Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is the first commission by a black British artist and also the first one that is specifically linked to the history of Trafalgar Square. It takes the notion of awe and childish wonder of a ship in a bottle to a monumental [...]
I never met the artist Louise Bourgeois but the stories I heard made me wish I had. Full of life and working up until her final days, I admired her feisty spirit and the love and emotion she poured into her creations. I was introduced to her work with the spider that filled the Turbine [...]
For those of you who are regular readers, you already know that I am a huge fan of the artist Antony Gormley. Well, for his public art installation currently on view in Madison Square Park in Manhattan, he hits it out of the park–pun intended. Though the work was originally created in 2007 for London’s [...]
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Yesterday while checking out some of the open studios in Chelsea I ran into a friend. It turns out she introduced me to to someone working on a very cool project that some of you have probably walked right by without noticing. It is something for you to be aware of. Rodney Durso, an artist [...]
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A collaboration with the architects, Foster and Partners, the red, gold and brown stage curtain is a “deconstructed image of the hall’s seating on a background of chocolate brown velour.” This is the first curtain design for Kuitca, who has previously designed opera sets in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He has often explored the [...]
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For London based Hauser and Wirth’s grand opening of their space in New York they chose to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Allan Kaprow’s “happenings.” Three contemporary artists were invited to interpret some of his most famous works including Environment Yard, the piece on view at Hauser and Wirth’s 69th Street space. The original work was [...]
In 2011, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is going to install two video installations by the US artist, Bill Viola. The treasurer of the cathedral is hoping that some of the five million Tate Modern visitors per year will cross the Millennium Bridge to see Viola’s work as well.
He believes that “art today captures people’s [...]
From July 6th-October 14th, One and Other, the highly- anticipated public work by Antony Gormley will be on view in London’s Trafalgar Square. The plinth was originally designed by Sir Charles Barry and built in 1841 to display an equestrian statue. There were not enough funds available at the time to create a statue and [...]
It is unbelievable to me that there exists, just a five minute ferry ride from downtown Manhattan, an island paradise of 172 acres with trees, expansive grass, cool old military buildings and streets without cars. I’m talking of course about Governor’s Island and it took me three and a half years to make it over [...]