(The people interviewed do not, strictly speaking, exist.)
Category: visual
Might Old Bay Bridge Span Become Art That Makes Energy?
“Imagine, for instance, that experimental wind turbines dotted the structure, corkscrews whirling in the stiff afternoon wind. Or a thin-sliced row of photovoltaic solar panels stretched across the top of the span, harvesting the sun on all but the foggiest days.”
What A Lovely Morning To Be Naked At The Opera House
“[T]he one thing the 5,200-odd people who posed for the American artist Spencer Tunick at the Sydney Opera House earlier today had in common was that they were all totally naked.”
Architects Envision A NYC Protected From Rising Seas
Commissioned by MoMA to design climate-change solutions for the city, five teams of architects “craft a waterfront that’s more like a beach than a bulwark: a soft urban edge that welcomes waves, drinks them up and puts them to work, and lets floodwaters ebb without drama.”
Holden And Andy, More Alike Than You’d Have Thought
Like Holden Caulfield, Andy Warhol “never felt like ‘going into it.’ … Nowhere in his flat, crass and affectless silkscreened pictures of Marilyn, Liz or Jackie lay the slightest hint of what his childhood was like or how his parents were occupied before they had him or any of that David Copperfield kind of crap.”
Italy Cleans House At Culture Ministry
“Not only are nine high-ranking superintendents retiring [superintendents are the officials responsible for the state museums such as the Uffizi, for buildings such as the Coliseum, for archaeology and archives and conservation institutes, not to mention the much abused Italian landscape], but its top civil servant, Giuseppe Proietti, is also leaving.”
London ICA Facing Big Cuts
“The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London is fighting for its survival following revelations that its operating deficit could soar to more than £1m, on a turnover of around £5m. The jobs of all staff, directors and trustees are on the line, with up to a third of posts at risk.”
Europe’s Top Modern Art Dealer Dies At 88
“Ernst Beyeler (pronounced BY-ler) took over a small antiquarian book and print shop in Basel at 24 and, relying on his discerning eye, refined taste and sharp business sense, became Europe’s pre-eminent dealer in modern art.”
A Plan For American Museums (But Not Really?)
“The habit of baldly asserting aspirations–often ones sufficiently vague not to invoke dissent–and calling it a plan, strategic or otherwise, is uncomfortably common in cultural planning. In the case of the American Association of Museums, this is unfortunate, as there has probably never been a more important time for museums individually and collectively actually to plan, with intelligence, application and seriousness of purpose.”
A Case Against A New Museum For Vancouver
“The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has been in a state of psychological homelessness for several years. Though it occupies an entire city block in the heart of downtown, the VAG’s significance has been undermined. Why?” Too much talk of moving…