LIVERPOOL.- A beautiful and striking sculpture of a huge dandelion by Liverpool-born artist Paul Morrison is going on permanent display at the Walker Art Gallery. The sculpture Topocline is painted entirely black and is positioned on the first floor of…
Roxy Paine’s "Neuron" Finds Permanent Spot in Nature at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park announces its most recent acquisition, “Neuron” by American artist Roxy Paine. The colossal stainless steel structure stands at 41 feet in the Cultural Commons, an expansive meadow enclosed by…
Reforestation Research in Latin America Helps Build Better Forests
WASHINGTON, D.C.- A tropical forest is easy to cut down, but getting it back is another story. In a special issue of the journal Forest Ecology and Management, leading researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and across Latin America offer new insights…
David Hockney’s Bigger Trees Near Warter Shown Outside of London for the First Time
LONDON.- The largest painting David Hockney has ever created is shown in the York Art Gallery through June 12 2011 , for the first time outside London. Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007, mea…
National Gallery of Art to Remove and Reinstall East Building Facade Veneer through 2014
WASHINGTON, DC.- The planned removal and reinstallation of the marble veneer of the 33-year-old East Building of the The National Gallery of Art will begin in early March 2011; the project is expected to be completed by spring 2014. While the East Buil…
Every Tree Tells a Story: Photography Exhibition on View at Center for Contemporary Art in Newark
NEWARK, NJ.- The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) 2010 Landslide: Every Tree Tells a Story traveling photography exhibition featuring 25 images of 12 different locations in the US and Puerto Rico, begins at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary …
Thought-Provoking New Exhibit by Elaine Ling Documents the Parallels Between Two Opposite Worlds
DAYTONA BEACH, FL.- The Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida, has opened a new exhibition, Elaine Ling, Africa and Florida on view through December 16th, 2010. Thought-provoking and timely, it consists of two series of black and wh…
Anish Kapoor: Turning the World Upside Down in Kensington Gardens
LONDON.- A major exhibition of large scale outdoor sculptures in Kensington Gardens by acclaimed London-based artist Anish Kapoor, presented jointly by The Royal Parks and the Serpentine Gallery, opens today. The free exhibition showcases a series of m…
Anish Kapoor: Turning the World Upside Down in Kensington Gardens
LONDON.- A major exhibition of large scale outdoor sculptures in Kensington Gardens by acclaimed London-based artist Anish Kapoor, presented jointly by The Royal Parks and the Serpentine Gallery, opens today. The free exhibition showcases a series of m…
Tangible Signs of Life to Arrive at 9/11 Memorial in New York
NEW YORK (AP).- After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way. Sixteen swamp white oaks arriving Saturday are the first of nearly 400 trees that will be planted at the World Trade Center site, where more than 2,700 people …