One of our museum publishing partners, the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has just reopened its campus. No mean feat, the expansion has been in the works for 13 years, and the results, conceived by architects Tadao Ando and Annabelle Seldorf, are spectacular. Roberta Smith has offered a very
Dear Paper Doll, I’m looking forward to a beach vacation this summer, but I am stumped when it comes down to packing! It’s easy to gather up the basics, like shorts and flip-flops, of course. Yet I also want to bring a few pieces that are more vibrant, adventurous, and
David Ebony— The 2013-2014 season was a banner year for contemporary art in many ways. The period, spanning early fall through late spring, saw numerous art-world milestones, with museums and galleries expanding and enjoying record attendance while the art market blasted through the roof. The broad range and high quality
As spring turns into summer here in New England, nature is bursting forth everywhere. Farmer’s markets are overflowing with leafy greens, herbs, peas, and strawberries. Alders, elms and oaks are again offering us a whispering canopy. And if you listen carefully, fern fronds and tiny blooms are actually begging –
With gratitude to our colleagues at the Huntington Library, our blogs are sharing a post today. Their wonderful blog, Verso, is edited by Matt Stevens, who offers us the following insight into the Yale Center for British Art exhibition and accompanying catalogue (distributed by Yale University Press), Bruce Davidson/Paul Caponigro:
For June’s edition of From the Designer’s Desk, Jenny Chan of Jack Design takes us from blank slate to finished product, offering technical explanation and emotional insight along the way. Jenny Chan— Recently I noticed that whenever I submit a first round of sample designs, I have the same queasy,
David Ebony— From Vincent van Gogh to Tracey Emin, artists of the modern era have had no problem dismantling the boundaries that once divided private life from artistic pursuit. Rarely have art historians and scholars in the field attempted such an autobiographical merger of life and work. An exception is
Bibiana K. Obler— Here’s an assignment. Read my book. Then read the following excerpt from a letter from Wassily Kandinsky to Hans Arp, dated November 1912: The disharmoniousness (one might say, the negative rhythm) of the individual forms was that which primarily drew me, attracted me, during the period to
Today, we are very proud to publish an important new book – Tamara Sears’s Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings: Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval India, the first full-length study of the matha, or Hindu monastery, which developed in India at the turn of the first millennium. In the course of