Wilmington, Delaware’s Concerned Community Revitalizes Architectural Landmark
Classical limestone bank buildings line the streets of downtown Wilmington, Delaware; facades that suggest prosperity and life. But until recently, the streetlights shining vigilantly at night exposed...
View ArticleArtists & Environmental Change: The Elusive Power of Contemporary Art
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (Great Salt Lake), 1970. Photo: George Steinmetz (2002) The Utopian desire of 1970s ‘Land’ artists, who broke away from the stranglehold of the art market by producing...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Museum of Art with Neo-Modern Vision of Multi-Faceted Architect
The 'Z'-Chair, a Zaha Hadid design, on view at PMA On view through spring, 2012, the Philadelphia Museum of Art features a unique exhibition, Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion. This show includes furniture...
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“Pictures must not be too picturesque.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Illustration (left): Pablo Picasso, Grande Tete de Femme au Chapeau Orne (1962), block print. Private collection Eye on the...
View ArticleOriel Myrddin Gallery, Wales – Contemporary Art Exhibit with Environmental Focus
Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales At some point in all our lives we have grappled with the assumption that there is a place for nature and a place for culture. One is located in the rolling hills...
View Article‘Oh Canada’ at Mass MoCA: Contemporary Art Exhibit Breaks New Ground
Gisele Amantea, Democracy (2012), flocking. On display in Hunter Hallway, Mass MoCA The sprawling, dense, complex, exhilarating, confounding Oh Canada, which opened recently at Massachusetts Museum of...
View ArticleMorris Museum Exhibits Contemporary Studio Art Glass
Kathleen Elliot’s new series of flame worked glass botanical sculptures are both unexpected and intriguing. She achieves rich surface textures and pure luminous colors in imagery that spans natural...
View ArticleArts and Crafts Styling of Early 20th C. Architects, Greene & Greene
Gamble House, front elevation, after the completion of the 2004 conservation project. Photo © Alex Vertikoff. Experiencing the creative work of architectural brothers, Greene & Greene, is like...
View ArticleBrooklyn Museum Features Swoon: ‘Submerged Motherlands’
Swoon’s ‘tree’ reaches toward the Brooklyn Museum’s rotunda skylight in “Submerged Motherland’ Carrying around a heavy duty handle like Caledonia Dance Curry, means something remarkable is bound to...
View ArticleHarvard Art Museums Reborn: A New Architectural Frame for Art, Education,...
A Renzo Piano-designed steel and glass ‘lantern’ and one-story addition sit atop the original 1925 Fogg Museum. Photo: Harvard Univerity When a visitor enters the new Harvard Art Museums, there is a...
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