Filters Applied:
For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
| Keywords | jeff-koonsartcontemporary-artsculpturehollywoodentertainmentculturemodern-artny-timesnew-yorkartistvisual-artspop-culturemediadesign |
George Lucas spent five decades collecting art and memorabilia, and now his massive, spaceship-shaped museum in Los Angeles is scheduled to open its doors on September 22, more than 16 years after the project began. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will sprawl across 28,000 square meters, roughly 300,000 square feet, with five floors, 30 […] The post George Lucas's $1 billion museum in Los Angeles finally set to open after 16 years appeared first on American Almanac .
George Lucas spent five decades collecting art and memorabilia, and now his massive, spaceship-shaped museum in Los Angeles is scheduled to open its doors on September 22, more than 16 years after the project began. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will sprawl across 28,000 square meters, roughly 300,000 square feet, with five floors, 30 galleries, and more than 1,300 objects on display. The building itself, with its curved white walls, looks like something pulled from a science-fiction set. Two cinematic theaters sit inside. More than 200 trees surround the grounds outside. The Sun reported the project carries a price tag of roughly £740 million, north of $900 million at current exchange rates. For a filmmaker who built an empire on…Open
Josef Palermo, who was laid off in March as the curator of visual arts and special programming at the Kennedy Center, said he objected to the lack of notice of the removal and said there should be more transparency when pieces the center holds in trust are removed.
An emblem of the obstacles faced by women artists of her generation, she was 67 when her first museum retrospective opened to rave reviews in 2007.
| Keywords | mary-heilmannabstract-artpainterobituaryfemale-paintersfine-artsmodern-artabstractionart-worldwomen-artistscultureny-timescontemporary-artvisual-artsretrospective |
A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.
| Keywords | artpaintingrenaissancecameroonmarc-padeulondongalleryafricaculturemodern-artcocoareimaginingexpressionismvisual-artsafrican-art |
Trump officials have promised to “make visual arts great,” with a museum exhibition that includes artwork by several people with personal connections to the planners.
| Keywords | trumpsmithsonianpatriotismvisual-artsmuseumexhibitionpolitical-biascultural-policyart-worldgovernment-influencenationalismwashington-dcarts-and-cultureinstitutional-controlpropaganda |
Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?
| Keywords | charles-rossstar-axisland-artnew-mexicoobservatoryfine-artmodern-artart-historyvisual-artscontemporary-artastronomydesignnytimesuslandscape-artarchivalmasterwork |
Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?
| Keywords | land-artcharles-rossstar-axisnew-mexicoobservatorymodern-artfine-artcontemporary-artny-timesdesignart-historyvisual-artsarchitectureastronomyenvironmental-artsculpture |
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has failed in its mission to instill a deeper respect for the American story.
Publicly and behind the scenes, the president continues to try to impose his own views of American history and culture, presenting an ongoing challenge to Lonnie Bunch, the institution’s leader.