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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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Why The WSJ Is A Great Newspaper (Picasso Sculpture Edition)
The Weekend Wall Street Journal devotes three full pages to a piece chronicling the quest by one of Pablo Picasso’s granddaughters to catalogue the more than 2000 sculptures created by the 20th Century’s greatest artist. A PICASSO HEIR’S EPIC HUNT … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Artnet, bildungsroman, Carmen Gimenez, Diana Widmaier-Picasso, Dora Maar, Grand Palais, Guggenheim Museum, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Musée Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Picasso sculptures, Sotheby's, Wall Street Journal
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