A giant inflatable Koons, a desert mirror illusion and a giant football goal: seven of the best new sculptures in Qatar
From a giant inflatable sea creature by Jeff Koons to Olafur Eliasson’s installation of mirrored shelters in the desert, the run-up to the Fifa World Cup 2022 in Qatar has the small Gulf state busy unveiling a raft of ambitious public art commissions.In a… Continue reading
Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum turns 50
The Kimbell Art Museum opened to the public 50 years ago on October 4,1972. It has now existed for almost eight times longer than it it took its architect, Louis I. Kahn, to conceive and construct the building, from 1966 to 1972, though one might easily… Continue reading
In Pictures: See the Monumental Public Art Installed Across the Qatari Landscape Ahead of the World Cup Games | Artnet News
The country has unveiled more than 100 works by some of the world’s most celebrated artists. Source: In Pictures: See the Monumental Public Art Installed Across the Qatari Landscape Ahead of the World Cup Games | Artnet News… Continue reading
Olafur Eliasson Shadows travelling on the sea of the day | HYPEBEAST
“It is a kind of reality check of your connectedness to the ground,” Eliasson said in a statement. “You are at once standing firmly on the sand and hanging, head down, from a ground that is far above you. You will probably switch back and forth between a… Continue reading
Olafur Eliasson’s Round Mirror Set up Embeds Viewers within the Solar-Baked Qatari Panorama – Live Theatre UK
Wanting up additionally means trying down and sideways within the newest set up by artist Olafur Eliasson (previously). Opened this week on the Northern Heritage websites close to Doha, Qatar, a cluster of enormous mirrors and rings manufactured from metal and fiberglass stand on the dry desert panorama amongst shrubs… Continue reading
Olafur Eliasson’s Circular Mirror Installation Embeds Viewers in the Sun-Baked Qatari Landscape — Colossal
Looking up also means looking down and sideways in the latest installation by artist Olafur Eliasson (previously). Opened this week at the Northern Heritage sites near Doha, Qatar, a cluster of large mirrors and rings made of steel and fiberglass stand on the dry desert landscape amongst shrubs… Continue reading
The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week – Galerie
The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This WeekFrom a stunning Olafur Eliasson installation in the Qatari desert to designer Sasha Bikoff’s latest project in New York Qatar Museums Unveils Site-Specific Artworks by Olafur Eliasson, Simone Fattal, and Ernesto Neto In advance of the highly anticipated FIFA… Continue reading
“From Las Vegas to Rome”: Scott Brown and Venturi’s famous case study revisited in Iwan Baan’s photos – Domus
Fifty years after the release of Learning From Las Vegas, an exhibition renews the intuition of the two challenging architects, reminding us how much architecture can learn from the comparison between the two cities Source: Domus Magazine: “From Las Vegas to Rome”: Scott Brown and Venturi’s famous case study… Continue reading
Review: “The Office of Good Intentions” by Florian Heilmeyer | STYLEPARK
A wild ride Rapids, waterfalls, sudden changes of direction: the book “The Office of Good Intentions” is unusual. Our critic Florian Heilmeyer has let himself be shaken by it. A book is usually a long, calm river. Especially reference books flow along at a leisurely pace, spreading their… Continue reading
Akris at 100: how the Swiss house is celebrating a century in fashion
Starting out as an apron atelier in 1922 in St Gallen, Switzerland, Akris is now one of fashion’s most established houses. To celebrate 100 years in business, creative director Albert Kriemler looked back into Akris’ extraordinary archive to revive the classics “These various pieces – among them a double-faced cashmere overcoat (1978),… Continue reading
Oslo’s New Central Library, Opened During the Pandemic, Does a Subtle Dance with Snøhetta’s Opera House | Architectural Record
For 14 years, Snøhetta’s gleaming Oslo Opera House, with its walkable roofs of white Carrara marble, has dominated the cultural district where Oslo meets its namesake fjord. The architects of the city’s new central library, immediately inland from the opera, might have created a self-effacing building, rather than… Continue reading
DAM Architectural Book Award 2022 – the prize winners have been determined! | DAM Online
THE BEST ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS The Frankfurt Book Fair and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) are presenting the jointly initiated International DAM Architectural Book Award for the fourteenth time. The DAM would like to thank the Society of Friends of the DAM for its generous support of the prize. Momentum of Light… Continue reading