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The Sri Lankan architect and attorney Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003) studied law, then architecture in England. He began developing his work in the late 1950s and founded a lively architectural scene in his homeland. In 2001 he received the Aga Khan Chairman’s Award for Architecture for his life’s work. His home …
The monograph “All Connected” is surveying the storied career of Hans Haacke, on the occasion his major retrospective exhibition on New Museum …
Lundgaard & Tranberg was founded in Copenhagen in 1985 by the architects Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg. Since then, the firm has …
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for over three decades, documenting conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient …
Ydessa Hendeles has been an art therapist and an art historian, as well as a successful gallery owner in Canada. In 1993, …
In his work Grayson Perry tackles subjects that are universally human: identity, gender, social status, sexuality, religion. He tries to deal with …
Before buildings are buildings they are drawings – a fact that has been true for millennia. And, while the technology used to …
Beginning in the early 1960s, Peter Saul began to incorporate imagery borrowed from a range of pop-cultural sources into his exuberant, brightly …
Adrián Villar Rojas was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1980. He lives and works nomadically. Villar Rojas is best known for his large-scale, …
Aaron Curry makes sculptures and paintings whose relationship to modernism is productively fraught. Incorporating a wealth of elements from popular culture––science fiction, …
The art of Makoto Azuma uses flowers and plants as its starting point, but juxtaposes their timeless yet transient beauty with an …
Yoshitomo Nara is among the most beloved Japanese artists of his generation. His widely recognizable portraits of menacing figures reflect the artist’s …
“Would they still call me a diva if I were a man?’ asked Zaha Hadid, challenging as she did so more than …
Since opening to the public in 2009, the High Line has rapidly become one of New York City’s most popular and beloved …
Brunet Saunier Architecture was founded in 1981 by the architects Jérôme Brunet and Eric Saunier. The firm is primarily devoted to erecting …
John Ward Pawson is a British architectural designer whose work is known for its minimalist aesthetic. Educated at Eton, Pawson worked in …
Architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang. Her inquisitive, forward-looking approach to design, unique in its …
Featuring more than 800 artworks from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the book “Art =” by Phaidon …
Philip Johnson was for many years the most powerful figure in the society and politics of his profession. The impressively illustrated book …
New York in the 1970s was the global epicenter of the fledgling new art form, with artists such as Nam June Paik, …
The concept of sculpture, of what constitutes the sculptural, is more complex and ambiguous than almost any other in art theory, even …
Park Chan-Kyong is the second artist selected for the “MMCA* Artist Studies” series. Since the late 1980s, Park has been a member …
From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture. Emerging talents were focusing on …
Haegue Yang’s body of work is characterized by the extraordinary diversity of its media and methods, yet at the same time, it …
