New York City – Max Weber was at the forefront of abstraction as one of its most versatile, inventive, and exceptional trail blazers in America. A consummate Expressionist who touched on virtually every phase of modernism, Weber served as a crucial…
Urban Planning Exhibition Envisions a Sustainable Future for 2030
NEW
YORK, NY. – Ten of the world’s
leading architects show how the integration of urban planning and
transport can enable cities to thrive through population growth in
a new
exhibition at the Center for Architecture (…
Abstract Art in South and North America at the Amon Carter Museum
FORT WORTH, TX.- On June 26, the Amon Carter Museum presents Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South American and U.S. geometric abstraction and i…
San Francisco Art Institute Presents On Kawara: Pure Consciousness at 19 Kindergartens
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Beginning in 1998, New
York
City–based Japanese artist On Kawara subtly minimalized his longstanding
already-minimalist Today series, the date-painting project he began in
1966.
Still ritualistically maintaining t…
WWII Nurse in Iconic Times Square Kissing Photo Dies
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A nurse famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York’s Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday. The V-J Day picture of the white-cl…
Lackluster Bidding for John Steinbeck’s New York City Archive
NEW YORK (AP).- An auction of a trove of author John Steinbeck’s letters, manuscripts and photographs from his New York City apartment produced lackluster bidding on Wednesday, with half of the items failing to sell or fetching prices below their pre-s…
San Francisco Art Institute Presents On Kawara: Pure Consciousness at 19 Kindergartens
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Beginning in 1998, New York City–based Japanese artist On Kawara subtly minimalized his longstanding already-minimalist Today series, the date-painting project he began in 1966. Still ritualistically maintaining the self-impos…
Lackluster Bidding for John Steinbeck’s NYC Archive
NEW YORK (AP).- An auction of a trove of author John Steinbeck’s letters, manuscripts and photographs from his New York City apartment produced lackluster bidding on Wednesday, with half of the items failing to sell or fetching prices below their pre-s…
New York City Steps Up with $44M for Delayed WTC Arts Center
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- New York City has stepped into the long-delayed planning for a performing arts center at ground zero with over $40 million to help build its below-ground foundation. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s board approved a …
Stephen Vitiello’s A Bell for Every Minute to Open on the High Line
NEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Vitiello’s new multi-channel sound installation A Bell For Every Minute is a site-specific work commissioned for the High Line. The piece will fill the 14th Street Passage, a semi-enclosed tunnel between West 13th and West 1…