In which the author envisions new directions for the art museum as audiences change, architecture evolves, institutions subdivide and electronic resources expand our capabilities and expectations.
Hundreds of men and women who helped run Antwerp’s port, the second busiest in Europe and the fifth largest in the world, once were scattered in offices across the Flemish city. Then, eight…
This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of Dada, and so it seems fitting that Galerie Gmurzynska, which is situated on the same block as the original Cabaret Voltaire, held an exhibition dedicat…
In 2010, Galerie Gmurzynska, on the occasion of its show on the great Russian liberator Kazimir Malevich, enlisted Zaha Hadid to fashion its modest storefront space in downtown Zurich into…
Zaha Hadid, whose radical, abstract, and digitally inflected designs earned critical praise, ignited controversies, and earned her a place as one of today’s leading architects, a profound…