The great art quiz of 2018

The great art quiz of 2018

By Alice Primrose

Published 21 December 2018

Well, it’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? Let’s hope you’ve found time to keep up with something that makes it all worthwhile… Take the quiz and find out how much creativity and culture you’ve kept in your life this year.

<section><h2>The great art quiz of 2018</h2><p><p>Did you keep your finger on the throbbing pulse of the art world in 2018? Let's see what you remember of the year gone by...</p></p></section><section><h2>Banksy shocked a Sotheby’s auction house this October when his artwork began shredding itself just as the hammer went down on its £1million sale. What did its new owner have to say about her purchase?</h2></section><section><h3>London’s V&A museum opened its first outpost elsewhere in the UK this year – but where?</h3></section><section><h3>At over £70million, David Hockney’s ‘Portrait of an Artist’ became the most expensive work by a living artist when its owner put it up for auction in November. Who was that previous owner?</h3></section><section><h3>This autumn the RA was filled art from the Pacific for our blockbuster exhibition 'Oceania'. Which famous figure came to open the show?</h3></section><section><h3>It was discovered this year that Brexit Leavers and Remainers prefer quite different styles of art. EU devotees plump for Impressionism, but what do Leavers like?</h3></section><section><h3>Artist Gillian Wearing’s statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in Parliament Square this April. What does it say on the sign that Fawcett is holding?</h3></section><section><h3>In November, the Fitzwilliam Museum announced the results of extensive research into how to identify a Michelangelo artwork. Which of these is apparently a tell-tale sign of the master’s touch?</h3></section><section><h3>In October, artist Jeremy Deller invited visitors for a bounce on his life-size, inflatable replica of a British landmark, installed right next to the real thing – which landmark was it?</h3></section><section><h3>In May, when a Dutch city celebrated being European capital of culture by commissioning eleven fountains by international artists, what did local artists make in response?</h3></section><section><h3>This year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition saw a number of famous faces hanging on the walls. Which of these portrait subjects failed to sell at the show?</h3></section><section><h3>In August, a man was hospitalised after visiting Anish Kapoor’s exhibition in Portugal. What happened?</h3></section><section><h3>Trump started the year by asking the Guggenheim if he could borrow a Van Gogh to hang in the White House. The museum declined, but offered something else instead – what was it?</h3></section><section><h3>At Lee Bul’s Hayward Gallery retrospective this May, one of her artworks caused a hold-up when it (accidentally) spontaneously combusted just hours before the show’s preview. What was the flammable modern masterpiece made of?</h3></section><section><h3>In March, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris was inundated with visitors hoping to attend one of their special events – what was it?</h3></section><section><h3>And finally – a festive question. What pair of 10-metre fairy-lit creatures are flanking Tate Britain’s front entrance this December?</h3></section><section><h2>Uncultured swine!</h2><p><p>Well, there are worse things you could be.</p></p></section><section><h3>Average at best</h3><p><p>Art stops for no (hu)man, dear friend, and it seems this year's really passed you by. Your resolution for 2019: less time the museum cafe, more time in the galleries!</p></p></section><section><h3>Professional amateur</h3><p><p>Sure, could have done better, but it sounds like you knew enough to make a cultured quip or two at this year's more highfalutin' dinner parties – and that's really all you need.</p></p></section><section><h3>Practically perfect</h3><p><p>Wow, bet you even get a question or two in the art round of University Challenge. It's good to know someone's keeping their beady eye on the art world's weird and wonderful goings-on. We salute you, comrade.</p></p></section>

The great art quiz of 2018

By Alice Primrose

Published 21 December 2018

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