2,000 year old Chinese vases in paint?

Performances, Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading

Han Dynasty Vases in Auto Paint The Han Dynasty Vases with Auto-Paint is a work shown as part of Ai Weiwei’s solo exhibition “Evidence”. It is a series of neolithic vases, painted smooth and shining with brightly colored automotive paint. The aged vessels are given a new context, evoking the mass marketing and luxurious consumerist …

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Michelangelo Pistoletto’s nude Venus inspects a rag of clothes (sfw)

Installations, Textile art / 6 minutes of reading

Pistoletto’s rise to fame Born in 1933 in Biella, Italy, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s was among the first interpreters of the radical renewal of artistic language, both socially and aesthetically, in the early 1960s. He was also one of the protagonists of Arte Povera. Pistoletto began to gain recognition in the mid-1950s, particularly after creating his first …

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