august feature Archive
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Tomorrow’s Modern Design of the World’s Fairs
Posted on August 5, 2011Everything can be modernized: this is an idea that came close to being a “dogma” in the 1930s. Architecture, businesses, and infrastructure could progress, but so could corporate branding, family […] -
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Saying Bye Bye Kitty!!! to a Culture of Cute
Posted on August 3, 2011It’s hard to express the magnitude of the disaster that faced Japan after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant melt-down earlier this year. Every aspect of Japanese life has […] -
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The Feininger “Family Business”
Posted on August 2, 2011Covering the full breadth of Lyonel Feininger's artistic career, a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World", places him as a central figure in developing early 20th-century forms and the conversations that took place between German and American styles of art. -
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Going a Little Nutty with Jim Nutt’s Portraits
Posted on August 1, 2011“Jim Nutt has made some of the craziest paintings in American art” declares Canadian Art magazine in its Summer 2011 issue. The magazine’s editors apparently enjoy the craziness. Although they […] -
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Little Bauhaus Cabin in the Woods
Posted on July 25, 2011If you drive down a certain series of winding roads in Bethany, CT, you will come upon a classic mailbox stamped with very Bauhausian numerals, marking the entrance to 88 […] -
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Jitish Kallat Gives Public Notice in the US
Posted on July 19, 2011On September 11, 1893, the Parliament of the World’s Religions held its inaugural gathering at the Art Institute of Chicago. The purpose was to create a global dialogue and conversation […]