Five London Artists to Keep an Eye On

With the British Art Show set to open in two weeks ArtInfo selects 5 up-and-coming London artists of note: Charles Avery, Alice Channer, Anthea Hamilton, Nathaniel Mellors, and Haroon Mirza.

A new work by Mellor's sounds particularly interesting: "a six-part drama set in a derelict mansion in the English countryside.... (his) investigation of language's impact on reality has moments of dead-parrot humor, hints of Pasolini, and slices of absurdist theater."

There is also a photo gallery of their work to take a look at.

A Look at Michel Houellebecq's New Novel

Though it has yet to be released in English translation, ArtInfo provides a sneak peek at French provocateur Michel Houellebecq's new work, La Carte et le Territoire, dealing with the art world.

Apparently the novel satirizes artists Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons and includes a character named Houellebecq, who, as one might expect, is an alcoholic and spends his spring and summers in Thailand sampling the whorehouses.

Like most of Houellebecq's work this sounds like an interesting read.

The novel will be published in the U.S. in 2011.