GXN, the innovation part of Danish architecture studio 3XN, developed a twittering air-quality sensor to detect air pollution in homes and offices. It’s inspired by the bright yellow canaries that used to be brought into coal mines to warn workers of carbon monoxide and other toxic gases. The birds were more sensitive Read more…
Thieves used a sledgehammer to break through museum doors in Dutch museum Singer Laren in the Netherlands during the Covid pandemic lockdown. The 1884 painting by Van Gough, titled The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, had been on loan to the Singer Laren from the Groninger Museum and is the Read more…
In Rotterdam, a new masterplan and building scheme has been designed for the Codrico Factory and Rijnhaven by Powerhouse Company in collaboration with developer RED Company. The project aims to celebrate local industrial heritage and embrace change for the future. While they are still in the midst of getting zoning permits, the grand Read more…
Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in upstate New York, about 2 hours drive from NYC, where visitors can see large sculptures that change every season. Storm King Art Center has a blend between art, nature, and people, but due to covid, they have allowed cars Read more…
Rubell Museum is one of the largest private contemporary art collection in North America. They have over 7,200 works by more than 1,000 artists. Of the artists that I recognized, there was Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Takashi Murakami, Glenn Ligon, Ai Weiwei, Jeff Koons, Hank Willis Thomas, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Read more…
There is a whole neighorhood in Miami dedicated to design and walking around was very inspiring. I saw quite a few new things that I wanted to share: This art gallery had these cool resin pieces that make a collection of typically luxury items to make a collectable art piece. Read more…
Hi friends! I’m back from a trip to Design Miami and wanted to share some of my favorite pieces and highlights of the day. The exhibition was coming to an end, but there were still a lot of pieces on the floor to look at and touch. Each gallery had Read more…
Though I’ve never been to Miami, the art scene there seems to be flourishing. I know Art Basel is one of the greatest exhibitions held for art lovers around the world each year in Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Florida. This fall, because of coronavirus, the Art Basel Miami went virtual. Read more…
I came across this article on my random internet searches trying to distract myself from the election, and I found it very interesting. https://worldarchitecture.org/article-links/ehnpg/le_corbusiers_villa_savoye_sunk_in_danish_fjord_to_criticize_the_sinking_of_modernity.html It talks about how the Danish artist Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen created a large scale replica of Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, one of the architect’s best-known buildings in France, and Read more…
I first saw her art at the Guggenheim and took a picture of the large sculpture piece and just remember them being the most memorable of the pieces I saw that day. Simone Leigh is the first African American to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in 2022, the Read more…