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“The connection between his sculptures and bouffant hairdos is an unexplored avenue of art historical inquiry," said MIchael Kimmelman about John Chamberlain in 2003. Amy Sillman illustrated this quote by going from a slide of a bouffant to a slide of a John Chamberlain foam sculpture, and honestly,
Artists on Artists Lecture, Amy Sillman on John Chamberlain, 2008 [yt] Amy Sillman on John Chamberlain; Michael Kimmelman on Bouffants [greg.org]
The Restoration Journey of Notre-Dame Cathedral: Insights from Inside
Inside the Restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral Times Insider provides a glimpse into our identity and mission, offering behind-the-scenes insights on how our journalism is crafted. Last summer, when Michael Kimmelman, the esteemed architecture critic for The New York Times, entered the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, he was struck with a profound sense of wonder. Dressed in a full…
Stay Woke!
A prefatory word of introduction This sermon has been dormant since 2014. It was written the first Sunday following retirement. It has never been spoken from the pulpit, no ears have heard it, no one has read it until now. Noah Bieman’s Los Angeles Times editorial, “The Great Divide” (republished today by the Star Tribune), offers reason to post this dormant sermon. Jesus of Nazareth never heard…
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the valencies of Neo-Classical
the valencies of Neo-Classical
I have been avoiding giving any attention to the last days of Trump. Jody Maxmin, however, directed me to an executive order this last weekend concerning classical architecture. Here’s the report in the New York Times: Trump Makes Classical Style the Default for Federal Buildings An executive order stopped short of banning modernist architecture, but states that “the preferred architecture”…
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They don't "get" Carnegie Hall
They don’t “get” Carnegie Hall
Front facade of Carnegie Hall. (Zack DeZon/NYT)
Here is another edition of Timesman Michael Kimmelman’s virtual tours through Manhattan’s neighborhoods accompanied by celebrity architects, in this case Midtown’s Carnegie Hall areawith Billie Tsien and Tod Williams, who once lived in a Carnegie Hall studio (they are, I think, married). While their architecture is as deplorable as that of the rest…
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NYT does NYC's Museum Mile
NYT does NYC’s Museum Mile
Block of townhouses along East 79th St., near New York’s Museum Mile. (Zack DeZon/NYT)
Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for the New York Times, strolled up Fifth Avenue with architectural historian Andrew Dolkart on a “virtual tour” of the Museum Mile. Readers of this blog are indebted to Kristen Richards of the ArchNewsNow.com website for reprinting the wonderful article, Kimmelman’s…
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The Accidental Masterpiece On the Art of Life and Vice Versa
