With the world still reeling from World War II, a Norwegian architect was tasked with designing one of the most important places of international peace and negotiation.
Daily Archives: October 28, 2015
An Artist Collects the Stories of Cambodian Refugees
LONDON — Artist Dayanny So left Cambodia when he was 24 years old.
After a Visit to the Vet, a Kaleidophonic Dog Clangs, Bangs, and Whistles Again
If you’re roaming the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s modern art galleries, a cacophony of whistles, bells, thuds, and clashes may interrupt your serene stroll.
Finding Art in the Smallness of Everyday Enthusiasms
INDIANAPOLIS — The domestic and personal are generally accorded critical attention when cast as dysfunctional; Michelle Grabner presents the domestic as a relatively positive creative force.
20 Hieronymus Bosch Paintings Return Home for Artist’s 500th Anniversary
For seven years, Charles de Mooij, the director of a tiny museum in the Netherlands, has been struggling to secure loans to bring all the paintings by Hieronymus Bosch back to their humble birthplace.
Beaded Paintings, Epic Narratives, and Beastlands at a Midwestern Biennial
MINNEAPOLIS — Curator Cheryl Wilgren Clyne has brought together a satisfying, diverse array of Midwestern artists, with a mix of performative and interactive pieces as well as photography, painting, print, and even a living sculpture.
Artist Angela Washko to Speak and Perform at Temple University Libraries
Acclaimed performance and new media artist Angela Washko has made a career of creating new forums for feminism in the spaces most hostile toward it. On November 5 and 6, Washko returns to her alma mater, Temple University, for a talk and performance.
Four Centuries of Cat Art Go Up for Auction
As works by artists from Balthus to Théophile Steinlen reveal, the cat has long been a popular subject for depiction.
ArtRx LA
This week, Self Help Graphics & Art throws a Día de los Muertos celebration, over 100 artists take over a vacant building by the airport, the Craft & Folk Art Museum hosts an explosive pumpkin carving workshop, and more.
Schizophrenic Compositions of Collapsing and Cascading Notes
Continuously creating since childhood, when he first cultivated a habit of collaging, British artist Eduardo Paolozzi boasts an oeuvre that is both prodigious and varied.
A Charming Reverence for Color: Artists Revisit Paul Klee
For Alfred Barr, Director of MoMA, “not even Picasso approaches [Klee] in sheer inventiveness,” so this 20-artist exhibition, Paul Klee, is worth a look.