Some patrons of the LongHouse Reserve are upset that its veteran director was let go, but the board says it needed new leadership to expand the garden into a museum with a broader mission. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Sculpture”
Bettina Grossman, an Artistic Fixture at the Chelsea Hotel, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2021
Her apartment was so crowded with her artwork that she slept in the hallway. But she did not become widely known until near the end of her life. Source: New York Times
George Floyd Statue Vandalized in New York's Union Square
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2021
Sculptures of Mr. Floyd, Breonna Taylor and John Lewis are on display in a Manhattan park known as a site of protests. “These monuments have meaning,” Mr. Floyd’s brother said. Source: New York Times
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and John Lewis Statues Go Up in N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2021
Sculptures of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and John Lewis are on display in a Manhattan park known as a site of protests. “These monuments have meaning,” Mr. Floyd’s brother said. Source: New York Times
Overlooked No More: Hettie Anderson, Sculptors’ Model Who Evaded Fame
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2021
Her image has been rendered on gold coins and monuments around the United States. But little is known about this Gilded Age model. Source: New York Times
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? Not at Opus 40.
By Gotham Rex on July 31, 2021
The scenic vistas of this landscape art and the legacy of its creator, Harvey Fite, are being challenged by a persistent feud and a big fence. Source: New York Times
George Rhoads, Designer of Fantastical ‘Ball Machines,’ Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on July 28, 2021
In his ingeniously conceived sculptures, balls seem to travel randomly and trigger various sounds. “Each pathway that the ball takes,” he said, “is a different drama.” Source: New York Times
Should an Oasis Be Replaced by Affordable Housing? SoHo Is Divided.
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2021
When the creator of a quirky sculpture garden died, the debate over the plot’s fate intensified. Source: New York Times
Now You See the Art. Now You Don’t.
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
In their first collaboration, the High Line and the Shed invite the public to a sculpture hunt, in augmented reality. Do you see the ladybug? The floating ice cube? Source: New York Times
The Vessel at Hudson Yards Will Reopen With Changes
By Gotham Rex on May 26, 2021
Visitors to the structure, located in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards complex, will no longer be able to enter alone, but its protective barriers will not be raised. Source: New York Times
From David Hammons, a Tribute to Pier 52 and Lastingness
By Gotham Rex on May 13, 2021
Their artistic paths crossed like ships in the night. But in “Day’s End,” Hammons creates an immortalizing homage to Gordon Matta-Clark and art history. Source: New York Times
Arturo Di Modica, Sculptor of the ‘Charging Bull’, Dies at 80
By Gotham Rex on February 21, 2021
A Sicilian-born artist, he installed the artwork in Lower Manhattan without permission. The outpouring of public support persuaded the city to keep it. Source: New York Times
The Word at MoMA Is ‘Rotation, Rotation, Rotation’
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2020
On Saturday, the museum opens with changes to 20 of its 60 permanent collection galleries. A critic’s guide to the standouts on each floor. Source: New York Times
How a Medusa Sculpture From a Decade Ago Became #MeToo Art
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2020
Some criticized the fact that the artist behind the work, which was unveiled on Tuesday, was a man. One backer says men need to be in the conversation. Source: New York Times
Monuments That Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed Men
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2020
Contemporary sculptures by Jeffrey Gibson and others, part of “Monuments Now” at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, draw on the past to look toward the future. Source: New York Times