His mother, a Russian Jewish immigrant from Odessa, was devoted to reading and to seeing that her sons succeeded. Mr. Serra drew incessantly from an early age — in part, he admitted, to compete for his parents’ attention with his brilliant, athletic older brother, Tony. Impressed by his drawings, his
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Brick by Brick, a Sculpture at Storm King, by Way of Africa
Deliberately, the sculptor Martin Puryear climbed a ladder 20 feet up the side of the scaffolding surrounding his latest work, “Lookout.” Located on a hilltop in a wooded corner of Storm King Art Center, the domed brick structure debuts as a permanent feature here on Sept. 23. Once he reached
College basketball star Caitlin Clark gets butter sculpture at Iowa State Fair
Caitlin Clark’s stardom has reached new levels. The Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star took the sports world by storm during the 2022-23 women’s college basketball season, leading the Hawkeyes to a Final Four berth before losing to LSU in the national championship game. Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, dribbles
Blending Dance and Sculpture Creates a Fresh View of Art
The Chicago artist Brendan Fernandes doesn’t need his work to fit neatly into one category. “People ask, ‘Is it a prop? Is it a sculpture? Is it an artwork?’ And I’m like, ‘It’s all those things,’” he said recently by phone. He has now focused his longstanding interest in merging
Call It Dance, Puppetry or Sculpture, It Is Eerily Beautiful
A classic marionette might have eight to 10 strings. Leah Ogawa’s latest puppet, an ethereal tree-shaped form, has more than 600: clustered into thickets and tangles, threaded through eye bolts on the ceiling, and fanning out overhead to all corners of the room. String makes up the bulk of the
From Houston to Athens, Rick Lowe Takes His Social Sculpture Global
In Athens more than 6,000 miles from his adoptive city of Houston, Rick Lowe is at home. Lowe first visited Greece in 2015, in advance of his participation in Documenta, the German exhibition of contemporary art, which marked its 14th installment in 2017 with the theme “Learning From Athens.” Lowe
Norway unveils a life-size sculpture of Freya, the euthanized walrus
The sculpture of the walrus Freya is unveiled in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday. Freya was euthanized by the Directorate of Fisheries in August 2022. Annika Byrde/NTB Scanpix via AP hide caption toggle caption Annika Byrde/NTB Scanpix via AP The sculpture of the walrus Freya is unveiled in Oslo, Norway, on
Freya, the Walrus Killed by Norwegian Officials, Is Immortalized as a Sculpture
When a 1,300-pound walrus showed up in Oslo last summer, lounging on piers and eating mussels, she became a beloved local delight and an overnight international media sensation. The walrus, a rare guest for Norway’s capital, was named Freya, after the Norse goddess of love, beauty and war — all
Visitors flock to see Michelangelo's David sculpture after school uproar in Florida
Visitors stand in front of Michelangelo’s David statue in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, on Tuesday. A Florida school principal was forced to resign following parental complaints that an image of the nude Renaissance masterpiece was shown to a sixth-grade art class. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption toggle caption Alessandra
A Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sculpture was knocked over and shattered in Miami
The “balloon dog” sculpture, pictured, shortly after it shattered. Cédric Boero hide caption toggle caption Cédric Boero The “balloon dog” sculpture, pictured, shortly after it shattered. Cédric Boero An art collector accidentally shattered a porcelain Jeff Koons “balloon dog” sculpture, valued at $42,000, at an arts festival in Miami on