Art & Museums – Page 151

Can the Arts Be a Way Out? Or In?

Over several days last week in Florence, Italy, experts in the arts met at the Art for Tomorrow conference to talk about the challenges, demands and opportunities they face.

By George Etheredge for The New York Times

Art Cats Lagerfeld, Karl Met Gala Parties (Social) Prostheses

Doja Cat Made a Fashionably Feline Met Gala Debut

One could say she led the evening’s purr-ade of Choupette-inspired looks.

By Anna Grace Lee

Architecture Music Poots, Alex Shed (Manhattan, NY) Sonic Sphere Stockhausen, Karlheinz

The Shed Plans to Bring a Modernist Dream to Life

A spherical concert hall inspired by the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen’s ideas will be suspended in the Shed’s McCourt space.

By Joshua Barone

Architecture Brownstones Carroll Gardens (Brooklyn, NY) Energy Efficiency Home Repairs and Improvements Real Estate and Housing (Residential)

A Brooklyn Brownstone Gets an Aggressive Passive Push into the 21st Century

Updating a Victorian brownstone in Carroll Gardens according to Passive House principles didn’t mean sacrificing the charm.

By Stephen Wallis