NYT: Seeing the Seediness, and Celebrating It
A torn down city isn’t afraid to celebrate its scars through a new museum’s architecture
NYS: France Comes To Miami Beach
One foundation’s mission to bring American art to France
NYS: Wresting Meaning From Darkness
Japanese photographer takes a dark approach to what he sees
There is something kind of ironic about a car company that cares about the environment but as it goes there is one and its creating a major push for it. Lexus Hybrid Living is a brilliant new program that Lexus has launched in the past few months to promote eco friendly living. As part of their campaign they have enlisted 5 companies in various disciplines to present their �green� products and designs. Those companies include a fashion label (Linda Loudermilk), two furniture designers (Q Collection and Kenneth Cobonpue), a bedding colletion (Coyuchi) and an architectural/building firm (Living Homes). For more on living an eco friendly life visit Lexus Hybrid Living and check out the Hybrid Tours which you can download to your computer and Ipod for visits of either Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York.
NYT: Chinese Art Is as Hot in the East as It Is in the West
Chinese Contemporary gets even more international attention
NYT: A New Way to See Art: The Modern, Completed
More on the newly opened education center
NYS: Building a Bridge Between Two Cultures
100 Years of promoting by cultural relations – bravo!
NYT: Whitney�s Expansion Plans Are Shifting South, to the Meatpacking District
It’s official!
NYT: Russian Window on the West Reaches for the Sky
As usual contemporary architecture creates controversy but this time its in St. Petersburg
NYS:The High Church of Modern Art
The new education center opens to good reviews from Mr. Gardner
NYT: An Engineering Magician, Then (Presto) He�s an Architect
Interesting questions possed as the line between engineer and architect are blurred.
NYT: Curators Wanted: Must Love Art and Travel
As the industry grows so does the demand from within. What was once a very unique job is now becoming a popular profession
IHT: Paul Smith opens 3 new stores
Tastemaker continues to show that conforming to one single style just isn’t good enough
Jonathan Ive’s genius crusade to made the general public comfortable with techonology results in the design of some of the most influential and beautiful products since the 60s. Read on in the IHT
“Smog eating” materials being developed by Italians.
IHT: Architecture in Italy goes green
Its a slow day at CulturalBlahBlah but we still have some important news. As most of you know by now we lost a legend yesterday, famed director Robert Altman passed away at the age of 81. Mr Altman was one of the great film directors of hollywood and will be missed. For more information:
NYS: A Mission for MoMA
MoMA opens their education building and re enforces their dedication to education but isn’t the first step to educating people to make art accessible? Not always easy when you have to pay $20 to see the collection…
NYS: Tom Waits for Every Man
New material from Tom Waits
NYT: Rap and Film at the Louvre? What�s Up With That?
Toni Morrison at the Louvre? Those crazy french people…
