Art and Design

Features, interesting links, and discussion about visual art, architecture, art history, design, and aesthetics.

Links on Art and Design: A digest of short items from Twitter and other sources

by Andrew Hazlett February 1, 2010

Some interesting links and short items on Art and Design from The New Modern twitter stream and other sources. Architecture President Obama’s new budget would end Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America for lack of “metrics.” [read] Unhappy Hipsters: A new blog invents amusing captions for stark Dwell mag photos [view] via @KateC Mies masterpiece [...]

Civil War ghosts haunt Sally Mann’s photography

by Andrew Hazlett January 20, 2010

A documentary film about photographer Sally Mann focuses on her use of 19th Century technology to capture haunting images of Civil War battlefields. Appropriately spooky.

Sad news: Bannerman’s Castle on an island in the Hudson River is crumbling

by Andrew Hazlett December 30, 2009

Bannerman’s Castle was already an enigmatic ruin in the middle of the Hudson River, a dreamy landmark for passing train travelers and a passionate cause for preservationists. But then in the silence of last Saturday night, a large chunk of history suddenly disappeared when the castle’s stone, brick and cement sighed under a century’s weight [...]

Chandigarh, India: The Rock Garden

by Andrew Hazlett December 27, 2009

A dog among the sculptures in Nek Chand’s Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India. Share this:Tweet

Polaroid film: A 1972 “introduction” by Charles and Ray Eames

by Andrew Hazlett December 17, 2009

So serious–artistically and technically–for what is basically just an advertisement! This short film is intrinsically interesting because it was made by the iconic designers Charles and Ray Eames, but it’s also fascinating as a time capsule of 1972… as a technical lesson on how a wonderful invention worked… and as a reminder of why–even in [...]