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...gallery, does he make a sound? As Ogden T. Ross ’75 and a room full of fellow art enthusiasts recently learned, the answer is yes—he does.After lively opening remarks by Mexican contemporary artist Pedro Reyes last Thursday, the Carpenter Center’s Sert Gallery reception was thronged with eager attendees, a concerned HUPD officer, and a number of local EMTs. And the aforementioned seesaw? It was the centerpiece of the show.With his installation “ad usum: To Be Used,” Reyes presents a collection of what he calls...
...Robinson, Jr., professor of architecture and urban design, emeritus, at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), died on Sept. 16 at his Cambridge home. He was 92.Soltan first joined the GSD in 1959, when the dean at the time and another illustrious modernist, Josep Lluís Sert, invited him as a visiting critic. Two years later, he was appointed Professor of Architecture. He remained at the GSD in various guises until his death, educating and inspiring countless students with his Le Corbusier-influenced modernist vision and unique teaching style.Gerald M. McCue, John T. Dunlop Professor of Housing Studies Emeritus...
...made his mark criticizing films with a mixture of dry wit, far-far-out metaphors and opinions that sometimes seem designed to surprise and provoke, Elvis Mitchell is startlingly polite. While taking his film class last year, I visited his office hours in the Carpenter Center’s Sert Café. Interrupting our conversation about comic books, he jumped up, crossed the room and opened the door for a shopping-bag-laden stranger...
This exhibit features a multidisciplinary project by Pierre Huyghe that explores Le Corbusier’s vision for the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts. Components include a puppet opera, a temporary architectural extension and a video work based on the puppet opera, which will run continuously in the Sert Gallery. Sponsored in part by the Harvard University Art Museums, VES and GSD. Free and open to the public through April 17th at the Carpenter Center’s Sert Gallery...
This exhibit features a multidisciplinary project by Pierre Huyghe that explores Le Corbusier’s vision for the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts. Components include a puppet opera, a temporary architectural extension, and a video work based on the puppet opera, which will run continuously in the Sert Gallery. Sponsored by the Harvard University Art Museums, VES, and GSD. Free and open to the public through April 17 at the Carpenter Center Sert Gallery...