“Three years ago, the St. Paul Ballet moved to a new studio next door to the Element Boxing Gym. The water fountain was in the gym, so dancers went there to fill their water bottles.” Now the dancers and boxers are training each other.
Tag: 03.01.17
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.01.17
The Met: What Happens Next, Part One
Tom Campbell’s forced resignation from the top post at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday was both expected and shocking at the same time. Given the museum’s financial woes – most of which Campbell is responsible for – and internal morale, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-03-01
Pritzker Prize 2017 To Little-Known Practice In Small-Town Spain
“Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta, who founded their practice, RCR Arquitectes, in the small [Catalan] town of Olot in 1988, have built a reputation for projects that have an acute sensitivity to local context, taking great care with how they are sited in the landscape and masterfully using materials to play with light, shade, mass and fragility.”
A Photo Album Of The 2017 Pritzker Prize Winners’ Work
In a slideshow at the top of the page and an illustrated list below, Dezeen offers a healthy sample of RCR Arquitectes’ projects, from a sun-splashed, oblique-angled winery to an airy, colorful kindergarten to a spotted-steel-clad museum.
You’ll Never Have Another Chance To See This Many Great Watercolors In One Place
“Through May 14, visitors will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see masterful watercolors by Edwin Abbey, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, Thomas Moran, William Trost Richards, Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Willcox Smith, Violet Oakley, Georgia O’Keeffe, and a host of others.” The Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition, which opens today, was a bear to put together. Stephan Salisbury tells why.