Category: visual

“The design was the popular choice in an exhibition of the six shortlisted scheme, which closed in May. Winning support from the citizens of Helsinki—and its politicians—is crucial, if the design is to be built. Backed by Helsinki’s mayor Jussi Pajunen, the project still needs to receive a green light from the city authorities.”

“Chinese art has become a prized liquid asset for superrich collectors, who, instead of putting their treasures on display, often deposit them in carefully guarded, climate-controlled warehouses. But the media’s emphasis on the white-hot market for contemporary Chinese works overlooks a more interesting story: the effort by the Chinese government, state-run companies, private collectors and even, quite probably, some criminal networks to bring Chinese antiquities back home.”

“Record’s influence extends well beyond its core readership of professionals. Corporate executives, facilities managers, related professionals, and others who work with architects scout talent and note trends via Record. The magazine publishes emerging talents before they become household names—a very important function, given the few paths firms have to garner attention if they aren’t supported by trust funds.”

“Most visitors to new cities don’t come home raving about the location’s manhole covers, but the city of Minneapolis has made its underfoot sewer covers a point of artistic pride, with designs that celebrate the area’s art, history, and wildlife.”

“The photograph was identified through discovering the names of the other figures in the picture (who include artists Paul Gauguin and Emile Bernard, no small discovery in themselves), fixing it in a place and time, and analyzing the photographic process.”

“What really disgusts Macintosh is the complicity of Labour-run Lambeth in wrecking the legacy that they once created, ‘their eager cooperation with central government in the process of the privatisation of public assets,’ their ‘sham consultations with residents, which are really exercises in hard-sell and bullying,’ their ‘heartless eviction operations.'”

“Over the past 18 months, the photographer has documented most of San Luis Obispo County’s bodies of water, ranging from the small — Atascadero Lake and Laguna Lake in San Luis Obispo — to the sizable, such as Santa Margarita Lake, Lopez Lake east of Arroyo Grande, Nacimiento Lake northwest of Paso Robles and Whale Rock Reservoir near Cayucos.”

“Turning off the fountains alone saves nearly 2,500 gallons a day. The Getty said it has reduced the amount of water it uses by 55% since the Getty Center opened in 1997.”

“The redesigned atrium of South London’s Imperial War Museum tells the story of 20th Century war through objects such as guns, vehicles and clothing. Permanent World War One galleries have opened as a reminder of the conflict’s size and devastation, including interactive displays on life in the trenches. The museum employs advisers on how to attract a young audience.”

“We decided to look even further back, to the year 2000, and found that over the past 15 years the Galleries sector has been over 50 percent. Art Basel is indeed tough to get into—“like getting into a club” as dealer Jeffrey Deitch told The Times—and that can give the impression that it has been monolithic over the past decade or so, but the numbers show that its composition seems to at least partially reflect the many changes in the art world and art market over that period of time.”