News from Guardian Unlimited - 05/25/2010
'This is my offer to the world. My wager'
Antony Gormley is accused of being like a 'lead toad' squatting on top of British art by pandering to popularism. Pure snobbism, says the artist as he readies for a major London show Antony Gormley is not feeling too pleased. A vase he has made, by covering his arms and hands with dark dye and hugging the graceful white porcelain close, has been overcooked in the kiln. The fingers have gone all ...
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News from Yorkshire Post Today - 05/24/2010
Director's insight into Hepworth gallery work
THE Hepworth Wakefield will open its doors in advance of its official opening next year to give people a sneak preview and learn a little about how the plans for the gallery were developed. (24/05/2010 10:33:27)
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News from Art Daily - 05/20/2010
2010 Royal Institute of British Architects Award Winners Announced
Skypad Teenage Cancer Trust Unit, Cardiff, orms Architecture Design © James Brittain. LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 RIBA Awards.
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News from Independent - 05/20/2010
British architecture award winners revealed
The Royal Institute of British Architects today presented 102 buildings in the UK and Europe with awards for architectural excellence.
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 05/19/2010
RIBA awards schools and universities
Fifth of RIBA's annual architecture plaudits go to education projects – but now cuts will bite In what may be the last hurrah for public buildings before government spending cuts bite, prizes for architectural quality were awarded to 17 new school and university buildings by the Royal Institute of British Architects today. From a £27m art and design academy at Liverpool John Moores University to ...
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 05/19/2010
Riba grants awards before cuts arrive
Fifth of RIBA's annual architecture plaudits go to education projects – but now cuts will bite In what may be the last hurrah for public buildings before government spending cuts bite, prizes for architectural quality were awarded to 17 new school and university buildings by the Royal Institute of British Architects today. From a £27m art and design academy at Liverpool John Moores University to ...
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 05/19/2010
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In what may be the last hurrah for public buildings before government spending cuts bite, prizes for architectural quality were awarded to 17 new school and university buildings by the Royal Institute of British Architects today.
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 05/19/2010
RIBA grant awards to school and university buildings before cuts arrive
Fifth of RIBA's annual architecture plaudits go to education projects – but now cuts will bite In what may be the last hurrah for public buildings before government spending cuts bite, prizes for architectural quality were awarded to 17 new school and university buildings by the Royal Institute of British Architects today. From a £27m art and design academy at Liverpool John Moores University to ...
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News from BusinessWeek - 05/18/2010
A Free Day in Berlin
Germany's wild-child capital has been spiffed up, but it's still freewheeling
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News from Haaretz Daily - 05/11/2010
Longing for the impossible
"I didn't know I was Jewish until I encountered anti-Semitism at the age of 10, when my best friend told me I couldn't come to their house because I was a Jew. Anti-Semitism was prevalent in the U.S. during World War II," says Peter Eisenman.
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News from PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 05/03/2010
During World Expo, Artist Brings Chinese Peasant Inventions to Downtown Shanghai, Highlighting Individual Creativity ...
Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis opened today in the heart of Shanghai across the river from the World Expo 2010, commenting on the Expo's theme "Better City, Better Life" and China's modernization from the point of view of Chinese peasants.
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News from The Art Newspaper - 04/30/2010
Museums gear up for Shanghai World Expo
shanghai. As preparations for the World Expo in Shanghai (1 May-31 October) reach fever pitch, ...
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News from Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - 04/24/2010
Gormley sculpture being installed at Anchorage Museum
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A sculpture standing 24 feet tall and weighing 37,000 pounds is being prepared for installation at the Anchorage Museum. "Habitat" sculptor Antony Gormley, speaking by phone ...
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News from The Victoria Advocate - 04/24/2010
Sculpture being installed at Anchorage Museum
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A sculpture standing 24 feet tall and weighing 37,000 pounds is being prepared for installation at the Anchorage Museum.
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News from CityNews - 04/21/2010
Alzheimer’s Sufferer Rescued From Scarborough Bluffs
The victim had been out walking Tuesday night when he lost his footing and fell down the cliff.
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News from The Moscow Times - 04/20/2010
Dreams of Turning Ship Building Into Art Space
ST. PETERSBURG — A dilapidated building in a former textile factory complex in St. Petersburg, designed in the shape of a ship by expressionist German architect Erich Mendelsohn, is set for a second life as a local developer aims to turn it into an international center for arts and culture, like the Tate Modern in London.
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News from Independent - 04/17/2010
'Saviour of Santo Stefano': One man's crusade to save southern Italy's ancient villages
Daniele Kihlgren came around the Gran Sasso mountain on his motorbike one day 11 years ago and saw Santo Stefano di Sessanio shining in the distance, and it was, he says, "una folgorazione" – "an electric shock". High stone walls shoot up from the mountain's flank, as a crenellated tower floats above the terracotta roofs. Inside, narrow lanes corkscrew towards the summit, here and there giving ...
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News from St. Petersburg Times - 04/15/2010
Factory of art
An old textile factory on the Petrograd Side offers a home for modern art.
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News from Yorkshire Evening Post - 04/12/2010
Hepworth comes to Wakefield
Next year will see the opening of the new showpiece Hepworth Wakefield art gallery – and the city's image will be changed forever.
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News from Architectural Record - 04/09/2010
Steven Holl Prevails in Global Competitions
Architect Steven Holl might not have nabbed this year’s Pritzker Prize, like some predicted he would, but he is on a winning streak nonetheless.
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