The largest work ever displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts was unveiled in London yesterday, covering the entire facade of the building.
Artist El Anatsui posed with his creation, a wall hanging sculpture that will sit covering the RA’s Burlington House until mid August for the duration of the Summer Exhibition.
The artwork, called Tsiatsia: Searching For Connection, measures 15.6m by 25m and shimmers as aluminium bottle-tops, printing plates and roofing sheets, among the many materials, catch the light.
Ghanaian Anatsui, based for much of his career in Nigeria, created the work specifically for the 245th Summer Exhibition. (AP)
Residents angry over candid camera
Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are furious over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their windows.
Photographer Arne Svenson pointed his camera at the oversized windows of the Tribeca building from his own apartment across the street. The images show residents doing mundane things like napping, cleaning and putting children to bed. The photos, on sale for up to 7,500 dollars (€5,842) at a city gallery do not reveal their faces.
The New York Post said some of the residents are considering legal action. One said she recognised her daughter’s bedroom. Svenson said his neighbours were performing “on a stage of their own creation with the curtain raised”. (PA)
Wanted man in frozen lake stand-off
A man fled on to a frozen Alaskan lake when police with an arrest warrant came looking for him.
Officers were so worried about the thickness of the ice covering Cheney Lake that none of them wanted to venture on to it to arrest Siaosi Sila, 19, who had allegedly failed to comply with proba-tion conditions.
A stand-off followed with police negotiators and Fire Department diving teams waiting on the lake shore before he finally surren-dered. (PA)
Cocaine cakes are found at airport
Two people have been charged with drug trafficking offences after cocaine was found hidden inside cakes at Gatwick Airport.
The 10-kilo haul was seized from baggage at the airport’s South Terminal following the arrival of a flight from Jamaica.
A spokesman for the Border Force said two British nationals from the West Midlands had been charged with attempting to import a Class A drug. (PA)
Drivers dozing off behind the wheel
More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the past year.
Almost one in 10 (3.4 million) of the UK’s more than 38 million motorists “nodded off” while driving, a survey for LV= car insurance firm found.
This contributed to at least 3,357 fatigue-related accidents that have been recorded over the past five years, according to official police figures. (PA)