In 1841, painter John Goffe Rand was struck with a brilliant idea. Rather than spend hours mixing and re-creating paint colors in a studio, he put oil… Read more “Tube Paint: A Revolution”
Month: March 2017
Overheard: Modern Art Exhibit
Real things overheard at a modern art exhibit — imagined responses.
Isamu Noguchi
He won the Guggenheim Fellowship and studied under Constantin Brancusi. He designed dance sets for Martha Graham and George Balanchine. He had an affair with Frida Kahlo. He designed gardens for UNESCO and sculptures for Wall Street And, he invented the coffee table.