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...imperfect, unpredictable and incomplete, wabi-sabi is a much more forgiving style than its predecessor. Wabi-sabi is a catchall term for a 16th century Japanese discipline that combines the notions of wabi (things that are simple or humble) and sabi(things that gain beauty from age). Artist and architect Leonard Koren introduced the term to Americans a decade ago with his extended essay, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. But only recently have people begun to apply the term and philosophy to interior decorating. Several new books are leading the charge. Andrew Juniper's Wabi Sabi...
...feet are still, usually, properly balanced over his skis. And overall this season, especially in the high-speed, less technical events, Miller is staying on course and in control. Coaches credit his talent for recovering from hopeless situations. Miller has always been what some commentators call a "recovery artist," a skier who can pull himself back from the brink by sheer athletic ability. In early January at the Adelboden race in Switzerland, he skipped the warm-up run, lost his pole a quarter of the way down on his first run, nearly crashed at the bottom, and still finished just...
...Islamic Art. Many are appearing for the first time outside Turkey, including a set of drawings commonly attributed to "Mohammad of the Black Pen." These kinetic images depicting nomads, Sufi dervishes and demons and dating from 14th and 15th century Central Asia are not, in fact, by a single artist. They "must be the earliest surviving examples in the Turkic world of pictures made for display during recitals of stories," says Filiz Çagman, one of the show's curators and director of the Topkapi Palace Museum. Among several stunning carpets in the exhibition is a beautifully preserved woolen...
...mostly self-taught artist, Hornschemeier, 27, says that when he was growing up in his hometown of Georgetown, Ohio, his access to comics was limited to what he could find at the county fair and in dentists' offices. As "the kid in school who could draw," he had ambitions of creating superhero comics until, he says, "my stories were getting much less superhero-y and much more about a guy sitting in his bedroom wondering what he's going to do for the day." He had never read comics that explored personal issues, so he gave up on the idea...
...city with some of the world's greatest art museums: the Prado, the Thyssen, the Reina Sofia. But the Spanish capital may not spring so quickly to mind if what you want to see is a five-screen video installation featuring thousands of tropical moths by award-winning Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman. For those in the know, however, Madrid annually becomes the destination for those seeking bold, original, even groundbreaking art. From Feb. 10-14, the city is home to the International Contemporary Art Fair, or ARCO, with new works from 290 galleries in 35 countries. "What makes this fair...