A towering video wall, striding sculpted figures, a refreshing fountain: Public art is sometimes contentious, but not at the new Comcast Center. The projects commissioned by developer Liberty Property Trust for the city’s newest office tower are immensely appealing, both as art and as entertainment. In particular, a massive high-definition video wall, which commands the entrance lobby, has already captured the public’s fancy. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Three Artists Do It Themselves: DIY artists emphasize the personal and the handmade; draw inspiration from the world of craftsmanship, and tend to rely on “weak” materials such as fabric and paper. “Personal Protocols and Other Preferences,” a challenging and innovative exhibition curated by Maria Lind at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, demonstrates the variety of approaches that have come to be called DIY. [NY Sun]
Over exposed: Is Annie Leibovitz worthy of a retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery?: Words such as trust, respect, service are bandied about. These are words that are at odds with what many of us think photographers are up to quite a lot of the time. But surely Leibovitz is not one of these? Surely Leibovitz, photographer of an entire, all-too-well-known world of stars and starlets, is not quite like this? [Independent]
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