opportunity Featured in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers, including residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Banff Center and the Vilcek Foundation. John Singer Sargent, The Artist at an Easel (1914), watercolor on graphite traces on ivory paper (Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Dearing McCormick, … Read more
[–> Deep in a North Tacoma basement, the smell of paint is heavy. The walls are adorned with colorful posters, and a large 1952 printing press makes a mechanical swish and clicking sound as paper is run through and inked with poetry and yellow daffodils. [–> Every month, two men print more than 100 posters … Read more
Chef’s kitchen facing the backyard. Most of the houses were built using salvaged materials. Photo: Hayley Ellen Day/Corcoran When Colin Faber and Leni Niemegeers-Faber bought their carriage house in 2009, they were looking for a space that would serve dual functions: a home and a showcase. The married architects run the design firm SHED Studio … Read more
New York-based designer Leslie Bunker’s Rhode Island vacation home has seen better days. Victorian cottages from the 1890s were poorly insulated, had no air conditioning, and had single-pane windows, making them drafty in the winter and damp in the summer. “I redid a bathroom that looked like it would melt into the ground,” she says … Read more
Local studio Broco Arquitetos has completed a house in Brasilia surrounded by brick screens and a wide entrance portal that opens the central courtyard to the outside. Known as Casa Tupin, the 420 square meter (4,520 square foot) mansion is rectangular with a large central courtyard. Perforated brick wall surrounding Casa Tupin Set in a … Read more
IAt the Victoria and Albert Museum’s grand entrance, beneath a looming dome with ancient statues visible through nearby arches, a programmer and DJ is busy live-coding a glitchy electronic music set. Large LED displays on either side of her strobe with streams of chords and pixelated images, accompanied by a bass rumble. She is part … Read more
Read in 5 minutes Vivienne Westwood holds a special place in the public consciousness, beloved both for her fashion and activism. Her clothes were as instantly recognizable as her red hair, corsets, crinolines, and love of tartan, cementing her place in fashion history. Almost four years after her death, the first retrospective exhibition of her … Read more
An art collector in his 60s or 70s stands in a gallery booth, staring at an image of a mysterious alien figure produced by what appears to be two surveillance cameras in a nearly empty room. Collectors seem confused. collector teeth The decision was based on a snapshot of his face taken by a camera, … Read more
Architect Desmond Williams, who has died aged 93, had a specialty in designing modern Catholic churches that reflected his rare ability to combine liturgical function, architectural ambition and artistic collaboration. The quality and importance of his work was recognized during his lifetime with four of his churches listed, and his achievements placed him among the … Read more
Vivienne Westwood holds a special place in the public consciousness, beloved both for her fashion and activism. Her outfits became as instantly recognizable as her red hair, with her love of corsets, crinolines, and tartans cementing her place in fashion history. Almost four years after her death, the first retrospective exhibition of her work will … Read more