http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/rachel_withers en http://www.newstatesman.com/200510030035 http://www.newstatesman.com/200510030035 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT Rachel Withers Video Art - Colonial Americans comment on modern-day life in Omer Fast's edited world. Rachel Withers is intrigued

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200506270037 http://www.newstatesman.com/200506270037 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT Rachel Withers Contemporary art - Earnest academic chat? Bright, media-friendly gossip? Rachel Withers finds the Venice Biennale overstuffed with breakfast meetings

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200505230035 http://www.newstatesman.com/200505230035 Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT Rachel Withers A new exhibition presents a portrait of Britain by placing "alternative" artefacts - white vans, whoopee cushions and Women's Institute textiles - in a fine-art context. It's so very patronising

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200503140037 http://www.newstatesman.com/200503140037 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT Rachel Withers Tomoko Takahashi's installations are pilloried in the press as piles of rubbish, but they engage audiences in exciting new ways. Rachel Withers welcomes a refreshing alternative to Britart

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