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Finally complete, the Watt Towers’ restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles

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The complex had been standing largely unaltered since a previous late-90s restoration aimed at seismic upgrades was completed in 2001. Image via Covizzi's Instagram ©master_conservation. A decade later, LACMA began organizing a City Hall-backed effort that identified critical areas of need with help from t.

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Finally complete, the Watts Towers’ restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles

Archinect

The complex had been standing largely unaltered since a previous late-90s restoration aimed at seismic upgrades was completed in 2001. Image via Covizzi's Instagram ©master_conservation. A decade later, LACMA began organizing a City Hall-backed effort that identified critical areas of need with help from t.

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Groundswell at the Nasher Sculpture Center gives the women of land art the retrospective they deserve

The Architect's Newsletter

Groundswell: Women of Land Art Nasher Sculpture Center 2001 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201 September 23, 2023–January 7, 2024 How to stage an exhibition for art so monumental that, The post <em>Groundswell</em> at the Nasher Sculpture Center gives the women of land art the retrospective they deserve appeared first on The Architect’s (..)

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The 18th Instanbul Biennial Appoints Iwona Blazwick as Curator for the 2024 Edition

ArchDaily

Image Courtesy of iKSV Iwona Blazwick has been appointed as the Curator of the 18th Istanbul Biennial, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Art (iKSV). Iwona Blazwich OBE is a curator, writer, and art historian. Currently, she is the curator for the Royal Commission’s Arts AlUla initiative in Saudi Arabia.

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American Folk Art Museum, opened in 2001, to be demolished

BD+C

The American Folk Art Museum by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien opened in 2001 to wide acclaim, thanks, in part, to its distinctive faceted, bronze façade. read more.

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the rebirth of art: FMR magazine of franco maria ricci has returned

designboom

FMR and Designboom When Franco Maria Ricci – a publisher, designer, art collector, and bibliophile – spoke to Designboom in 2001, he pondered on the climate of art landscape during his era. He described it as terrible and noted the absence of a good art magazine.

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Today is Santiago Calatrava Day in Milwaukee, honoring the architect’s iconic Quadracci Pavilion

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Calatrava’s legacy in the city comes in the form of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion , known locally as “The Calatrava.” ” The pavilion opened in 2001 following four years of construction.