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In his weekly column 'Put Downs and Shut Ups' Matthew Collings wrote about a new book on the art world by Sarah Thornton and claimed to have met her only after the publication of her book in which he is listed as an interviewee. This was an error on Collings' part which Thornton wishes to correct. We publish her correction here with a response from Collings. ... read more...

In a new column for Saatchi Online's magazine the critic and broadcaster Matthew Collings takes on the art world, delivering ruthless criticism and high praise where he sees fit. First to come under his scrutiny is the Frieze art fair, the genius of the Chapmans and 'art promo talk': 'There is something about the enthusiasm-rhetoric that art-world people go in for, pretending to speak from an inner core of experience, while actually not really knowing anything at all about what art is or how it... read more...

I rented a black Cherokee Jeep at LAX airport. Although all five artists with whom I had appointments lived on the west side, within a ten-mile radius of Venice Beach, I still had a lot of road to cover. Tapping the combined experience of Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Mary Kelly and Ed Ruscha would be a real privilege. Whether these artists were quintessentially Californian or just distinguished residents of the urban sprawl, I wondered what their studios would reveal about their... read more...

Check out our two new essays on the magazine today. Curator Hans Ulrich Obrist (below) writes about American artist Paul Chan who currently has a solo show at the Serpentine Gallery in London (until 1 July, www.serpentinegallery.org) and critics Sarah Thornton profiles the LA-based artist Dave Muller.
Click here to read Hans Ulrich Obrist's essay in full.
Click here to read Sarah Thornton's essay in full.

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