Design and Architecture
L.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel; Pershing Square Redesign?
Thousands are descending on Miami Beach for Art Basel. LA art gallerists and critics talk about why the fair matters -- for good and bad. Plus, will Pershing Square get yet another redesign?
By Frances Anderton • • 29m ListenThousands are descending on Miami Beach for Art Basel. LA art gallerists and critics talk about why the fair matters -- for good and bad. Plus, will Pershing Square get yet another redesign?
Pershing Square circa 2005. Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library.
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2 storiesL.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel Miami Beach
At least 70,000 people are expected to descend on Miami Beach for four days of partying, viewing and art buying at Art Basel Miami Beach . But why does this fair matter so much? And what are art fairs doing to the experience -- and business -- of art? Is the art world mostly producing “inoffensive tchotchkes for billionaires?”
Read the story14 minWill Pershing Square Get a Design Overhaul?
Pershing Square is one of L.A.’s oldest public spaces, and it has gone through several design changes over the years. Now there’s a call to overhaul the most recent iteration, designed by Ricardo Legorreta. Can a redesign salvage a park that was shaped by a parking structure? And what is the private sector’s involvement in the new plans?
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