Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS DENMARK BRASSAI: PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE NIGHT Louisiana Museum of Modern Art modern art, art created from the 19th cent. to the mid-20th cent. by artists who veered away from the traditional concepts and techniques of painting, sculpture, and other fine arts that had been practiced since the Renaissance (see Renaissance art and architecture). Nearly every phase of modern art was initially greeted by the public with ridicule, but as the shock wore off, the various movements settled into history, influencing and inspiring new generations of, Humlebaek Until 19 March The latest in Louisiana's series of major photographic shows, this time on French snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. Best known is the red snapper, an important food fish. It is abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and also frequents the Atlantic Coast north to Long Island. Brassai, friend of Picasso. Sartre and Henry Miller and famous for his characterful views of the Parisian demi-monde. www.louisiana.dk JAPAN TOKYO-BERLIN/BERLIN-TOKYO Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Until 7 May Traces the cultural links between two great world capitals (occidental and oriental) from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Both cities have endured ruin and rebirth, with profound social and cultural consequences. www.mori.art.museum THE NETHERLANDS NEWER ORLEANS: A SHARED SPACE Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam Until 12 March Post Hurricane Katrina, the NAI has asked six practices from the Netherlands and the US (including MVRDV MVRDV - Maas Van Rijs de Vries, West 8 and Morphosis mor·pho·ses (-s ) to develop visions for symbolic and shared spaces for the New Orleans metropolitan area.  z) The manner in which an organism or any of its parts changes form or undergoes development. www.nai.nl UK EMERGING ARCHITECTURE RIBA, London Until 28 February Lively showcase of winning entries from the annual AR Awards (AR December 2005). An immense formal and geographic diversity of projects provides a fascinating snapshot of architecture's emerging generation. www.architecture.com DAVID ADJAYE--MAKING PUBLIC BUILDINGS Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Until 26 March Uber-hip Adjaye gets his own show which focuses on larger public projects rather than on the domestic delights that have made his name. www.whitechapel.org USA ON-SITE: NEW ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN Museum of Modern Art Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, established and incorporated in 1929. It is privately supported. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was its first director. Operating at first in rented galleries, the museum specialized in loan shows of contemporary European and American art. A start toward its permanent collection was made with the Lillie P. Bliss bequest, which included nine Cézannes and the Daumier Washerwoman., New York From 12 February to 1 May Terence Riley's MoMA Moma (mō`mä), town, E central Mozambique. It is important mainly as a harbor for the export of tropical produce. swansong charts the hearteningly fertile culture of current architectural production in Spain. www.moma.org Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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