The National Gallery of Art pulled the plug on a May show for Close, accused of “unwelcome attention” and more by several women, and the planned Roma photography show in September. “The National Gallery’s decision is unusual, and most institutions are not reconsidering their decision to hang work by Mr. Close on their walls.”
Category: visual
Dissident Art After Fidel’s Cuba
In the past few months, several unofficial art spaces, both non-profit and commercial, have opened up across Havana. As the ruba’s Fidelegular influx of US collectors to the island has dried up under the Trump administration’s travel restrictions, artists have turned their attention to works and projects aimed at the local community.
Trump Asks Guggenheim To Lend A Van Gogh For White House; Guggenheim Offers The Solid Gold Toilet Instead
The White House asked to borrow van Gogh’s Landscape with Snow for Donald and Melania Trump’s private quarters. Curator Nancy Spector denied the request – but she did offer, with the artist’s support, the notorious “interactive sculpture” titled America, Maurizio Cattelan’s auriferous commode that was in use for a year in the Guggenheim’s fifth-floor public restroom.
Christo To Float Pyramid In London’s Serpentine Lake
The artist will create on of his Mastaba sculptures – a large group of colored barrels stacked into a pyramidal shape – to float on the man-made lake in Hyde Park as a centerpiece of a show this summer at the Serpentine Galleries.
Rijksmuseum’s Branch At Amsterdam Airport Closes Due To Roof Leaks
“A water leakage at the Rijksmuseum’s branch at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport continued for nearly a week, initially dripping down a glass showcase with 17th-century Golden Age paintings. … Water entered through the roof during building work.” The museum has removed the ten Golden Age paintings at the satellite and will return them once construction is complete this summer.
Why Should Design For Those Who Need To Do Something In A Different Way Be Ugly?
“Too often products made for people with different physical, cognitive and sensory abilities have been ugly, feebly designed and stigmatizing. They’ve been developed not by designers but by engineers. And engineers haven’t always taken their cues from people who have disabilities, the ones who know best what they need and want.
When The Parthenon Was A Riot Of Color
There are plenty of people now who find the notion of painted marble or bronze an affront to their impression of the past as an austere, unadorned place. Yet ancient art would have been a riot of colour and glitzy decoration.
‘Duplitecture’ – How The Chinese Are Using And Adapting Their Towns That Replicate European Cities
Bianca Bosker: “I’ve spent the past decade tracing China’s ‘duplitecture’ – the replica White Houses, Versailles Palaces, and even foreign cities, from Venice to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that have multiplied through the country – and from the start of my research, planners and architecture critics have assured me the movement was on its last legs.” Turns out, ten years on, that just isn’t so.
LA County Museum of Art Looks To Expand Off-Site In South LA
The City Council vote on Friday would give Lacma a 35-year lease for an 80,000 square-foot building in a recreation area known as South Los Angeles Wetlands Park. The lease will be first discussed on Wednesday during the council’s “arts, recreation and river committee” meeting, which is open to the public.
‘Dazzle’ Paint In The U.S. Navy – The Crazy Designs On World War I Warships
“‘Strong, distracting lines would mask the bow, stern, and sections that might be used to estimate the range, speed, or course of the ship. Submarines only had a few moments at periscope depth to fire their torpedo before they risked being seen. The aim was to make the estimation of where the ship would be so difficult that the torpedo would not be fired, or would be fired and miss.’