The Lobby from SPG (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
On a recent stroll through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I was struck by a photograph of two men napping on the paint-spattered floor beneath a collection of Van Gogh paintings. These men, it turns out, are two...
Eclectica (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
I've just finished browsing the very well produced web site for the Bauhaus exhibition at MOMA (see my previous post for a discussion of the exhibition design). The Bauhaus was a German design and craft school, in existence from 1919 until it's closure by the Nazi regime in the early '30s. Its proponents maintained that the building was the ultimate form of art, and that art and craft were not separate...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Like LA's MOCA, Brandeis' Rose Art Museum suffered from not permanently displaying its permanent collection." -- Christopher Knight via Twitter. 'Twas a weekend during which closely-related stories came together to reveal an under-considered truth: Contemporary art museums that collect and that don't commit themselves to their collections are creating problems for themselves. In the Boston...
Hatch: The Design Public ® Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I picked this book up at one of the best used bookstores I’ve ever visited, ABCD in Camden Maine (though my Great Uncle Frank Piskor, a huge bibliophile, used to say they had “New York prices.”). It’s a MoMA book from 1961, and Uncle Frank was right; it was $6.50 new, and $75 used forty [...]
Luxist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Architecture lovers and foodies come together in a new package that combines a private tour of the P hilip Johnson Glass House site in New Canaan, Connecticut with a three-course dinner at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York. This exclusive package is available for $400 per person and includes a two-hour tour with access to five Johnson-designed structures - Glass House, Painting Gallery, Sculpture...
Brooklyn Heights Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Manhattan has the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, the Guggenheim and more but Brooklyn Heights has snagged the Toy Museum. The Brooklyn Eagle reports: Brooklyn Eagle: Marlene Hochman, founder of The Toy Museum of New York (formally known as The Doll and Toy Museum of NYC) and local public officials will host a preview of the museum’s [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art takes a sledgehammer to the clichés, particularly the notion that the Bauhaus marched in lockstep to a single vision.
We All Live In A Toblerone World (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Sometimes we can make the simple game of Association Football look as though it should be taken from the green football pitch at Ashburton Grove and transported on a tour of the Louvre, the Tate and Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.... We don't score goals, we can create beautiful shapes and complex patterns that can only be imagined in the minds of the great artistic talents over the ages. Our goals...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
COLUMBUS, OH - The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans, and the most comprehensive presentation of the his work to date; will debut at the Wexner Center for the Arts, in Columbus, Ohio (September 17, 2009 to January 3, 2010). Jointly organized by the Wexner Center and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Luc Tuymans spans every phase of the artist’s...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Our October wish of closings at Jean Nouvel's 100 Eleventh Avenue —aka Vision Machine, Shattered Glass, Prison Pal , Money Pit , etc.—actually came true! That's the tasty little crumb baked deep inside architecture critic James Gardner's review of the building, and a building rep confirms that some condos have closed . Here's the rub: Because of the freshness of the sales and the usual lag...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours , live music and cocktails. Here are the New York City museums with late-closing hours listed by day of the week: Mondays New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free) Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m., with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50)...
japan exposures (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art assistant curator Lisa Sutcliffe has two new exhibits at the museum, "The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography" and Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea." We asked curator Lisa Sutcliffe a few questions about the exhibits. Related posts: Provoke in San Francisco The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s The Provoke Era:... Interview with Marc...
ARTCO (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
On October 29th Artist Rob Pruitt presented The First Annual Art Awards at The Guggenheim Museum in association with White Columns and realized together with Calvin Klein Collection. MC'd by the Delusional Downtown Divas, Pruitt conceived the event as a performance-based artwork modeled after Hollywood awards ceremonies. Nominees in nine categories included artists, curators, critics, and gallerists,...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Developers aren't exactly clamoring for their services these days, so local architects are moving on to bigger and better things, like saving New York City from natural disaster. The Museum of Modern Art has announced the teams of architects that will be participating in its out-of-work architect re-employment plan Rising Currents project , which will employ four teams of architects, engineers, and...
Dodge & Burn Photography Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
As readers of this blog you already know I love photographer interviews. When I interview a photographer, I'm not just interested in their technique and equipment. I'm more interested in their artistic tendencies - the questions, theories and truths that drive them to make pictures as a means of expression. Towards the middle of this interview, Charlie Rose asks, "What haven't you been able to...
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smartsexyrichcrazy | 06/11/2008
Mariah Carey and Kathie Lee Gifford need to participate in a geneology test. They have been featured together on a major site and the two look like long lost sisters. Definitely of some relation. Take a look and see what you think. http://smartsexyrichcrazy.blogspot.com/2008/06/mariah-carey-and-her-twin-her-long-lost.html
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