The Legacy of Artist Audrey Flack
NY Times - Audrey Flack laughs when remembering that painter Alice Neel called her a whippersnapper in the 1970s. Far from a whippersnapper, Flack—a pioneering photorealist painter, sculptor of monumental bronz...
Seeing Double With Jasper Johns
The New York Times - On a recent Saturday morning, I arrived at the stone house in Sharon, Conn., and found Jasper Johns outside on the lawn, tending to a massive oak tree. - read more ...
Counting New Art Blessings Amid the Uncertainty
The New York Times - Overdue career tributes and shows on West African textiles and the Great Migration demonstrate museums responding to global movement and demographic shifts. - read more ...
IKEA introduces movable sleeping capsules in Paris
domus - IKEA designed a fleet of eight electric bikes towing a sleeping capsule to give parisians the chance to take a power nap in the afternoon and replenish energy during la rentrée. The benefits of getting ...
A LIVING LANDMARK AND CONNECTION WITH LOCAL HERITAGE
design boom - designed ‘madre natura’, a sustainable development of modular system style development in natural settings. inspired by the work of artist ‘costantino nivola’, they have taken inspiration from the...
A Collector of Antiques Asks: “Can Something Be Racist and Also Be Beautiful?”
Hyperallergic - SAGINAW, Mich. — At the beginning of my guided tour through the Blactiquing Space, collector and curator Kevin Jones asked me a provocative, challenging question: Can something be racist and als...
Studio Drift creates “collection of memories” of Burning Man using lit-up drones
de zeen - Called Drone Stories, the studio hoped that the light installations would "create meaningful performances to connect people". read more ...
Showcase: Japan presents contemporary Japanese design in a virtual marketplace
de zeen - The aim is to showcase "some of the most ingenious contemporary designers, artists, craftswomen and men, who are working on expanding their presence outside of Japan," Yukari Niikura, fashion and desi...
A Deep Dive Into Matisse’s ‘The Red Studio’
The New York Times - In a coming exhibition, MoMA will feature the artworks within this famed painting. Two of them will be on public view for the first time in 50 years. - read more ...
Saudi Arabia camel carvings dated to prehistoric era Published3 days ago
BBC - When the carvings were first discovered in 2018, researchers estimated they were created about 2,000 years ago.
This was based on their similarity to reliefs at Jordan's famous ancient city...