Brancusi and America
The story of Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) and America is long and rich, though to date told only in parts. The artist's innovations are so numerous—and so apparently contradictory—that doubts can…
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Isamu Noguchi
Claire Falkenstein
The title of "Claire Falkenstein: Matter in Motion" took its terms from the artist herself, who spoke freely of the energy that ricochets through the universe and animates matter.
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Circus Master
Alexander Calder was a rare breed, an American artist unscathed by alcoholism, poverty, depression, divorce, or bad reviews.
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Habitat: Take a Tour of Art Around New York With Public Art Fund Director Nicholas Baume
Among the highlights are pieces by Noguchi, LeWitt, and more.
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From the Archives: A Defense of Isamu Noguchi’s Controversial Sets for ‘King Lear,’ in 1955
Alfred Frankfurter on the artist's "radical, and so impressively successful" sets.
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From the Archives: Projects for Playgrounds
Fifty years ago, artists and architects reenvisioned the potential for playground design through the National Playground Sculpture Competition. Partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, th…
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A Life’s Work: As Her Reputation Surges, Luchita Hurtado Discusses Her Long Career
Sometime in the mid-1940s, the artist Luchita Hurtado, then in her 20s, boarded a Madison Avenue bus in Manhattan to go to an opening at Pierre Matisse's gallery on East 57th Street. "There was a man…
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Banner Year: At a Time of Heated Race Relations in America, Dread Scott Wades Into the Fray
For the first time in quite a while in America, people (on both sides of the political fence) are holding up signs. In a world flooded with pictures, a world where, for decades, the intellectual and…
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Tadao Ando and Elyn Zimmerman Win the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award
The Noguchi Museum has named architect Tadao Ando and artist Elyn Zimmerman as the winners of the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award, which is given annually "to individuals who share [museum founder]…
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‘Can’t Reach Me There’ at Midway Contemporary Art
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday
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