Whitney Website Redesign

A review of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s relaunched website, whitney.org

Claes Oldenburg: Conservation of Floor Cake

The Museum of Modern Art’s blog blasted onto the scene a couple of weeks ago and has been pumping out smart, solid content since.  Case in point: this “behind-the-scenes” dissection of a Claes Oldenburg sculpture.  Keep track of the MoMA blog; there are good things afoot. MoMA | Claes Oldenburg: Conservation of Floor Cake (Week [...]

Younger Than Jesus – The Blog

The New Museum’s first triennial exhibition, The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, presents work by fifty artists under the age of thirty-three. On view April 8 – July 5, 2009.

This blog features related articles, multimedia, and interviews about this Millennial generation.

SFMOMA Website Redesign

The San Francisco Museum of Modern art (SFMOMA) has redesigned their website, sfmoma.org, after more than 8 years. The new site takes few risks, adhering to conservative and time-tested user interface and design standards. As a result, it’s a success – head and shoulders above most of the museum websites in its class.

Of course, it’s not perfect but first with the good and then with the bad:

Elizabeth Peyton Minisite

I’m pleased to announce the launch of the minisite I designed and built to accompany the Elizabeth Peyton exhibition at the New Museum.  Features include an audio slideshow, interactive timeline of Peyton’s life and career, and an essay by the show’s organizer Laura Hoptman.  Special thanks to Amy Mackie and Nick Hasty.

Sol LeWitt Painted Over at SFMOMA

The SFMOMA’s two massive Sol LeWitt atrium wall drawings – the last works still up from his retrospective in 2000 – are being painted over to make room for an upcoming Martin Puryear installation.

It doesn’t sadden me that they’re no longer on view. Because the instruction set is the kernel of the work and can lead to infinite authentic resurrections, the piece is simply in one less place. What’s more poignant to me is that after eight years the exhibition that changed the course of my personal, artistic, and professional life has finally concluded.

Sol LeWitt at Mass MoCA

Mass MoCA has launched a minisite in advance of Sol LeWitt’s 25 year wall drawing retrospective opening there in November.  Don’t look too hard or it will give away the surprise!