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Did Anna Odell's faked psychosis have any artistic merit?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:24:00 +0200

Ceci n'est pas une depression nerveuse (This is not a nervous breakdown): The Local's Charlotte Webb offers her thoughts on art student Anna Odell's controversial faked psychosis, a final year project that resulted in a conviction last week.

Art student convicted over faked psychosis

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:00 +0200

Art student Anna Odell has been fined by Stockholm District Court after acting out a faked suicide attempt as part of an art project.

'Psychotic' art student trial opens

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:58:00 +0200

The trial of Swedish art student Anna Odell after a faked psychosis she acted out as a part of a final year art project, opened in Stockholm on Monday.

'Psychotic' art student charged for fake suicide

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:03:00 +0200

Swedish art student Anna Odell has been charged by prosecutors in Stockholm for a faked suicide attempt she acted out as a part of a final art project.

Police drop charges against metro graffiti art student

Tue, 05 May 2009 11:17:00 +0200

Police have closed an investigation against a former student at Sweden's largest art college accused of vandalizing a Stockholm metro train carriage.

Students' art subject to legal review

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:08:00 +0200

Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design (Konstfack) has decided to have lawyers review projects prepared by final-year students for this year’s spring exhibition.

'Psychotic' art student could face jail

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:07:00 +0100

A Stockholm-based art student is suspected of four criminal offences after feigning mental illness in order to gain admission to a psychiatric hospital, Metro reports.

Arts college admits error in approving faked psychosis project

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:06:00 +0100

Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design (Konstfack) plans to introduce new ethics guidelines in the wake of two controversial student art projects.

Riksdag to hear from art school head over vandalism video

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:57:00 +0100

The Riksdag’s education committee said on Thursday it plans to call in the head of Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design (Konstfack) in the wake of a controversial art project.

Police to investigate Swedish art student's metro graffiti

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:03:00 +0100

The Stockholm county transit authority SL has filed a complaint with the police against a student who filmed the vandalizing of a subway carriage, amid revelations that the incident wasn’t the first time the student recorded vandalism for an art project.

Vandalism costs transport authority 110 million kronor

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:59:00 +0100

Graffiti and vandalism cost Stockholm county transport authority SL 110 million kronor ($13 million) last year, new figures show.

Transport authority outraged over metro graffiti 'art'

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:26:00 +0100

Stockholm county transport authority, SL, has demanded compensation from Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design (Konstfack) after one of its students vandalized a metro car in a comment on graffiti.

Irate doc to 'psychotic' art student: get a haircut

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:21:00 +0100

The chief physician of the psychiatric ward at a Stockholm hospital has rebuked an art student after she pretended to be psychotic as part of an art project.