Author: jaywp

  • Christo’s Wrappings

    Now that the ‘The Gates’ are all dissembled in Central Park (and no doubt carefully stored while their value accumulates – what price one or two ‘Gates’?), it is useful here at Studio to reflect on the artists’ previous works.…

  • Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners – book review

    Jane Amidon. Birkhauser, 2005 ISBN 3764324252

  • Turner Whistler Monet

    Tate Britain, London 10 February-15 May 2005

  • The Art Olympics – The Eighth Shanghai Art Fair

    Rather than merely focusing on art works which cater to the masses, the Eighth Shanghai Art Fair has again divided its exhibition contents into two different categories, in an effort to raise the level of artistic content of the Fair…

  • P.S.1, MoMA, New York

    Manny Farber: About Face 27 September-10 January 2005

  • Art in the Making: Degas

    National Gallery, London 10 November 2004-30 January 2005

  • Book review: William Scott

    Norbert Lynton. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004 £40, ISBN 0-500-976376 William Scott (1913-89) enjoyed a long and highly successful creative life and, in the opinion of some commentators on British art, he was the most significant painter of his generation.…

  • Raphael: From Urbino to Rome

    National Gallery, London 20 October 2004-16 January 2005

  • Raphael – Architect (Raffaello Santi)

    From Urbino to Rome National Gallery, London 20 October 2004-16 January 2005

  • Ken Done: Paintings

    Australian artist Ken Done’s third exhibition of paintings is currently showing at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London, importing his characteristic brand of sunshine and optimism to a grey English winter

  • The Architecture of the British Library at St Pancras

    Roger Stonehouse, Gerhard Stromberg, Spon Press, Taylor and Francis Group: London and New York, 2004 The British Library famously has had a stormy and protracted development, and it is a tribute to the commitment, determination, and diplomacy of its architect,…

  • Modern MoMA

    The Museum of Modern Art in New York reopened its doors to the public on 20 November 2004. On a wet and cold day the lines wound all around the block as thousands clamoured to get a chance to see…

  • Turner Prize

    The 2004 Turner Prize was awarded this December with very much less hype than previously. Does this mean that the Press are now aware of a diminishing level of public interest? This seems to be the case. And at 25,000…

  • March of the Philistines

    The predicament of the world famous Cambridge University School of Architecture does seem to be ominous. True, a stay of execution by the University Board has given campaigners cause for celebration – but it may be short-lived. The School has…

  • Flight from the Barricades Or \’where have all the intellectuals gone?\’

    Faces in the Crowd: New stories of Modern Art

  • Flight from the Barricades Or \’where have all the intellectuals gone?\’

    Flight from the Barricades Or ‘where have all the intellectuals gone?’

  • Turner Prize Show

    At the Turner Prize, controversy is the name of the game. In fact, this year’s Frieze Art Fair in London supplied all that, but was commercially successful, as well as being a remarkable feat of organisation. All the punters were…

  • MoMA New York Reopens

    The Japanese architect, Yoshio Taniguchi’s $425 million reconstruction of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, comprises the largest museum opening of the 21st century and encompasses 630,000 square feet on six floors. Taniguchi has previously designed a number of museums,…

  • Miró at Christie’s

    The sale of Miró’s ‘Caress of the Stars’ on Wednesday 3 November 2004 in New York, for close to $10 million, suggests that the art market is still robust when it comes to works of the highest quality. This was…

  • Genoa – Inspired by Celant

    A timely exhibition which runs at the Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, until 14 February 2005, is entitled ‘Arts and Architecture’. This exhibition is another boost for the prevalent theory that architecture and art must be indissolubly linked if excellence is to…

  • A Sense of Place: Three Artists

    Hector McDonnell: New York Solomon Gallery, Dublin 27 August-15 September 2004

  • Gerald Laing

    Bourne Art Gallery, Edinburgh Until 29 October 2004

  • Charles Conder: Retrospective

    Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

  • The First Architectural Biennale Beijing 2004

    It would not be an exaggeration to claim that the 21st century belongs to Asia – if not to China alone. Deng’s reopening of doors and the economic reform of the 1980s and 1990s paved the way for a resurgence…