20th Century and Contemporary Archive
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Isaac Mizrahi: Playful Pushing of Boundaries
Posted on April 25, 2016In 1989, esteemed fashion editor for The Washington Post Nina Hyde wrote of Isaac Mizrahi’s fall collection for the year: “Everyone is rooting for Mizrahi. Why else would they travel […] -
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Notes from the field — Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture
Posted on March 1, 2016Ivy Sanders Schneider– In a 1964 photograph of Alexander Calder’s retrospective at the Guggenheim, children are touching the sculptures. They are blowing on them, pressing against them, kneeling on them. […] -
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Black Mountain College: A Progressive Education
Posted on February 21, 2016The “landmark,” “deeply researched,” “curatorial triumph” of an exhibition Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933-1957 opens today, February 21st, at UCLA’s Hammer Museum, having finished its successful run […] -
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Messy Painting and Fleeting Moments… an excerpt from Wyeth by Timothy Standring
Posted on January 16, 2016The recently published book Wyeth: Andrew & Jamie in the Studio accompanies a standout exhibition currently on view at the Denver Art Museum. The book’s author, DAM curator Timothy Standring traveled […] -
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Fluid Lines, Idealized Forms: The Art of Martin Puryear / Interview with Mark Pascale by David Ebony
Posted on December 18, 2015David Ebony– How important is drawing for a sculptor? Among the most subtle of contemporary American abstract sculptors, Martin Puryear has produced elegant and sometimes astonishing drawings and prints over […]