Described as the ‘longest building in the world’, the project’s concept drawings reveal a skyscraper reaching an apex then curving back down. And featuring an elevator system that can travel in curves, horizontally and in loops.
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Have A Look At Domestic Customs Of China A Thousand Years Ago, Shown On These Tomb Murals
“Archaeologists in the northern Shanxi province of China have uncovered a vibrant record of the customs and costumes of the people living in the area about 1,000 years ago. An ancient tomb filled with colorful, partially preserved murals resurfaced in Datong City as part of Datong Municipal Institute of Archaeology’s excavation of 31 tombs of the Liao and Jin dynasties.”
Crowds At The Smithsonian’s New Museum Of African-American History Have Been Big – And They’re Going To Get Bigger
“If you think you can wait a few months to avoid the long lines and crowded galleries at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, you’ll need a new strategy.” Peggy McGlone reports.
Next On Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth: A Statue Destroyed By ISIS And Dessert-By-Drone
After the sore thumb that’s sticking out there now, installed on top of the column in 2018 will be Michael Rakowitz’s The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist, followed in 2020 by Heather Phillipson’s THE END. And yes, they basically are as described in the headline. Hannah Ellis-Petersen fills us in.
Shrine At Site Of Jesus’s Tomb Reopens After Nine-Month Restoration
The historic structure, known as the Edicule, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem had fallen into such disrepair that the Israeli government declared it a safety hazard and closed it. Now, after $4 million worth of work, the Edicule is open to pilgrims again – and the cage of iron girders that had surrounded it for 70 years is gone. (includes video)
Did An Artist Opportunity High Atop The World Trade Center Turn Into Artist Exploitation?
“To do a project on the 69th floor of the World Trade Center has been beneficial to a lot of us. You’ve gotta be pretty dumb not to think the floor’s not going to get rented out eventually, and that whoever probably took it wasn’t going to want the artwork. Of course they’re going to want the artwork. But never did Silverstein say they were ever going to use it for marketing to rent the place.”
If Trump Axes This Program, ‘The Quality And Standing Of All American Museums Would Diminish Overnight’ – And The Program Costs Almost Nothing
The NEA’s Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program has saved museums hundreds of millions in insurance premiums and made possible countless high-profile exhibitions that couldn’t have happened without it. But if the NEA is shut down, this program will be shut down with it – and there is no private-sector alternative.
Met Museum’s Interim CEO Presents Plan To Get The Place Back In Shape
“Amid a dramatic management shake-up at the top of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this month, interim chief executive Daniel Weiss is moving in with a sweeping plan to balance the budget and provide a road map for renovations. The plan, to be presented to the Met’s board of directors on Wednesday, could amount to an audition by Mr. Weiss for the top job at the nation’s premier encyclopedic museum.”
Black Artists Protest Painting Of Emmett Till By White Artist At Whitney Biennial
As Hannah Black, a British artist who’s one of the leaders of the protest against Dana Schutz’s Open Casket, puts it, “It’s not acceptable for a white person to transmute Black suffering into profit and fun.” (Black thinks Open Casket should be destroyed.)
A Pompidou Museum Outpost For Shanghai
“Xuhui has already invested Rmb 20bn (around $3bn) in turning a former industrial area into a 11km-long “cultural corridor” on the Huangpu river. It is planning an ambitious series of museums and other landmark projects, such as a theatre, music hall and Imax cinema.”