Balancing Tradition and Innovation: Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh region is presently characterized by a dynamic mix of high technology (especially in the fields of medicine, computer science, and artificial intelligence), environmental and preservationist awareness (much adaptive re-use of older buildings and a strong interest in green architecture), and a steadily increasing regard for the role the arts can and should play

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Traversing the Worlds of Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2001. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. Nam June Paik endeavors to humanize technology and electronic media, a pursuit evident throughout his prolific, complex, and visionary career.

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Dispatch: “Novecento Arte e Storia in Italia”

Curated by Maurizio Calvesi, the exhibition “Novecento Arte e Storia in Italia,” shown at the Scuderie Papali al Quirinale and Mercati Traianei in Rome, surveyed the major Italian artistic movements of the past century. Calvesi demonstrates the strong link between the avant-garde movements of the beginning of the century—especially Futurism but also Metaphysical Painting, Repelle

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