LONDON.- For the first time ever, a painting is being made into a ‘living wall’ outside the National Gallery. With over 8,000 living plants, General Electric (GE) has brought a masterpiece to life with a version of Van Gogh’s famous pain…
For the First Time Ever, National Gallery Painting by Van Gogh Comes to Life
LONDON.- For the first time ever, a painting is being made into a ‘living wall’ outside the National Gallery. With over 8,000 living plants, General Electric (GE) has brought a masterpiece to life with a version of Van Gogh’s famous pain…
Los Angeles-Based Artist Walead Beshty’s "A Diagram of Forces" at Malmo Konsthall
MALMO.- This exhibition of the Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty (b. London, 1976) brings together works from the past ten years in a site-specific installation designed for The Malmö Konsthall. Walead Beshty’s works remind us how important …
Online Access to the Plants of the World Is Available
WASHINGTON, DC.- For centuries, jungle explorers from Europe and North America have created art of the plants they discover—pressing bright flowers and green tendrils onto herbarium sheets for prestigious museums and plant collections. But scienti…
Geraldine Doyle, the Woman Who Said She was "Rosie" in World War II Poster, Dies
LANSING (AP).- When a photographer snapped Geraldine Doyle’s picture in an Ann Arbor factory during World War II, the 17-year-old had no idea she would inspire others to contribute to the country’s war effort. Doyle said it took more than 40 years for …
Taipei International Flora Exposition Features High Tech Interactive Displays
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Paper-thin speakers blare pop music. Three-D films appear on elongated screens with no need for special viewing glasses. Viewers’ pulses turn cocoons into butterflies in an interactive display. Welcome to the Pavilion of Dreams, a…
Botanical Sculptures by Paula Hayes Installed in Museum of Modern Art’s Lobby
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents an installation of two sculptures by New York artist and landscape designer Paula Hayes (b. 1958) that will be on view in the Museum’s lobby from November 17, 2010 through February 28, 2011. The ins…
Botanical Sculptures by Paula Hayes Installed in Museum of Modern Art’s Lobby
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents an installation of two sculptures by New York artist and landscape designer Paula Hayes (b. 1958) that will be on view in the Museum’s lobby from November 17, 2010 through February 28, 2011. The ins…
Botanical Sculptures by Paula Hayes Installed in MoMA’s Lobby
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents an installation of two sculptures by New York artist and landscape designer Paula Hayes (b. 1958) that will be on view in the Museum’s lobby from November 17, 2010 through February 28, 2011. The ins…
Urban Growths: Positions in Contemporary Plant Photography
BERLIN.- Ideas grow, cities grow, plants grow. This year the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation is dedicating its summer exhibition, titled Urban Growths, to a surprising aspect of contemporary photography. The group show brings together six contemporary posit…