After an article in The Sunday Times, the work that the Tate had shown several times without incident becomes the centre of a scandal and is later defaced with blue food dye; the “bricks controversy” becomes one of the most famous British debates about contemporary art.
24 June 1977 – 2 October 1977
Exhibition: Documenta 6
1979
Meets Ana Mendieta
At AIR Gallery in New York the artists Leon Golub and Nancy Spero introduce Andre to the Cuban-born avant-garde artist Ana Mendieta. A romance soon begins: he travels with her through Italy and Germany, introduces her to New York’s art society and helps organize her exhibitions.
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