"ModernArt" news and stories

Top German beer brand Beck's is calling out to drinkers to become involved in modern art. They are launching a promotional campaign in the UK to promote their Futures Art Awards.

Beck's Futures was created in 1999 in conjunction with the Berlin Institute of Contemporary Arts to exhibit and support emerging UK artists. On the website or via exhibitions in London, Bristol and Glasgow, you can learn about the short-listed artists and peruse their work. You can also vote alongside the official judges on-line or at the shows for your favourite piece of work.

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Selfridges (I much prefer Selfridges to Harvey Nicks by the way) is to play host to famed Chinese artist Song Dong.

Who he? He is the chap who recreated traditional Chinese paintings out of fishheads and created a map of the world out of fruit . His cityscapes made from biscuits and sweets caused a sensation in France and China but his showing in Selfridges is planed to top them all in scale. Some tower blocks are to be up to 3ft high.

With six assistants and over five days he plans to use an estimated 72,000 biscuits to construct everything from office tower blocks, flyovers and roads to a sports stadium and municipal buildings. And then everyone can eat it.

The display will be on view in the Selfridges atrium from February 15th - 22nd.

[Photo Andrew Barrow - a rather blurred nighttime shot of the flags above Selfridges]

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