This may be as expected but a reverse to the trend is also noticeable. Painting is back on a roll with many artists going back to the basics of paint, brush, canvas and palette knife but artists working purely with photography are on the decline.
Doubly trendy Cologne
NEWS from Cologne, one of the contemporary art capitals of the world, is that installations are as trendy as ever. At Art Cologne 2002, to run from October 30 to November 3 at Kolnmesse, half of the 20 international artists selected for the fair’s promotional programme, whereby young artists are sponsored with free stands to encourage new work, are into installations.
