Chicago Architecture Biennial / Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Artistic director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, and director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
PROFILE
Sarah Herda
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FROM Sarah Herda
Design and Architecture
The State of the Art of Architecture Projects by 120 architects and artists, selected from over 30 countries on six continents are intended to reveal The State of the Art of Architecture at the first Chicago Architectural Biennial, closing early January. But don't expect headliner museums or showy building skins or ever higher skyscrapers. The artistic director explains that big change can happen to cities, at a small scale.
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Bookworm
Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.
The Treatment
Hua Hsu: A Floating Chinaman Author Hua Hsu stops by to discuss his book A Floating Chinaman, recounting the life of 1930's actor/writer H.T. Tsiang and his struggles entering the American literary world.
Design and Architecture
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”