Dana Farouki
Dana Farouki is a curator and patron, specializing in Middle East contemporary art. Farouki was the first member of the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi curatorial staff, serving as Assistant Curator until June 2010. She received her bachelor’s degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University in 2003, and completed her master’s degree in the History and Theory of the Art Museum at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 2005. She also held a one-year fellowship at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is currently a Trustee of MoMA PS1, the leading New York museum committed to emerging art and artists. Farouki also serves on the Board of Trustees for Creative Time, New York’s foremost public arts projects organization. She is the founding Chair of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s Middle East Circle and sits on the board of Bidoun Projects. A great advocate of regional cultural initiatives, she oversaw the largest commissioning based prize i
Appreciating Beauty Before It Slips Away: ‘Lost Illusions’
Reaching Within: What traditional art offers the heart
We sometimes let opportunities slip through our grasp, forgetting that our lives are over in the blink of an eye.
I was recently talking to a friend about hindsight. Have you ever thought, “If I could go back in time, I’d do that differently,” or “If I knew then what I know now”?
Such thought experiments can leave us either ready for a more thoughtful future or melancholic about our past.
Charles Gleyre’s painting “Lost Illusions” (also called “The Evening”) illustrates the melancholy and thoughtfulness that can derive from missed opportunities.
Welcome to the weekend. I’m
Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and I am baaaaaaack. Thanks to my colleagues for holding down the newsletter fort while I spent two weeks in a pandemic resort of my own making, which consisted of generally not moving while reading novels, watching movies and dipping into the wide selection of liquor options that now come in adorable little cans. I’m
The Juergen Teller internet hoo-ha
My kid could do that.
A version of that age-old debate cropped up on social media last week when
W Magazine unveiled its annual “Best Performances” portfolio featuring George Clooney, Riz Ahmed, LaKeith Stainfield and many other stars photographed by
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday that it will stage two free outdoor community concerts in June conducted by outgoing music director Marin Alsop. Other arts and cultural institutions in Baltimore plan to reopen, too.
Vicinity Energy Provides Green Steam to Walters Art Museum Under New 20-Year Contract, Delivering Heat and Precise Humidification to Historic Buildings and Artifacts Vicinity will supply the Baltimore museum’s 70,000 square feet of space with steam for use in heating and air humidification – a critical component to preserving precious artifacts
March 03, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Vicinity Energy Vicinity Energy
BALTIMORE, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
Vicinity Energy, owner of the nation’s largest portfolio of district energy systems, announces a 20-year steam contract with Walters Art Museum to provide heating and humidification to the landmark Baltimore facility, which encompasses 70,000 square feet of space. With 50 percent of its steam generated from renewables, the district energy system will deliver high-pressure sustainable steam for the museum, replacing the facility’s current boiler setup.