Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Douglas Gordon, 89, who owned his own hauling firm while working at a Philadelphia refinery, died of respiratory failure Nov. 10 at St. Joseph's Hospital. He lived at the Yorktown Arms retirement community in North Philadelphia.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
The leading Scottish artist Douglas Gordon has donated an artwork worth at least £44,000 to cancer caring charity Maggie’s. The Glasgow-born artist is the first Scot to win the Turner Prize.
PORT (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Still from "Zidane" This weekend, work off the holiday madness from the perspective of famous soccer player Zidane. The NW Film Center is screening Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait , directed by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Pareno, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. You can learn more about this ground breaking experimental film from Arcy's September review . Check out showtimes, and buy...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... thought. Compare Villareal's résumé to other figures on the contemporary scene -- to Scotsman Douglas Gordon (he had a stunning solo at the Hirshhorn in 2004), to Frenchman Pierre Huyghe (he was a standout in the Hirshhorn's recent "Cinema Effect" project, and has triggered major writings), even to New York light artist Spencer Finch, who makes work with real heft -- and the difference...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
The Treasury has denied claims by economic forecasters that tens of thousands of extra civil servants are being recruited. The Government is looking at "all options" to try to ensure that loans become more easily available to businesses and families, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman has said. A full review of Royal Bank of Scotland is getting under way after shareholders overwhelmingly...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Artists and designers who have contributed 2,700 postcards this year also include Paula Rego, David Bailey, Grayson Perry, Olafur Eliasson, Douglas Gordon, former Clash member Paul Simonon, Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park, musicians Holly Johnson and John Squire, shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, inventor James Dyson and the fashion designers Paul Smith and Sonia Rykiel.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Artists and designers who have contributed 2,700 postcards this year also include Paula Rego, David Bailey, Grayson Perry, Olafur Eliasson, Douglas Gordon, former Clash member Paul Simonon, Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park, musicians Holly Johnson and John Squire, shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, inventor James Dyson and the fashion designers Paul Smith and Sonia Rykiel.
icWales (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Artists and designers who have contributed 2,700 postcards this year also include Paula Rego, David Bailey, Grayson Perry, Olafur Eliasson, Douglas Gordon, former Clash member Paul Simonon, Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park, musicians Holly Johnson and John Squire, shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, inventor James Dyson and the fashion designers Paul Smith and Sonia Rykiel.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
A letter signed by 40 of the world’s leading artists, including Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Douglas Gordon and Alison Watt, has been delivered to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, urging him to back the campaign to keep Titian’s Diana and Actaeon in the UK.
The Offside Rules (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
If you haven't added Douglas Gordon 's stunning film Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait to your Netflix cue , I'd highly recommend you get on that. With all of it's wide-screen shots it's probably a film best seen in the cinema but if you didn't get the chance to experience that you should still get stuck in on the widest, flattest, most HD television you can get yourself in front of. Anyway,...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Tracey Emin said today that the Government faces embarrassment if two paintings by the Renaissance master Titian are lost to foreign buyers.The outspoken artist was delivering a petition signed by some of the leading lights of the British art world to Downing Street.Emin, Lucien Freud, Damien Hirst and David Hockney plus Scottish artists Alison Watt and Douglas Gordon are among the artists...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Jenny Schlenzka curated "through a glass, darkly" at Red- Line. In the background is "Self-Portrait as Us" by Douglas Gordon. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)After quietly revving up the past couple of months, RedLine has announced its presence to Denver and the art world at large with a coming- out exhibition that reflects the big ambitions behind the new $2.5 million studio and exhibition...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Our reader Douglas Gordon sent us these shots of some 'public art' taken at the Dyckman/200th street subway station in Inwood last night. The posters have been up over spots usually reserved for ads for several days. AFTER THE JUMP,...
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Mogwai deliver again. I have to admit to being fascinated by the music of Mogwai. Strangely it took a film about football for their music to reach an even wider audience. The highly acclaimed 2006 film, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, was made by Turner Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon and Phillippe Parreno and featured Mogwai. This isn’t the only place that...
PSFK Trend: PSFK (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
... or repeatedly adjusts his socks.” Taking an artistic crack at documenting athletics, filmmakers Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno’s “Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait” is a 90 minute long film that will be showing at Magasin 3 in Stockholm from the beginning of November until the middle of December. You can also catch it in NYC for a limited time at BAM in Brooklyn or the Anthology...
