Visual Arts 

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Bauhaus Still In Our House After All These Years - The school itself lasted only 14 years, spent in three different cities. Yet its teachers included some of the great names of 20th-century art and design (Gropius, Kandinsky, Schlemmer, Mies Van Der Rohe, Klee). And its ideas are all round us: "Go into any IKEA superstore and you will see a sort of Bauhaus-Lite: knock-down shelving, lightweight furniture, geometrical lamps, bright colors, abstract patterns."... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:01 -0800

His Work Too Expensive, Artist Offers Print Subscriptions - Philadelphia artist Andrew Jeffrey Wright "has launched a low-cost subscription series for fans who pay a yearly fee for what he has to offer. Beginning in January, his 'patrons' have been getting one of every colorful screen print he produces for the calendar year 2010 - more than 12 prints, guaranteed."... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:53:56 -0800

NYPD: Do Not Worry About The Naked Rooftop People - Antony Gormley is putting 27 life-size figures on rooftops and ledges of Midtown Manhattan buildings. "About the same time that the first figure was placed atop a four-story building at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue on Tuesday, the Police Department issued a statement reassuring New Yorkers that the figures are not despondent people on the verge of leaping to their deaths."... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:21:43 -0800

$150M Brody Collection Up For Auction - "One of the most vaunted private art collections in Los Angeles, highlighted by a prized Picasso nude and including works by Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, Georges Braque, Edgar Degas and Edouard Vuillard, is expected to fetch more than $150 million at auction when it goes on sale in May, Christie's announced Tuesday."... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:10 -0800