Results tagged “charlesgwathmey”

This week NY Mag has a scathing analysis of Thomas Krens' tenure at the Guggenheim, calling the air around the museum during his 17-year reign "distorted and toxic." Writer Jerry Saltz says the museum is beginning to recover only now, two years after Lisa Dennison, who is now leaving to become executive vice president for Sotheby's North America, replaced him when he left to run the Guggenheim Foundation.

No, no more reminders for Open House NY (at least not right now), but an actual open house that photoblogger Jesse Chan-Norris spied at Charles Gwathmey's Sculpture for Living last night. The "startling addition" to Astor Place given a somewhat cold reception. But an open house an open house. And look at all the fun that was had. There's a flatscreen TV, things taped onto the glass, and construction happening above and blow. Fun times.

The "dream teams" of noted architects working together for prestigious projects is the subject of a Times architecture article. Though Daniel Libeskind, dream team of one, won the World Trade Center competition, apparently teamwork is the new black of the architecture world, as evinced by all the other teams who entered. The Times brings up a 2001 quote from design world "star," Rem Koolhaas: "If I pride myself on one thing, it is a talent to collaborate." But then Kevin Kernon, one of the architects in the United Architects team, says, "Rem talks a lot about collaboration, but at the end of the day he isn't that interested in actually doing it himself." Meow!