LONDON.- Land Architecture People is a major exhibition which offers behind-the-scenes insights into how buildings are made – from the mysterious rules and conditions of land ownership through to the symbiotic relationship between architect and cl…
Landmarks Preservation Commission Approves Enclosure of Frick Portico
NEW YORK, NY.- Visitors at The Frick Collection find it difficult to believe that the Garden Court—a signature gallery considered by many to be the heart of the former mansion—was never enjoyed by its original resident, industrialist Henry Cl…
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
HOUSTON, TX.-Photographer Ishimoto Yasuhiro (b. 1921) is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in the development of postwar Japanese photography. Among his most celebrated bodies of work are the photographs he took during 1953-54 …
Galerie Gmurzynska Presents Exhibition by Award-Winning Architect Zaha Hadid
ZURICH.- Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Prize winning architect, has curated and designed her latest exhibition entitled ‘Zaha Hadid and Suprematism’ for the famed Galerie Gmurzynska on the historic Paradeplatz in Zurich. Recently named one of the 100…
Galerie Gmurzynska Presents Its Latest Exhibition from Award-Winning Architect Zaha Hadid
ZURICH.- Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Prize winning architect, has curated and designed her latest exhibition entitled ‘Zaha Hadid and Suprematism’ for the famed Galerie Gmurzynska on the historic Paradeplatz in Zurich. Recently named one of the 100…
Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Launches June 2010
LONDON.- The first of its kind, Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize (MOP CAP) is a global search to identify the most talented emerging Iranian artists from both its homeland and the Persian Diaspora. The MOP CAP judging panel is made up of experts …
Museum of Fine Arts in Houston Opens Rienzi for Sketching
HOUSTON, TX.- Rienzi, the MFAH treasure house
of
European decorative arts, welcomes artists to sketch in the galleries on
Friday
afternoons in June and July. Draw from 18th century decorative art
objects in
the baroque, rococo and neoc…
Frick Announces Intention to Enclose Portico to Create Gallery for Sculpture and Decorative Arts
NEW YORK, NY.- Visitors at The Frick Collection find it difficult to believe that the Garden Court—a signature gallery considered by many to be the heart of the former mansion—was never enjoyed by its original resident, industrialist Henry Cl…
Architect Charles Gwathmey’s Last Major Museum Completed at The Crocker
SACRAMENTO, CA.- The Crocker Art Museum has
completed construction of a 125,000-square-foot expansion designed by Gwathmey
Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA). Opening to the public on October 10,
2010, the Teel Family Pavilion will mo…
Dreaming, Drawing and Designing
Like many a budding architect, Shane Stock speaks of his designs in terms that are both lyrical and logical. Stock is now in the construction phase of his latest project, one in which the main structure and the surrounding grounds, are both meant to ev…