Organized by Architects Advocate, the letter emphasizes investments in renewable energy and a commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Daily Archives: January 23, 2017
An Artist Broadcasts Cyclists’ Conversations as They Explore the Site of a Future Park
Agustina Woodgate’s Radio Espacio Estacion considers Miami’s upcoming Underline Park and bike path, which will be completed over the next decade.
Highlighting an Abandoned Parking Lot in Gold Before It’s Gone
When she encountered a dilapidated parking structure in London, artist Corrie Baldauf saw a gold zero in her mind. Then she undertook a large collaboration to make it reality.
Florida Art Thief Drives Stolen Car 1,000 Miles to Ask Obama for Pardon
Miami resident and confessed art thief Marcus Sanford Patmon was arrested on Wednesday after driving a stolen car to Arlington, Virginia, where “he was looking to be pardoned by the Obama administration before the Trump administration came in,” according to an Arlington Police Department spokesperson.
Satellite Imagery Suggests ISIS Destroyed Two More Ancient Sites in Palmyra
The historic architecture of Palmyra continues to be destroyed by terror groups.
Finalists for London’s Top Public Art Spot Include a Drone-Topped Dessert and an Iraqi Deity
Sculptures by Huma Bhabha, Damián Ortego, Heather Phillipson, Michael Rakowitz, and Raqs Media Collective are in the running to occupy the Fourth Plinth next year.
A Sculpture Stretches the Tension Between Construction and Destruction
The elements in this anti-composition have almost fallen out of time, and they are about to break apart, or at least to disjoin.
CalArts Presents 2017 Theorist in Residence, Lauren Berlant’s “Humorlessness/Politics” Lectures
The MA Aesthetics and Politics Program at CalArts invites you to join us for two upcoming public lectures by our 2017 Theorist in Residence Lauren Berlant.
Pavel Pepperstein’s Obsession with a Utopian Apocalypse
In these works, the present moment remains altogether elusive.
‘Facundo de Zuviría: Siesta Argentina and other modest observations’ at Americas Society
Inspired by the vernacular architecture, design, and urban landscape of Buenos Aires, photographer Facundo de Zuviría (b. 1954) captures the intimate and often unnoticed details of daily life in his images of the Argentine capital. On view January 25 to April 1, 2017.
Remembrances of Betty Blayton-Taylor, Studio Museum Co-Founder and Harlem Arts Activist
Betty not only opened doors, she built new doors — doors that, nearly 50 years later, remain permanently open in her students’ own backyard.
At the Shanghai Biennale, a Desire to Disrupt the Status Quo
At this year’s Shanghai Biennale, curated by the Raqs Media Collective, artists question and disrupt the status quo in multiple ways, presenting the world with new possibilities.