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Book Review: “When Movies Were Theater” — Exploring Where We Watch the Movies

If you are interested in how the architecture within American movie houses shaped the cinema and vice-versa, this often brilliant tome is an instant classic.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: American Film, architecture, Columbia University Press, Exhibition, the Evolution of American Film, When Movies Were Theater, William Paul

Visual Arts: The Edward M. Kennedy Institute — A Minimalist Sculptural Memorial

In an architectural sense, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is too quiet a visual statement.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: architecture, Edward M. Kennedy Institute, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial and Library, Mark Favermann, Memorial, Rafael Vinoly

Fuse Remembrance: Postmodern Master Michael Graves — Architect and Innovative Product Designer

Rejecting unadorned box-like designs, Michael Graves created with patterns, textures, decorations and color in ways large and small.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Fuse News Tagged: architecture, design, Mark Favermann, Michael Graves, Target

New Art in Old Buildings

By Peter Walsh When a new contemporary art museum gets up on its feet, it typically constructs a slick, fashionable new address for itself and leaves its old, recycled quarters like a student couch at the curb. But is that always a wise decision? Sometimes it makes sense to put new wine in old bottles. […]

By: Peter Walsh Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged: architecture, Guggenheim, Museum-of-Contemporary-Art, peter-Walsh

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