October 5, 2019

New Yorkers Will Have to Wait for an East River Pool

In 2011, media outlets began heralding a fantastical urban design project to be built in New York. A group of young designers and architects had dreamed […]
October 1, 2019

Kara Walker Takes a Monumental Jab at Britannia

LONDON — The Queen Victoria Memorial, centerpiece of the plaza that fronts Buckingham Palace, is possibly the most bombastic of this city’s monuments to British grandeur. […]
December 6, 2017

British Competition Celebrates the Role of Crafts

Advertisement LONDON — A detailed fountain that recalls the rococo abundance of 17th century Dutch flower paintings is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum […]
May 22, 2017

Fendi’s Gift to Rome: A Sculpture Shaped Like a Tree

PIETRASANTA, Italy — Shading his eyes from the warm Tuscan sun, the artist Giuseppe Penone watched as a crane hoisted a bronze tree trunk into position […]
August 25, 2016

At Home With: An Artful Life in Four Shipping Containers

Lars Fisk has weathered two hurricanes in the four shipping containers he calls home. Once planted on the edge of the Costco parking lot that abuts […]