"How can an art exhibition function as a stand-in for the artists and their studios? How can a gallery project provide greater insight into an artist's practice, the way the formality of a slide lecture or the intimacy of a studio visit can? How can the back-story of the work on display be understood, without being solely reliant on a curatorial statement, catalogue essay or press release? This exhibition allows art to be understood as an ongoing and slippery practice, and less the finite, linear and object-oriented one assumed by the standard exhibition format. ... [details]
April 2005 issue of Architectural Digest. Edited by Paige Rense. Feature articles include Diane Keaton, Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, John Loring, and Stephen Drucker. Written contributions by Amanda Vaill, Philip Nobel, Joseph Giovannini, Michael Peppiatt, Nancy Collins, Nicholas Shrady, Mildred F. ... [details]
"The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, America's oldest museum and school of fine arts, was founded in 1805. Today, the Academy boasts one of the nation's finest collections of American art and a roster of alumni representing the greatest artists this country has produced. ... [details]