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Cj Hendry brings more than 100,000 plush flowers to Roosevelt Island, then Brooklyn.
Cj Hendry’s Flower Market installation on Roosevelt Island in New York City surrounds visitors with 100,000 handcrafted plush flowers staged inside a massive greenhouse. The exhibition is realized in collaboration with Clé de Peau Beauté and is inspired by the Roosevelt family, Ralph Waldo Emmerson’s poetry, and Louis Kahn’s original vision for Four Freedoms State Park. Visitors are even encouraged to take home a plush blossom of their own. On the eve of its final day, however, Hendry revealed that the exhibition was forced to vacate Roosevelt Island and relocated to Industry City, instead.
Trahan Architects wraps up almost 20 years of renovations to New Orleans’ Superdome.
Trahan Architects has completed a major interior renovation of New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome, a project that began after Hurricane Katrina. The upgrade modernized the stadium with expanded circulation spaces, new lounges, and additional seating, while maintaining its aluminum facade and addressing accessibility and ventilation needs. The changes are expected to extend the Superdome’s life by 25 years.
More than 200 local artists will be exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum’s borough survey.
The Brooklyn Museum’s “Brooklyn Artists Exhibition” showcases 216 emerging and established artists, all of whom work from the museum’s home borough. The show spans various mediums and themes, from identity and memory to global migration, as seen through the works of Nicole Eisenman, Narcissister, Jasmine Clark, and more.
Philadelphia’s 76ers and their fans may soon receive a new stadium in Camden, NJ.
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has revealed renderings for a potential Philadelphia 76ers stadium on Camden’s waterfront, offering the basketball team considerable tax incentives to relocate. The proposal, which is portrayed through renderings from an unnamed architecture firm, follows opposition to the 76ers’ controversial $1.3 billion arena plan in Philadelphia’s Chinatown.
Banksy’s Girl With Balloon gets stolen from a West London gallery, then recovered.
Two men have been charged with stealing a Banksy print, Girl With Balloon, from West London’s Grove Gallery. Authorities swiftly recovered the artwork, which is valued at $350,000 and will now be displayed in its police evidence bag with increased security.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Vannessa Friedman spells out the power of wearing head-to-toe black.
For more than 35 years, a 690-mile American yard sale has endured.
Scandal! Goldfish may soon come with a nutritional warning label.
The Macallan comes out swinging with an 84-year-old, $190,000 whisky.
