http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3398 <!--paging_filter--><p>The visual arts carry on down the road to complete irrelevance. A storm in a teacup is currently brewing around the series of pictures by Brazilian artist Gil Vicente which went on display recently at the Sao Paulo Art Biennial. The charcoal drawings depict the artist about to assassinate a number of world figures, including the Pope, George Bush, Ariel Sharon, the Queen and Ahmadinejad.</p><p><img src="/files/u28/artist-1_1725455c.jpg" width="425" height="245" /></p><p><p><a href="/node/3398"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3398#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:07:38 +0000 Peter Whittle 3398 at http://standpointmag.co.uk