Design
ART And DESIGN NEWS: Around the Web
by Raymond Herrera
Sit down with artist Wangechi Mutu as she discusses her work, her trip through life, and her upcoming show at the Brooklyn Museum, A Fantastic Journey. Her work will be on view in October. (New York Magazine).
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art Living in Style: Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints. Check out the gallery of objects here. (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Closes Sept. 8 so catch it while you can. Also, the Met’s European Old Master paintings gallery has reopened after renovations and reinstallation of the work. (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
On again off again exhibit New Sculpturalism is on again at MOCA in LA. The show explores Los Angeles design as “one of the world’s vibrant centers for architectural thinking and creation, exporting its creative, intellectual capital all over the world. Curated finally by Thom Mayne (MOCA).
The Russian government confiscates ART in St. Petersburg?!?! The artists who produced the stolen works face up to one year in prison for insulting authorities. (Boulin Art Info)
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York present the work of James Turrell. Who says you can’t be in three places at the same time? (Art News)