High Museum of Art Announces Touring Exhibition on Isamu Noguchi’s Design Work
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta will present Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer” from April 10 to August 2, 2026. The exhibition examines the design work of Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) across sculpture, furniture, lighting, landscape, and stage design, marking his first major design-focused retrospective in nearly 25 years. Following its presentation in Atlanta, the exhibition will travel to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, from September 19, 2026, to January 3, 2027, and to the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester in spring 2027.
https://www.archdaily.com/1037483/high-museum-of-art-announces-touring-exhibition-on-isamu-noguchis-design-workReyyan Dogan
The Silent Pavilion: Carlo Scarpa and the Giardino delle Sculture at the Venice Biennale
When we think of Venice, familiar images come to mind: Piazza San Marco, winding canals, and the reflection of Byzantine domes on still waters. Few, however, imagine that among those reflections lies a discreet chapter of Italian modernity — the architecture of Carlo Scarpa.
More than an architect, Scarpa was a craftsman of light and matter, a poet of detail who knew how to listen to the Venetian tradition and respond to it with gestures of surprising delicacy. The city where he was born and worked is now an open-air museum of his legacy, including projects such as the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, the Venezuelan Pavilion, the Olivetti Showroom, and, more quietly, the Giardino delle Sculture — a small courtyard hidden in the heart of the Giardini della Biennale.
https://www.archdaily.com/1035891/the-silent-pavilion-carlo-scarpa-and-the-giardino-delle-sculture-at-the-venice-biennaleCamilla Ghisleni
Exploring the Intersection of Architecture and Art: “Not Vital” by Alma Zevi
Alma Zevi has developed a book offering an intimate and definitive account following the career of Swiss sculptor, painter, and architect Not Vital. This comprehensive book delves into Vital’s pomading life, seeking and building homes in various cities, from Paris, New York, Beijing, and Rio de Janeiro. The book explores the artist’s seminal sculpture practice and architectural projects, featuring a catalog of over 450 sculptures and related works. Drawing on archival material and personal interviews with the artist, Zevi seeks to provide a portrait of his career to date.
https://www.archdaily.com/1016618/exploring-the-intersection-of-architecture-and-art-not-vital-by-alma-zeviNour Fakharany
Monumental Sculptor Richard Serra Passes Away at 85
Renowned sculptor Richard Serra, known for his monumental steel structures that reshaped the landscape of contemporary art, passed away at the age of 85 at his residence in Orient, N.Y. His groundbreaking works, characterized by massive tilting corridors and spirals of steel, offered viewers a unique experience, inviting them to navigate through and around the imposing forms to fully comprehend their essence. Because of this invitation to explore space, materiality, and site, the artist has been long-recognized in the architectural community, earning him the Architectural League of New York President’s Medal in 2014, becoming the first artist to receive the honor.
https://www.archdaily.com/1015015/monumental-sculptor-richard-serra-passes-away-at-85Maria-Cristina Florian
2023 Music Festival Installations: At the Intersection of Art, Technology and Architecture
Music Festivals can provide artists, designers, and architects a platform to present their work to large crowds. The sheer scale of these installations, the space for artistic exploration, and the vast audience they reach can give designers the opportunity of a lifetime to showcase their ideas. Through scale, color, imagery, and lighting, these installations create lasting impressions on the people who attend these events and those who see them through news coverage or social media. Some themes explored this year included reframing familiar things in unfamiliar ways, large-scale abstract geometries at the intersection of technology and art, and the use of innovative new materials.
https://www.archdaily.com/1011026/2023-music-festival-installations-at-the-intersection-of-art-technology-and-architectureCarla Bonilla Huaroc
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s Unfinished Masterpiece, Is One Step Closer to Completion
Sagrada Familia, Antonio Gaudi’s famous yet incomplete landmark, is moving forward toward completion. As of last week, five out of the six central towers have been fully constructed. Since this January, when the towers of Evangelists Luke and Mark were finished, two additional towers, dedicated to Evangelists Matthew and John, have been crowned with statues by sculptor Xavier Medina-Campen, marking their completion. The Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, the foundation overseeing the construction, announced a special Mass on November 12 to mark the inauguration, initiating the illumination of the four towers all throughout the Christmas season.
https://www.archdaily.com/1007752/la-sagrada-familia-barcelonas-unfinished-masterpiece-is-one-step-closer-to-completionMaria-Cristina Florian
Carlo Scarpa: The Master of Sculpture and Light
Natural light is one of the most critical elements in architecture. Although unbuilt and difficult to control, it plays a crucial part in defining how space is perceived in terms of scale, textures, materiality, and overall atmosphere. Natural light also impacts the emotions people feel in a space, whether lack of light makes us feel fear and anxiety or ample light makes us feel safe and ethereal. As much as light impacts architecture, architecture also impacts light. Through framing vistas, creating 3D massings that cast sculptural shadows, and carving voids from solids that create unique light projections, many architects have mastered design techniques that utilize light in a way that seamlessly integrates it within a building- and perhaps one of the best to do this was the Venetian architect, Carlo Scarpa.
https://www.archdaily.com/998608/carlo-scarpa-the-master-of-sculpture-and-lightKaley Overstreet
Anish Kapoor Unveils His First Permanent Public Artwork in New York City
https://www.archdaily.com/997074/anish-kapoor-unveils-his-first-permanent-public-artwork-in-new-york-cityMaria-Cristina Florian
The Second Studio Podcast: Interview with Dorte Mandrup
https://www.archdaily.com/995574/the-second-studio-podcast-interview-with-dorte-mandrupThe Second Studio Podcast
SOM and Selldorf Architects Appointed to Revitalize Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum
https://www.archdaily.com/991784/som-and-selldorf-architects-are-appointed-to-revitalize-smithsonians-hirshhorn-museumMaria-Cristina Florian
London Design Festival 2022: Reflecting on the City’s Creative History
The first full-size London Design Festival (LDF) for three years, and the event’s 20th anniversary year, this was meant to be a celebration. But life, as the saying goes, had other plans. Rocked by the news of HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, the country, and indeed the world started the London Design Festival in a period of mourning. Having reigned over the densest period of design innovation in human history, however, her majesty was no stranger to change.
With long-running themes like sustainability, materials, economic crises, and digital futures never higher in the public’s consciousness, LDF ’22 wasn’t just a professional meet and greet, but a chance to share some much-needed positivity with design enthusiasts, as well as locals, just passing by. Here are the most interesting and talked-about installations and talks from nine days of reflection on the past and hope for the future.
https://www.archdaily.com/989972/london-design-festival-2022-reflecting-on-the-citys-creative-historyJames Wormald
More Than 50 Years in the Making, Michael Heizer’s Megasculpture, the “City”, Opens to the Public
https://www.archdaily.com/987698/more-than-50-years-in-the-making-michael-heizers-megasculpture-the-city-opens-to-the-publicMaria-Cristina Florian
Ai Weiwei’s Arch Installation Opens in Central Stockholm
https://www.archdaily.com/985289/ai-weiweis-arch-installation-opens-in-central-stockholmMaria-Cristina Florian
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