Monthly archives of “November 2014

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Starry night

              A Sunday in sweatpants could take a glamorous turn with a nighttime ride along this shimmering bike path in Nuenen, Netherlands in these twins-in-shimmer track pants. Vanguard Dutch design lab Studio Roosegaarde applied its “techno-poetry” approach to a… Read More

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Nailed it

  John Bisbee found his art form by literally kicking the bucket. Then a college student, disillusioned by the ceramic, glass and “really bad found-object sculptures” he was creating, Bisbee turned to scavenging for materials in an abandoned house. Wandering around, he bumped a pail… Read More

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Illuminated underline

Cheers sent 8,000 balloons flying last night in Berlin. The illuminated orbs, part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, evoked the border that once divided the city, the country, the world. “The wall was heavy, was big, was dark,” said Berlin-based… Read More

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Coming up roses

                A pair of meticulous moments. This fall, Jim Bachor has filled four Chicago potholes with flower mosaics ahead of his show next month at Packer Schopf Gallery. While studying art at Columbia University, Tammy Tiranasar stumbled upon… Read More

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Belonging longing

          Nocturne, part two: a week ago, Prospect.3, the third iteration of New Orleans’ ambitious biennial, began its blazing run through January 25. Recruit Franklin Sirmans, contemporary art curator at LACMA, came up with this turn’s concept, Notes for Now, a… Read More