Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF CURRENT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS For an expanded and constantly updated list, go to our website: www.arplus.com/exhibitions AUSTRIA EERO SAARINEN Noun 1. Eero Saarinen - United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) Saarinen : BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY Until I October Haus der Architektur, Graz Curated by AR contributor Brian Carter, this exhibition explores Saarinen's remarkable pioneering architecture (TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there Terminal, St Louis Tower) and the processes by which it was conceived. Carter gives a talk on the show at 7pm on Thursday 1 October at the Haus der Architektur. www.hda-graz.at FRANCE France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. CENTRE POMPIDOU-METZ Until 4 October Centre Pompidou, Paris Projects of the six finalists for the proposed new Centre Pompidou in Metz, including the winning team of Shigeru Ban Shigeru Ban (坂茂, Ban Shigeru; born 1957 in Tokyo, Japan) is an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper , Jean de Gastines and Philip Gumuchdjian. www.cnac-gp.fr THE NETHERLANDS VAN GOGH AND THE SEA Until 26 September Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum is a museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. It has the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world. , Amsterdam The sea was a recurring theme in Van Gogh's oeuvre, illustrated by this powerful selection of marine works made in Dutch, French and English coastal towns. www.vangoghmuseum.nl UNITED KINGDOM THIS WAS TOMORROW: ART AND THE '60s Until 3 October Tate Britain, London Documenting the seismic changes in British art during the 1960s, with usual suspects Hockney, Hamilton, Blake, Riley et al. www.tate.org.uk UNITED STATES LEBBEUS WOODS: EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECTURE Until 16 January 2005 Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh The largest ever US show on Lebbeus Woods, whose cool, provocative architecture of speculation, nourished by disciplines as diverse as philosophy and cybernetics cybernetics [Gr.,=steersman], term coined by American mathematician Norbert Wiener to refer to the general analysis of control systems and communication systems in living organisms and machines. , continues to have great influence. www.cmoa.org |
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