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Under An English Sky [Part lll] : Exposed At The Tate Modern & Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirrors In Kensington Gardens London
“Are you lonely?” asks my British hostess during a dinner at her home in London. The question issues from a conversation about loss, death, and in some indirect way how loss eviscerates the landscape of the mind and heart and makes social networks and chance encounters both meaningful and empty. My hostess explains she’s suffering from the loss of a beloved parent. I know this feeling. “Am I lonely?” I repeat. Do I look lonely? I am planning on seeing the Exposed exhibition at the Tate Modern, so I was thinking about this question. So am I?
Art of the Steal at Extra, Extra
This month at Extra, Extra, “PRE-CAREER RETROSPECTIVE: WORKS FROM 2009-2010“. The title of this exhibit sets you up with the premise, a play on words, traditional words relating to the traditional art world.
Summer in Boston
Anish Kapoor, S-Curve, 2006, Polished steel, 85 1/4 x 384 x 48 in. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles. Photo: John Kennard. I was in Boston last month for a college reunion (my first; it took me decades to attend one) and managed to fit in two important institutions devoted to contemporary art on my way in from the airport. First was the Institute of Contemporary Art in its prize-winning new building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro; what they’ve given up in terms of walk-in traffic at their previous Back Bay location is made up for in harbor views, although the ... More » »
New York Ramble: a photo post
Steve at Brian Tolle’s Irish Hunger Memorial in downtown Manhattan. One of our favorite things to do in New York is walk. We walked from our hotel at 39th and 2nd Ave to the Guggenheim (89th and 5th) and back again. We like to walk in Central Park (who doesn’t). And I love the Battery Park City walkway along the Hudson River. So when Steve said What do you want to do today I said let’s walk. We took the subway to Chambers St. and walked over to the Hudson and turned south. If you haven’t done it, it’s a ... More » »
Toddling to that coddling town
Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor in Chicago’s Millennium Park I’m off with Murray to meet my daughter and her beau in Chicago. Now there’s a place for great public sculpture! This piece by Anish Kapoor is right near Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion. Can you stand it? Have a good First Friday without me. Roberta will hold the fort, with Andrea K. on the ramparts.
