Center for Art + Environment

01/25/2018

Dear followers and fans,

The Center, and Nevada Museum of Art as a whole, are rapidly expanding our reach to projects that extend far beyond the gallery walls. Given this growth period, we are bringing the entirety of our conversations onto one page, united as the Nevada Museum of Art. We will be deactivating the CA+E page on 2/2/18. Please follow the Nevada Museum of Art on Facebook and on Twitter for updates from the Center and the Museum as a whole.

Thank you for being part of the conversation.

01/23/2018

The Hayward Gallery opens with Andreas Gursky

The refurbished Hayward Gallery is opening with an Andreas Gursky exhibition (24 January-22 April) on its 50th anniversary.

Read more here: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/gallery/the-hayward-gallery-andreas-gursky

01/18/2018

Dennis Oppenheim Sculpture Destroyed in South Korea

One of the last sculptures made by US artist Dennis Oppenheim has been destroyed by local authorities in a South Korean city on the grounds that it was becoming an "eyesore".

http://artdaily.com/news/101816/Famed-US-artist-s-sculpture-destroyed-in-S--Korea #.WmDhea6nFhF

01/16/2018

Ai Weiwei and Antony Gormley in the running for Treasure Island commissions

Ai Weiwei, Pae White and Antony Gormley are among the high-profile shortlisted artists competing to create the first three public art projects for a $50m redevelopment project in San Francisco.

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ai-weiwei-and-antony-gormley-in-the-running-for-treasure-island-commissions

01/16/2018

And while we are on the subject of maps...

01/16/2018

The largest world map from the Renaissance has been assembled online for the first time

It's the largest map of the world made during the Renaissance. The three-by-three metre map, brimming with mystical beasts and elaborate drawings, was created in 1587 by little-known Italian geographer Urbano Monte.

Read more here: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90155894/__trashed-3

Or here:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4444569/the-largest-world-map-from-the-renaissance-has-been-assembled-online-for-the-1st-time-1.4444583

01/11/2018

Hemlock Hospice

Hemlock Hospice is an interpretive trail of sculptures in the Harvard Forest which draws attention to the vanishing eastern hemlock tree. Aaron M. Ellison, senior ecologist at the Harvard Forest collaborated with artist David Buckley Borden on the year-long installation. A companion exhibition is on view at the Harvard Forest’s Fisher Museum.

Red more here: https://hyperallergic.com/411869/a-forest-elegy-for-the-rapidly-disappearing-american-hemlock-tree/

01/11/2018

First look at Rachel Whiteread’s suburban house sculpture

A major new public art work by Rachel Whiteread modelled on a suburban US house will be unveiled next week at the new US Embassy in Nine Elms, south London.

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/first-look-at-rachel-whiteread-s-suburban-house-sculpture-in-london-s-new-us-embassy

01/07/2018

The Artist Shrinking Antarctica’s Glaciers

Using 3-D imaging, Helen Glazer brings the southernmost continent indoors. The works can be seen in an exhibit called Walking in Antarctica, currently on display in the Rosenberg Gallery at Baltimore’s Goucher College.

Read more here:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/antarctica-glaciers-3d-sculptures-helen-glazer

01/05/2018

Artist Lucy Raven wins art on the Bauhaus Museum building competition

The American artist Lucy Raven (who is represented in the Center for Art + Environment archive collections) will install a large-scale work on the ground floor of the new Bauahus Museum building. The jury of experts chose her mobile light installation "Light / Play / House." which interacts with the architecture of the building.

http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=101420 #.Wk6KYlQ-dTZ

01/05/2018

This Sunday is your last chance to see "City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man" -

This weekend marks the final opportunity to see City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man. The internationally-regarded exhibition explores how the legendary Nevada gathering known as Burning Man evolved from humble counter-cultural roots into the world-famous convergence it is today. Never-bef...

01/04/2018

Mona museum in Tasmania adds a wing

Australia’s largest private museum, established by the collector and gambling millionaire David Walsh in 2011, opened the annex named Pharos on December 26th, 2017, according to the museum website.

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/light-oil-and-dildoes-for-tasmanian-museum-s-new-wing