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'Chihuly in the Desert' Brings Large-Scale Glass Works by the Iconic Artist to Frank Lloyd Wright's Famed Taliesin West
ArtfixDaily / December 6th, 2021
A new exhibition of monumental works by Dale Chihuly is now on view at one of Arizona’s most iconic landmarks and the state’s only cultural UNESCO World Heritage site, Frank Lloyd Wright’s famed home and studio, Taliesin West, in Scottsdale. A historic partnership between the revered artist and ...
'Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy' to Explore Extraordinary Fashion Displayed in European Art Galleries at San Francisco's Legion of Honor
ArtfixDaily / December 2nd, 2021
Through exquisite craftsmanship, lavish embroidery, and unconventional dressmaking techniques, designer Guo Pei creates a couture fantasy that fuses the influences of China’s imperial past with export art, the grandeur of European court life, architecture, and the botanical world. The Fine Arts ...
From Beeple at The Bass to Minting Your Own NFT at Art Basel, Digital Art Descends on Miami Art Week
Miami Herald / November 29th, 2021
Thanksgiving table talk about NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) is over, and the (art) game is on now in South Florida, from a day-long summit to museum talks and special offerings at multiple venues plus the suite of contemporary art fairs during Miami Art Week, through Dec. 5. A sampling of this ...
'Dormzilla': Blowback Continues Over Billionaire's Design of Mega-Dorm With Windowless Rooms
New Yorker / November 18th, 2021
For $200 million, the University of California, Santa Barbara, has greenlighted one billionaire's plan to house thousands of students in windowless rooms within the world's largest dormitory---to considerable backlash on social media, national media and student-led petitions. ...
Visionary Modernist Designer Eileen Gray (Finally) Gets More of the Spotlight
ArtfixDaily / November 4th, 2021
Transformative modernist architecture, enduring furniture designs in museum collections and still being reproduced, and a "Dragons" armchair that, at $28.3 million, remains the most expensive piece of 20th-century design ever sold at auction, belong to a woman lesser known than her male ...
Survey of Graphic Design Pioneer E. McKnight Kauffer Charts the Legacy of an 'Underground Modernist'
ArtfixDaily / November 2nd, 2021
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York is showing the largest-ever exhibition of works by E. McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890–1954), a pioneer of commercial art—the profession known today as graphic design. On view now through April 10, 2022, “Underground Modernist: E. McKnight ...
New Exhibition Celebrates Collaborations of French Brothers-Designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
ArtfixDaily / October 28th, 2021
This fall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Circus: Bouroullec Designs, featuring the work of leading contemporary designers, the brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (b. France, 1971, and 1976). The title of the exhibition is inspired by their lively design sense and ...
Exhibitions on Mid-Century Abstraction and Modernist Design at Black Mountain College to Open at Asheville Art Museum
ArtfixDaily / October 20th, 2021
The Asheville Art Museum is planning two new companion exhibitions highlighting artworks from its collection. Gestures: Mid-Century Abstraction from the Collection explores works in a variety of media that speak to the vibrant abstract experiments in American art making during the middle of ...
MFA Boston Reframes the American Experience in 'Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories'
ArtfixDaily / October 17th, 2021
Quilts are a democratic art. They provide a window into the lives of the many people who have made and used textiles, across geographic, political, social and economic contexts. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), from October 10, 2021 through January 17, 2022, Fabric of a Nation: ...
$100 Million Redesign of 1.3 Mile Section of L.A.'s Crenshaw Boulevard to Feature Major New Works by 100 Black Artists
ArtfixDaily / October 14th, 2021
Destination Crenshaw, the $100 million public-private initiative to redesign 1.3 miles of Crenshaw Boulevard as an economically thriving business and cultural corridor for Black L.A., took a major step forward on Thursday, as the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission approved plans for the ...
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opens to the Public Next Week
ArtfixDaily / September 22nd, 2021
An experience of the arts, sciences, artists, and social impact of moviemaking, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its doors to the public on Thursday, September 30, 2021, following a dedication ceremony. Located in Los Angeles, the world capital of moviemaking, the new museum is the ...
Historical Objects Combine With Artists' Contemporary Responses In 'The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming' Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / September 20th, 2021
This fall, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents a new exhibition about the tragic events and lasting legacy of the 1692 witch trials. The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming dives into the circumstances that fueled the crisis while recognizing the individuals who rose to ...
Modern Chair Exhibition Kicks Off Reopening of Architecture and Design Center at Palm Springs Art Museum
ArtfixDaily / September 6th, 2021
Palm Springs Art Museum has announced that a new exhibition, The Modern Chair, will focus on the growth of modern chair design through a display of more than 50 works. The exhibition will open on Sept. 9, 2021, which will also mark the reopening of the museum’s Architecture and Design Center, ...
Works From Eames to Judy Chicago Join Iconic Fashion Designs in 'Christian Dior' Traveling Blockbuster at Brooklyn Museum
ArtfixDaily / September 6th, 2021
The New York premiere of the exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams traces the groundbreaking history and legacy of the House of Dior and features unique pieces drawn primarily from the Dior archives. Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams explores the more than seventy-year history of the ...
Art Nouveau Visionary: Alphonse Mucha Loan Exhibition Arrives in the U.S. This Fall
ArtfixDaily / August 31st, 2021
The special exhibition Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary, opening October 23, 2021, at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) will include events, lectures, tours, and more online and at the museum. Czech-born Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) was one of the most celebrated artists in Paris at ...
Designed to Inspire: The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement Debuts September 7
ArtfixDaily / August 29th, 2021
The highly-anticipated Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida, will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Founded and funded by local businessman, philanthropist, and collector Rudy Ciccarello, the museum is the first in the world ...
The Humboldt Forum Opens In Berlin
ArtfixDaily / July 19th, 2021
The Humboldt Forum, the largest cultural development in Europe and the most ambitious in Germany this century, will open its doors to the public for the first time on Tuesday July 20, 2021, with free admission for the first 100 days to the inaugural exhibitions. From the Palace Cellar to the ...
Exhibition Exploring How French Art and Design Inspired Walt Disney Films Will Open at The Met in December
ArtfixDaily / July 1st, 2021
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts will be the first-ever exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to explore the work of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ hand-drawn animation. Opening December 10, it will draw new parallels between the magical creations of ...
Crystal Bridges 2022 Exhibitions Will Explore Fashion, Architecture and Black Culture in the South
ArtfixDaily / June 16th, 2021
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces the 2022 temporary exhibition schedule which includes the museum’s first fashion exhibition, Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour, its first architecture exhibition, Architecture at Home, and The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and ...
A Major Exhibition of Historic Spanish Fashion Paired With Period Paintings Debuts at Meadows Museum in September
ArtfixDaily / June 10th, 2021
The Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, has announced a major exhibition of Spanish dress and fashion that will pair paintings from the Meadows’s collection with historic dress and accessories from the Museo del Traje, Centro de Investigación del Patrimonio Etnológico in Madrid. Canvas & Silk: ...