Berkeley - fabulous pho and eco home design Nov 9, 2009
"This is a wild and woolly old dump site, on a landfill in the bay off the coast of Albany. You can walk or ride your bike out there (I recommend midnight on Halloween) to encounter some extraordinary site-specific art installations and even a large gallery filled with amazing outdoor paintings that look like a cross between Max Beckmann and Squeak Carnwath. The Bulb is not for the faint of heart.". UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley, 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley. (San Francisco Chronicle)
David and Barbara Stahl Collection is wide-ranging and captivating Oct 18, 2009
The collection s strengths lie in works from the early part of the 20th century, especially German Expressionist prints (the list includes George Grosz and Max Beckmann) and the social realism of Americans such as Edward Hopper, Reginald Marsh, and John Sloan. Even so, the Stahls did not limit themselves to one era or style; the collection includes works by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Whistler, and Picasso, and it also steps right into the 21st century. (Boston Globe)
Restless Energy On Canvas Aug 10, 2009
It was a time of despair, decay and decadence -- "Cabaret," minus the music -- and masters such as Otto Dix, George Grosz and Max Beckmann captured it in paintings and drawings they called "Sachlichkeit," or the "New Objectivity.". Among the more unforgettable images are Georg Scholz's pipe, cigar and cigarette-puffing fat cats; Dix's teary-eyed, pillowy nude; and Rudolf Schlichter's dark-eyed "Woman With Tie.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Renzo Piano adds onto Art Institute of Chicago May 26, 2009
Piano has provided elegantly proportioned galleries to accommodate special exhibitions and canonical gems of the AIC's modern and contemporary collection, which include Willem de Kooning's "Excavation" (1950), Henri Matisse's "Bathers by a River" (1909-17), a cluster of sculptures by Constantin Brancusi and a 1937 self-portrait by Max Beckmann. The special-exhibition galleries open bracingly with the one-venue show "Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works, 2000-2007" (through Sept. 13). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
