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Globe Trotting: Lo' and Behold Canada's Controversial Upside-Down Church

16Nov2011

Photo via HuffPo 'Tis a marker of a very good week when The Huffington Post drops it's list of the "Top 10 Pieces of Folly Architecture in the World." On it is the sculpture above, an upside-down New England-style...

Tags: architecture, Artistry, churches, Dennis Oppenheim, Dwelling, Globe Trotting, public art

Globe Trotting: This one time, in band camp,...

By: Curbed

25Oct2011

This one time, in band camp, in 1995, the artists Christo and Jean-Claude wrapped the German parliament building in 100,000 square meters of fabric. Now folks are trying raise $14M to buy Wrapped Reichstag—photos, drawings, collages, and pi...

Tags: Quicklink, Architecture, Artistry, Berlin, Christo, Germany, Globe Trotting, Jean-Claude, public art, Reichstag

Globe Trotting: These days, Scotland's 13th-century Kelburn Castle...

By: Curbed

31Aug2011

These days, Scotland's 13th-century Kelburn Castle is the subject of much controversy; it was colorfully graffitied by a bunch of Brazilian street artists and not everyone's happy about the new public art. Under the original agreement, the Earl of Gl...

Tags: Quicklink, artistry, castles, controversies, Earl of Glasgow, Globe Trotting, graffiti, public art, Scotland

Outdoors Week: Crazy, Colorful, and Controversial Adventures in Public Art

By: Curbed

22Jun2011

We begin our journey in St. Louis, Mo., where just last year a Brooklyn-based artist named Leeza Meskin wrapped a historic brick house in 800 yards of gold-and-white spandex. Why? To convey the idea that "the house, wrapped in...

Tags: Artistry, Outdoors Week, public art, top