WALTHAM, Massachusetts — There are two large buoys hanging in the front windows of the landlocked Rose Art Museum, sitting like beacons behind the glass façade. Drawn in by the swollen structures, I climbed the stairs, past Chris Burden’s “Light of Reason,” and into Mark Bradford’s imaginary waters.
Author Archives: Alix Taylor
Alix Taylor is a former intern at Hyperallergic and a comparative literature major at Brown University. Her work has been published on BurnAway and her mother's fridge. Sometimes she tweets.
Waking Up a City with Public Art
ATLANTA — This summer marks the fifth anniversary of Living Walls, The City Speaks, conference, an event and organization dedicated to bringing public art and conversation to downtown Atlanta.
Artists Take Responsibility for Brooklyn Bridge Flag Swap
The New York Times is reporting that German artists Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias Wermke have taken credit for what they’re calling an artistic act meant to celebrate “the beauty of public space.”
Refreshingly Designed Water Bottles
In the heavy August heat, a well-designed water bottle may be at the top of your list.
If You Build It in Harlem
No Longer Empty’s current exhibit, If You Build It, manages to avoid the ickiness of so many other art projects exploited to anoint development projects on the verge of fruition, and in an art economy that’s popularized the practice of artwashing that’s no small feat.
Port Authority Claims Rights to New York Skyline
New York housewares store Fishs Eddy has run afoul of the Port Authority’s apparent rights to the Manhattan skyline, the New York Times reported.
Making Art Feel at Home
The two rooms of Jason McCoy Gallery currently feature works spanning a wide variety of styles and mediums — from functional design objects, such as wallpaper and stools, to charcoal drawings and fine art textiles — for the group show Domesticity.
A New Service Promises an Artistic Afterlife
In search of the next Vivian Maier? Comb through garage sales no further.
Unpacking Willard Boepple’s Monoprints
Willard Boepple’s solo show of monoprints at Lori Bookstein Fine Art opens with one of the artist’s mounted resin works, “Ways and Means” (2002), a purple structure of overlapping translucent geometric forms.
ArtRx LA
This week in Los Angeles, shake off any post-Fourth-of-July sloth with a variety of screenings, lectures, and performances.
NYC Pledges $23 Million to Arts Education in 2015
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced on Tuesday their plan to put $23 million toward hiring 120 new arts teachers and boosting arts resources in public schools across the city.