NEW YORK – Brazil’s modernist architecture may be better known, but the country’s distinctive midcentury modern furniture is getting new international attention.
Sensuous curves, tropical woods, woven leathers, and traditional techniques like caning and netting were all part of a style that developed from the 1940s to the 1970s called Brazil Modern.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – A South Bend museum that honors cars built by the hometown Studebaker manufacturer is selling two vehicles from its collection to the public.
LONDON – Tate Modern will present a retrospective of Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) – the first for the Cuban modernist painter in London since 1952 – from Sept. 14 to Jan. 8.
BALTIMORE – The new Alice in Wonderland exhibit at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum (GEM) showcases more than 200 pieces of Alice memorabilia from the collection of Matt Crandall. The art and sculptures are displayed in multiple sections of the museum, starting in the entryway, then wrapping through the main halls and into exhibit rooms.
NEW YORK – The documents that broke baseball’s color barrier and helped spark the Civil Rights Movement will be on view at the New-York Historical Society for a limited time only, beginning April 15, Jackie Robinson Day.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright took a taxi from a luncheon in his honor at the Pendennis Club to visit the Jefferson County Courthouse at Sixth and Jefferson streets during a trip to Louisville in May 1948 to speak at the University of Louisville.
LONDON – The National Portrait Gallery will stage a major exhibition of portraits by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) this autumn, it was announced Monday.
CHICAGO – Wright will present the first stand-alone auction dedicated to woven masterpieces from the Märta Måås-Fjetterström workshop on May 3. This extraordinary sale celebrates the legacy of one of the most innovative textile companies of the 20th century.
DETROIT (AP) – A new mural is planned for a building in downtown Detroit.
New York artists and twins Davide and Raoul Perre have been commissioned to do the 184-foot-tall by 60-foot-wide artwork at One Campus Martius.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Someone broke into a Missouri art museum and stole an unknown number of prints of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans.