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At the Met–A Review of the First Ever Poussin Show to Focus on Landscapes

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions – Art – Review – New York Times Annotated The wall labels in “Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions” at the Metropolitan Museum, one of the first major Poussin shows since the 1994 Paris Grand Palais survey and the first ever to focus on landscapes, read like mash notes, with paintings [...]

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Tags: Art · Europe · Museums · New York NY

The Right Price Put Piet in Place in Battery Park

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal Online – Leisure & Arts Annotated Warrie Price is a tireless advocate for Battery Park and its 23 acres of historic waterfront land with stunning views of the Harbor and Statue of Liberty. Betsy Barlow, then president of the Central Park Conservancy, suggested that Warrie replicate the private-public partnership model so [...]

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Tags: Landscape Inspiration · New York NY · Parks · Public Gardens

If It’s Not Lit You Don’t See It: Fireflies Illuminate Piet’s Battery Bosque

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

TILLETT LIGHTING DESIGN INC. :: THE BATTERY BOSQUE       The Battery Bosque New York, New York (In our 20′s, Linnea and I were in summer theater together.) Top Honor Award 2006, The Waterfront Center. Honor Award 2006, American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter Piet Oudolf, garden designer The Saratoga Associates, landscape [...]

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Tags: Landscape Inspiration · New York NY · Parks · Public Gardens

Coming to the High Line: Shall We Adopt Piet As Native?

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

A Landscape in Winter, Dying Heroically – New York Times Annotated   Multimedia Slide Show Artfully Planned Decay Piet Oudolf “The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.” For Mr. Oudolf, in fact, the real test of a well-composed garden is not how nicely it blooms but how beautifully it [...]

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Tags: Design philosophy · Europe · Naturalistic · New York NY · Public Gardens · The New York Times · Winter

Poussin Landscapes at the Met

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Special Exhibitions: Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions Annotated   Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions February 12, 2008–May 11, 2008   French master Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) painted some of the most influential landscapes in Western art.   This will be the first exhibition to examine the landscapes of this great [...]

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Tags: Art · Europe · Landscape Inspiration · Museums · New York NY