Tag: New York

African spectacle, the dioramas of New York’s American Museum of Natural Hist.

Tableau & Diorama iv (and the last in the current series on that theme) I love many types of art, architecture, many types of spaces and places.  But for sheer drama and spectacle, for an extraordinary mix of art (the much underrated art of tableau-making) and of science,  this may be the most powerful room… Read More African spectacle, the dioramas of New York’s American Museum of Natural Hist.

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Art, Scale & experience in New York City (Public sculpture ii)

A favoured day-trip for tourists in New York (like ourselves) is walking across the amazing Brooklyn Bridge over the broad and mighty East river, finally arriving at the borough of Brooklyn itself,  then spending a very pleasant day there. Many people start around the Dumbo area (above),  others stroll along the seaside linear park,  (its… Read More Art, Scale & experience in New York City (Public sculpture ii)

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