Terminal Architecture

the AdMan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:24:08 +0000

Now that we’re at the height of summer travel season, we want to call your attention to the architecture around you: that of the airport. Enjoy while you can, because it may be on the brink of demolition, no matter how beloved it might have been, or how lavish the spending at its origin (e.g. Eero Saarinen’s TWA terminal design didn’t completely survive JetBlue’s efforts at rehab—although it lives on in the film, Catch Me If You Can—and its signature sweeping curves serve as one of JetBlue’s logos). Airports are notorious agents of change, and some special places have been lost, or are currently on the endangered list.

Our current faves include Denver (see our past ARTExpress issue extolling its virtures), Bilbao, Singapore, Madrid and Tokyo… What are your favorites? Where is a makeover most needed? Let us know your thoughts.

-The Editors

Welcome to Chicago

the AdMan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:05:26 +0000

Welcome to our latest web destination: Chicago! We also take you to fabulous Paris, Santa Fe, Vienna… and beyond. We trust that your tour of San Francisco in the last issue provided you with inspiration and wanderlust. (If you need to reference it, you can find it safely archived here by clicking on Previous Issues.)

As always, this newsletter serves not only as your source of curated travel, but also as a place for you to pass along your own great finds. Please share with us your cool tips, timely news or any travel queries you might have for our expert editorial staff.

-The Editors

Fischer Collection

Connie — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:12:31 +0000

After our San Francisco issue was published, SFMOMA announced another 75th anniversary present—the first-ever exhibition drawn from the 1,100-plus works in the renowned Fisher Collection, presently on 100-year loan to the museum. Organized by Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture Gary Garrels, the exhibit, Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection, will be on view through September 19. The collection is rich in works by Baselitz, Lichtenstein, Kiefer, Richter, Serra, Kelly, Warhol, Twombly, LeWitt and much, much more! We can’t think of any more important summer must-see for fans art of the sixties to the present.

-The Editors

The Fluxus

Connie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:58:35 +0000

If you’re headed to Rome, ARTExpress has a couple of suggestions for your must-see list. Since its December opening, the White Gallery life-style, shopping, exhibition and dining complex in Piazza Marconi has caused quite a stir. Three stunning floors house numerous exhibition spaces, four restaurants, and luxury retailers, including Yogi Yamamoto, Jill Sander, Stella McCartney… and more. The centerpiece is a light sculpture called The Fluxus, by renowned designer Karim Rashid and artist Michela Vianello. In five colors, studded with sparkling halogen lights, it is an undulating ceiling made of woven Murano glass. Suspended and fluid, it flows above your head creating a truly magical environment.

-The Editors