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Starkitect: The Two Facades of Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry is the Rorschach test of modern architecture. And his latest creation – Fondation Louis Vuitton – is the ultimate inkblot. From Joel Henning’s mash note in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: A New Art Palace Sets Sail in Paris As you approach Frank … Continue reading
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Tagged Bois de Boulogne, Boulevard Raspail, Bulgari, David Lynch, Dior, Donna Karan, Eiffel Tower, Eisenhower Memorial, Fendi, Fondation Cartier, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Foucault's pendulum, Francis Bacon, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gehry's Folly, Givenchy, Grand Palais, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Guillermo Kuitca, Jean Nouvel, Joel Henning, LMVH, Martin Filler, Moet Hennessy, Montgolfier balloon, New York Review of Books, Patti Smith, praeterition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Spirit of St. Louis, Vija Celmins, Wall Street Journal, Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Dead Blogging Patti Smith At The MFA
Patti Smith banged out the house at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Then she brought it down. Smith delivered the annual Deborah and Martin Hale Visiting Artists Lecture to a packed Remis Auditorium Wednesday night, except it wasn’t so much a … Continue reading
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Tagged Chelsea Hotel, Fondation Cartier, Just Kids, Land 250, MFA, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe
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