Shrigley's "offending" bin Laden image

On May 31, artist David Shrigley tweeted that his gallery, Stephen Friedman, had vetoed the inclusion of a painting at Basel "for fear of offending Americans." Featuring an image of Osama bin Laden, it included the words, "He believed that he was doing the right thing." While Shrigley noted that he didn't "think they would've minded," the tweet appears to have been deleted from Twitter, although a link to it is still on the artist's Facebook page.

Point/counterpoint: Shrigley and Lambert on life and death

Above: I'm Dead, by David Shrigley, whose work is on view at Anton Kern Gallery through Oct. 30. Below: Steve Lambert's You Are Still Alive, installed as part of Art Moves: The Festival of Art on Billboards, Torun, Poland.

Video: David Shrigley makes an animated pitch for the arse, er, arts

David Shrigley -- one of a 100 major artists supporting the UK's Save the Arts -- makes a compellingly weird case for the importance -- and sustained funding of -- the arts in a new animated film.

"No not arse, son. Arts!"

(Thanks, Jim)

Tattoe

Via Over the Net and On the Table, a compendium of tattoos of David Shrigley artworks.

Monday... by Glasgow artist David Shrigley.