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08/27/2008

Dallas Architecture Forum weighs in planned Kimbell expansion

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Aerial view featuring the Kimbell Art Museum

One of the area's – indeed, the nation's – hot architectural controversies was revived Monday evening at the Dallas Architecture Forum.

08/25/2008

New exhibits at Caigheed Green, Conduit Gallery, others

Jimmie Hudson

Lambchop in Belgrade

Talent might sometimes occur as the needle in the haystack, but you shouldn't have to search too hard for it once you know where to look.

08/17/2008

Site Santa Fe International Biennial emphasizes art for the here and now
SANTA FE, N.M. – Ars longa, vita brevis , an old Latin proverb tells us: Art is long, life short.

08/18/2008

Russian money is shaking up the art world
LONDON – One day in December, Dasha Zhukova wandered into the Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, a giant red-brick constructivist-era landmark near the Olympic Stadium in Moscow. She was immediately entranced by the space, a vast parallelogram spanning nearly 92,000 square feet, with an unusual array of vertical and circular windows. Designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov, the garage is much loved by architects.

08/13/2008

Sculptor Margo Sawyer links color and space

Holly Johnson Gallery

From the gallery installation

A new discovery has allowed sculptor Margo Sawyer to move outdoors — international paint, used for heavy-duty applications.

Kimbell examining two spaces for expansion by architect Renzo Piano
Expanding an architectural masterpiece is never an easy proposition. But architect Renzo Piano is working on a plan for a bigger, better Kimbell Art Museum that aims to complement the vision of original designer Louis I. Kahn.

08/07/2008

Dallas Museum of Art acquires 4 masterworks

Dallas Museum of Art

Louis Comfort Tiffany

The Dallas Museum of Art is adding four acquisitions to its permanent collection, spanning a period from the early 1800s to 1930.

07/29/2008

Nasher shows works by sculptor Jacques Lipchitz

Tom Jenkins

Sacrifice IIII

Jacques Lipchitz's Sacrifice III is among five terra-cotta and plaster sculptures given recently to the Nasher Sculpture Center.

08/02/2008

Buckminster Fuller's futuristic projects are on view at New York's Whitney Museum
NEW YORK – If important people had listened to Buckminster Fuller in the 1930s, we'd be living in affordable, energy-saving homes and driving cool, fuel-efficient three-wheelers.