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Urban Green
Via theatlanticcities.com
Apr 12
With Fritz Haeg’s foraging circle coming to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden this summer, here’s a look at six other unusual urban gardens, from one atop the Palais de Tokyo to green roofs in the Faroe Islands.
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Jellyfish Eyes
Via flavorwire.com
Apr 11
Jellyfish Eyes is the name of Takashi Murakami’s wallpaper long a fixture near the Walker Art Lab. It’s also the title of his debut film, hitting theaters Apr. 26, which features an array of “fantasy creatures, from the utterly hideous to the unbelievably adorable.”
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Passings: Tim Carr
Via billboard.com
Apr 11
Tim Carr, the Minnesota–born A&R exec who signed the Beastie Boys, has been found dead in Thailand. He produced the Walker’s seminal M-80 festival, worked with bands like Babes In Toyland, and created Ramakien with Rirkrit Tiravanija.
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Melnikov House at Risk
Via nytimes.com
Apr 10
Heritage experts are appealing to Vladimir Putin to intervene to save the 1929 home of avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov. Made up of two intersecting cylinders, the Moscow house is threatened by a building project next door.
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Channeling Bucky
Via galleristny.com
Apr 10
With Fritz Haeg’s geodesic dome going up in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden this summer, here’s a quick look at other artists—including Leo Villareal and Liz Glynn—using Buckminster Fuller’s visionary architectural structures.
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People’s Library
Via nymag.com
Apr 10
New York City and Zuccotti Park owner Brookfield Properties have settled a lawsuit over the Nov. 2011 raid of the Occupy Wall Street encampment that destroyed the People’s Library. They’ll pay $366,700 for damaged books and legal fees incurred by OWS.
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Future Minneapolis
Via minnesota.publicradio.org
Apr 10
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak chose the Walker for Wednesday’s State of the City address because he wants a “modern backdrop.” The speech—the mayor’s twelfth and last—will look to the future, presenting Rybak’s vision of the city in 2025.
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Passings: Les Blank
Via blouinartinfo.com
Apr 9
Les Blank, dubbed the “King of the Folkie Filmmakers” by J. Hoberman, has passed away at 77. Celebrating folk communities, from polka lovers to Zydeco phenoms, his films include Burden of Dreams (1982), which chronicled the making of Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo.
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Messerschmidt’s Motifs
Via youtube.com
Apr 9
Diamonds, aliens, a Michael Jackson mask, the mirhab motif in Islamic architecture: In a new segment by The Playlist, Andy Messerschmidt discusses the visual influences in his art, including his new Walker installation, Graze Anatomy.