Director’s Desk: Laib and Lacquer, Brass, and Rice

Works on view in Wolfgang Laib: Without Beginning and Without End at Sperone Westwater. Photos: Dorothy Kosinski

Works on view in Wolfgang Laib: Without Beginning and Without End at Sperone Westwater. Photos: Dorothy Kosinski

Looking at more moving work by Wolfgang Laib on my last visit to New York, on view at Sperone Westwater gallery in NYC through March 30. On the left, Burmese red lacquer over wood. On the right, the large golden ziggurat is made from raw beeswax (like our Laib Wax Room) over a wooden understructure and, on the shelves above, boats made of folded brass are nestled in rice.

Dorothy Kosinski, Director

Director’s Desk: Saying Goodbye to Art We Love

Xavier Veilhan's The Bear arrives and departs

The Bear arrived in warm weather and left in the cold. Photos: Amy Wike (left) and Dorothy Kosinski (right)

Bye, bye bear! I am touched by the attachment our public developed for Xavier Veilhan’s red bear. It reminds me of the vehement reactions to the departure of Linn Meyer’s wall drawing, another work that was only here temporarily. Our visitors’ emotional engagement is proof of the power of art.

Dorothy Kosinski, Director

2010 Intersections installation, at the time being by Linn Meyers

2010 Intersections installation, at the time being by Linn Meyers. Photos: Sarah Osborne Bender

Director’s Desk: Kansas City, Here We Come

I write from the road to Kansas City, en route from Bentonville, Arkansas, where a group of Phillips friends and I explored the new Crystal Bridges Museum collection and Moshe Safdie-designed building. Take a look at some of our discoveries.

Dorothy Kosinski, Director

Phillips patrons and trustees explore the galleries at Crystal Bridges. Photos: Dorothy Kosinski

Phillips patrons and trustees explore the galleries at Crystal Bridges. Photos: Dorothy Kosinski

Taking a shot of the unique spaces and shapes created outdoors by the Crystal Bridges Museum. The building hugs a stream.

Taking a shot of the unique spaces and shapes created outdoors by the Crystal Bridges Museum. The building hugs a stream.

A sculpture by Mark Di Suvero seen with the reflection of lighted barrel vaulted ceilings.

A sculpture by Mark Di Suvero seen with the reflection of lighted barrel vaulted ceilings.