“Turrell believes in Big Themes: Nature. Peace. Perception. The heavens. He was raised a Quaker and when he went to meeting houses he was told to ‘Greet the Light.'”
Category: visual
How To Create A Museum That Makes People Line Up For Art
“Here’s a quick, relatively inexpensive and aesthetically surefire way to construct a first-rate museum building for art. It turns out to be as simple as one, two, three.”
A Berlin Art Show About Cold War Spying Turns Super Timely
“Spying and the NSA scandal have become a major political issue during a German election year, and the art show addresses the revelations directly.”
Architect Of London ‘Death Ray’ Building Blames Global Warming For Problems With, You Know, The Sun
“The architect has a track record of creating buildings that burn.”
Egyptians Join (And Tweet) Together To Combat Looting
“Amid the bloodshed and chaos of the past three months, evidence is growing that ordinary Egyptians are banding together in an effort to secure archaeological sites, museums and monuments in the face of growing looting and deliberate targeting of the country’s heritage.”
Keeping Your Enemies Close: New York’s Museum Of Art & Design Chooses Harshest Critic As Director
“The Museum of Arts and Design has named Glenn Adamson as its director, choosing a researcher without the typical executive experience who has been one of the museum’s most scathing critics.”
Libyan Farmers Bulldoze Ancient Tombs, Hoping To Sell Land To Developers
“Local farmers, who have laid claim to part of the vast necropolis at Cyrene, began demolishing a mile-long section of the site last week in the hope of selling 500 sq. m parcels to real estate developers. Although the proper authorities have been notified, the country’s current fragile political situation has left them unable to intervene.”
Detroit Institute Of Arts Amends Donor Policy To Protect Future Gifts
DIA director Graham Beal: “We are inserting into our deed of gift a line stating that from any sale of the work, the proceeds can only be used to buy more art” – meaning the city of Detroit could not use any such money to pay down debt.
Asia Society Museum Changes As Americans Get Comfortable With Asian Art
By the 2000s U.S. museums “were exhibiting an increasing amount of Asian art. So no longer does the Asia Society Museum present ‘Asia 101’ … Rather, [it] strives to reveal aspects of Asian art to Americans for the first time or to see ahead to ideas that will be topical when an exhibition, which may take years to organize, comes to fruition.”
Forget The Da Vinci Code – The Rosslyn Chapel Is Extraordinary In Its Own Right
“But nothing prepares you for the richness of the stone carved interior. It is best to sit for a moment in one of the center pews (you may have to move the chapel cat who has residential rights) and slowly absorb the carved richness of almost every surface.”