Sustainable Design for Harvard Science Complex
In a world that is becoming more aware of the environment, developers for Harvard University are taking an integrated approach in creating a sustainable campus in Allston. It all begins […]
Category Archives: art & architecture
Visit to the Sackler
The Fogg is closed for renovation, so I went to the Sackler Museum, which is where Harvard is having its “best of best” pieces on display. I walk by the […]
The Phantom Returns
As much as I am a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber and intrigued by the Phantom of the Opera (both the novel and the musical) I couldn’t help but feel […]
Does copyright promote art?
A few months ago in a class about copyright in the digital era, Prof. Harry Lewis pointed out a wonderful quote by Thomas Jefferson. If nature has made any one […]
Michelle Obama
The New Museum joins Elizabeth Peyton in paying tribute to incoming First Lady Michelle Obama, whose portrait with her daughter Sasha will be unveiled today on the 4th floor as […]
Jenny Holzer Exhibitions
Jenny Holzer is one very very busy lady. A political art activist (if there is such a term), she was quick to use digital technology in expressing text. Although she […]
Dale Chihuly at the Chace Center
I went to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum in Providence for the newly opened Chace Center and special exhibit of Dale Chihuly, a RISD alum. The pieces […]
Salt ponds
Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the shapes and colors of terrain when seen from above. When painted, they look like abstract paintings. salt ponds no. 1 (watercolor and acrylic on […]
D. Yvette Wohn 