Mark Favermann

Visual Arts Review: Gordon Matta-Clark, Anarchitect — Anarchy + Architecture

October 4, 2019
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Brandeis’ Rose Art Museum presents a creative, insightful look at urban blight.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Public Art — Much More than Murals

September 15, 2019
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Thankfully, public art has become much more than murals for blank wall spaces.

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Visual Arts Review: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater — Brilliance Beyond Myth

August 31, 2019
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20th Century Modern Architectural Greatness

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Book Review: Walter Gropius — The Very Human Face of the Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus

April 26, 2019
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Award-winning author and critic Fiona MacCarthy is out to change wrong-headed perceptions of Walter Gropius in her biography. And she succeeds.

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Visual Arts Review: A Creative Camelot — The Bauhaus and Harvard University

March 11, 2019
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This inspiring show celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Bauhaus.

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Book Reviews: A Provocative Trio of Volumes on Architecture and Landscape Architecture

March 2, 2019
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In very different ways and on very different topics, three recent books assuage notions that architecture/design books are formidable reads.

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Film Review: A Compelling Look at Dieter Rams, Industrial Design Icon at 86

December 6, 2018
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Rams is a documentary film carefully crafted to be more than a biography of a great designer.

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Visual Arts Remembrance: Robert Venturi, An Architectural Provocateur

November 21, 2018
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Robert Venuti’s opposition to the Modernism’s rigid corporate style made healthy waves.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Three Temporary Public Art Pieces — A Dialogue with Art and Ourselves

September 18, 2018
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Three bold new public art installations underscore the possibilities of visual and conceptual experiences in 21st century Boston.

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Arts Commentary: Conserving Cultural Heritage — the Tangible and the Intangible

August 30, 2018
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Cartagena is a 500-year old urban jewel in the Caribbean. But climate change and rising sea levels threaten its heritage.

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