Sol LeWitt and the Canon of Conceptual Art

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Sol LeWitt and the Canon of Conceptual Art Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136 (2004) Today, September 9, 2023, on what would have been Sol LeWitt’s birthday, I wanted to recognize the perspective shifts initiated by this luminary. In a five hundred...

September 7th: Motion as Medium: Kinetic Sculpture

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‘Mobile’ Alexander Calder (1932) On September 7th, 1932, artist Alexander Calder captivated audiences at New York’s Museum of Modern Art with a groundbreaking kinetic sculpture titled simply ‘Mobile.’ This large, dangling mobile incorporated an actual crankshaft motor, so abstract pieces...

September 6th: Birth of the Bard: The First Folio and a Mirror to Nature

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On September 6th, we honor two monumental events in the literary world: the birth of William Shakespeare and the publishing of his First Folio in 1623. Both events share the same date, underscoring the timeless relevance of the Bard's...

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Sol LeWitt and the Canon of Conceptual Art

September 7th: Motion as Medium: Kinetic Sculpture

September 6th: Birth of the Bard: The First Folio and a Mirror to Nature