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‘Natur’ examines our complicated relationship with nature

When I was in Switzerland I had the chance to see stunning works from the Altana collection in Baden Baden at the Museum Frieder Burda (designed by Richard Meier). The goal of the exhibit of 80 paintings and sculptures was to showcase how artists are working to see past the romanticized and overly idealized description [...] [...]

New masters of modern bamboo

I’ve been wanting to post on this great exhibit at the Japan Society — the first of its kind to feature bamboo as a sculptural medium. The exhibit assembled 23 artists who have come up with ingenious ways to use one of the strongest and most readily material in the world: Ranging from ethereal, computer-designed filigrees, through [...] [...]