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Banksy to Saatchi: the year in art – quiz

Jonathan Jones: Francis Bacon was a record-breaker, Lady Gaga made art go pop (again), and Jay Z found himself in a performance piece. How well did you follow the art scene in 2013? Test your mettle
  
  


  1. Who gave the Reith lectures?

    1. Charles Saatchi

    2. Grayson Perry

    3. Jake Chapman

    4. Nicholas Serota

  2. Who took Manhattan?

    1. Jack Vettriano

    2. Ben Eine

    3. Banksy

    4. Jeremy Deller

  3. Who designed the cover of Lady Gaga’s Artpop album?

    1. Jasper Johns

    2. Damien Hirst

    3. Jeff Koons

    4. Frank Auerbach

  4. Who danced with Jay Z?

    1. Marina Abramovic

    2. Rachel Whiteread

    3. Tracey Emin

    4. Jeff Koons

  5. Who was the subject of a biopic released in Britain in 2013?

    1. Claude Monet

    2. Paul Cézanne

    3. Édouard Manet

    4. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  6. Which British artist is tipped for the Oscars?

    1. Sam Taylor-Johnson

    2. Grayson Perry

    3. Steve McQueen

    4. Elizabeth Price

  7. Which pop star’s self-curated exhibition could be seen in 2013?

    1. Lady Gaga

    2. Lou Reed

    3. David Bowie

    4. Annie Lennox

  8. Which is NOT the title of a song Lou Reed written in memory of his mentor Andy Warhol?

    1. Work

    2. Smalltown

    3. I’ll Be Your Mirror

    4. Hello it’s Me

  9. Who exhibited a woman’s dead body cast in resin?

    1. Damien Hirst

    2. Jake and Dinos Chapman

    3. Paul Roberts

    4. David Shrigley

  10. Francis Bacon set an auction record with a portrait of whom?

    1. Kate Moss

    2. The Queen

    3. Lucian Freud

    4. Himself

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:C, 4:A, 5:D, 6:C, 7:D, 8:C, 9:C, 10:C

Scores

  1. 3 and above.

    Who are you, Rip van Winkle?

  2. 6 and above.

    In the swim

  3. 10 and above.

    Art god

 

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