Boston, MA.- The art of conversation is explored in a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA), to highlight visual dialogues among some of the most notable photographs of the 19th and 20th centuries. “Conversations: Photography from t…
LACMA Displays Most Extensive Presentation of Museum’s Contemporary Collection in Ten Years
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) displays the most extensive presentation of the museum’s permanent collection of contemporary art in ten years. Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection features approximatel…
U.S. Court of Appeals Confirms Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is Rightful Owner of Kokoschka Painting
BOSTON, MA.- Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its decision in the case determining ownership of Oskar Kokoschka’s painting Two Nudes (Lovers) (painted about 1913). The decision affirmed United States Dist…
Two Cities, 20 Designers, and 90 Days to Complete an Unprecedented Exercise in Creativity and Imagination
LONDON.- The Art of Conversation: London—Berlin is a unique exhibition shown in London and Berlin. The content is generated through a visual game of ‘Chinese whispers’ between the designers in the two cities. Curated by the two design studios BANK in Berlin and INVENTORY Studio in London, the exhibition calls upon the talents of some of the most exciting new and established designers from across Europe. Over the course of 90 days, 20 entirely original works will be created, each in response to the previous piece, in a fascinating chain of communication that will at once reveal and demystify the designer’s thought process. Their piece can take any form; from sculpture to performance, photograph to text. The resulting show will demonstrate that creativity is never predictable and infinitely varied. To kick off the process, the first design team were gifted a hot air balloon flight by the curators, setting a precedent and giving the studio “space to think”