A standing desk is a surprisingly complex mechanism. With the current demand for them, there are many on the market, but it’s important to find a good one that will elevate (sorry!) your work experience rather than adding to your pains. While you could buy a booster to place on your desktop, we like adjustable standalone models for their greater versatility. Look for one ...
They have dealt with disappointments, cancelations, isolation from their friends and so much more, but some students at Cedar Hill High School are not going to let the pandemic slow their creativity down. “What was unique about our gallery space is that it was run 100% by our art students. Our kids really got into it,” art teacher Danielle Johnson said. “But now, myself ...
Cynthia Merhej announced as first Arab woman shortlisted for fashion’s LVMH Prize DUBAI: The 20 semi-finalists for the 2021 LVMH Prize for Young Designers have been announced, and among the designers chosen is Cynthia Merhej, the Lebanese talent behind womenswear label Renaissance Renaissance. Merhej, who is based between Lebanon and France, is the first Arab woman to be shortlisted for the prestigious prize. She ...
Fluidity, in a literal sense, has run through Patty Chang’s art for decades. From shaving her pubic hair with seltzer water for a 1998 performance to creating urinary devices with plastic bottles while traveling across an aqueduct in China for her recent project Wandering Lake, liquids in all forms have found ways into the artist’s work. “In the beginning of my career,” she says over ...
Spring is thesis season at the Yale School of Art (SoA) — an opportunity for students to showcase their capstone projects after two years of intensive training and artistic development. Typically, the annual thesis exhibitions draw crowds to the school’s Green Hall Gallery, including visitors from New York City and elsewhere seeking to engage with the work of promising artists. This year, unable to ...
The “electric aliveness” of artist Helen Frankenthaler’s work is conveyed in a new biography, Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press), by Stanford art historian Alexander Nemerov. “The day portrayed – all the unsung but glorious moments that make up a day on earth – that’s what her work really gets at,” Nemerov said, reflecting on what drew him to the ...
The reaction to 'The Residency' has already been a positive one, as a place to enjoy art and conversation in a safe environment is something many are looking for during the pandemic. "I do appreciate how excited other people are about it," said Batch. "I am having a lot of fun. It's a different type of fun than what I would have considered fun ...