Sculptor Lin is planning a large-scale project: ‘asteroids’ made of different types of broken toys, which will be displayed at Studio 94 Freemans at the end of the year. She’s seeking a few different types, see announcement here. There are 2 places to drop off toys in Manhattan.
An-My Lê’s photographs and films examine the impact, consequences, and representation of war. Over at Art:21’s blog, Lê discusses how she came to be an artist after originally planning to become a doctor. Watch the interview.
This August, just in time for the Olympics, the U.S. will open a brand new embassy in Beijing. The $550m complex, designed by the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, will be one of the State Department’s largest foreign construction projects to date. To mark the occasion, the State Department plans to display master works by 18 American and Chinese contemporary artists.
