Category: visual

That’s what Havana’s architects earn. And that, plus shoddy materials and workmanship has resulted in three decades of uninspired utilitarian architecture. But the winds of renewal have begun to waft. New York Times

A city that once knew how to build buildings with style has lost its way. A critic takes aim at plans for San Francisco’s proposed new DeYoung Museum SF Weekly

He suffered from Parkinson’s. CBC

All over Istanbul there are signs of damage after last summer’s earthquake – not the least of which all the people camped out in the streets. Even with helping out with rescue work, curators got the Sixth Istanbul Biennial opened on time. Financial Times

The New York art scene has radically changed. Is it possible to have fun any more? – Anthony Haden-Guest observes the new realities. Feed Magazine
     AND: A critic, art historian and two artists talk about the act of making art and criticizing it Feed

The National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art are closing in early January for a $110 million renovation project of the building they share. Their treasures will travel to 23 cities over the next three years while the work is done. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Rising rents and gentrification push Bay Area artists out of town. SF Bay Guardian

Will there ever be such a thing as another vanguard art movement? The art world wonders and worries. New York Press

64 tons of it. Artist Dale Chihuly brings a wall of Alaskan ice to Jerusalem to melt in the sun. AP (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
     AND: Hear an interview with Chihuly about the project NPR 10/4/99

Museum had to be closed for awhile on Sunday. CBC