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This is the George Nakashima House and Studio, a collection of 21 highly experimental buildings by Japanese-American woodworker and designer George Nakashima. Nakashima blended Japanese craft traditions with a midcentury modernist sensibility in his design. https://t.co/3xlfawxXdU

Have a laugh, it's #AprilFoolsDay! 😄 We owe this joyful enactment of "Pierrot"—a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte—to Charles Duburau, the son of the famous mime Jean-Gaspard Baptiste Duburau. Learn more: https://t.co/mt3nRJYfYl https://t.co/cEHVySiN7q

The Victoria and Albert Museum has backtracked on plans to restructure its curatorial departments https://t.co/dKW2xMkwWE @V_and_A

Japanese artist Shota Nakamura cannily depicts what it's like to dream. See images from a new show at Peres Projects: https://t.co/GqKR2eU6Gk https://t.co/GXu76uamel

Our friends at the Chicago Botanic Garden will have their 50th anniversary in 2022 and just announced an open call for sculptures, installations, and experiences to help celebrate. Find more opportunities (grants, residencies, etc.) for artists this month: https://t.co/1u6Ake3Ogt

NYC educators 📣 Build community, develop your professional capacity, and impact student learning through The Met Professional Learning Community. Active NYC teachers working in a Title I or District 75 public school can apply by April 26. Learn more → https://t.co/HfD6M2w5FN https://t.co/q2N8g9kXlY

Excited to share 💞’Coloured Fire’💞the online exhibition I guest curated for the_arts_of_life at circlecontemporary featuring works by ross_ho 🕟 Laurence M. 💜 Debra Johnson 🔥 Here, embodied elements become the source material for creation sparking forms clothed in the living light of other worlds 💫 🔗 in stories + was a treat to work on this with my pal vcentu Images — 1. Amanda Ross-Ho ‘Study for Untitled Timepiece (PRIORITY ACCESS/BRUTAL ACTS)’, 2016-2021 Acrylic, gouache, coffee, wine, olive oil, ink, graphite, ball point pen (black) ball point pen (red), ball point pen (blue) on vintage paper clock dial 13” X 13” 2. Lawrence M. ‘Shapes’ 2019 Collage and acrylic on canvas board 11” X 14” 3. Debra Johnson ‘Red’ 2020 Watercolor on paper 5” X 7” #ArtsOfLife #CircleContemporary #AmandaRossHo #DebraJohnson #LawrenceM #ColouredFire

Will NFTs save Murakami's business? After declaring his business on the brink of bankruptcy, Takashi Murakami is auctioning a collection of smiley-flower NFTs: https://t.co/S6KjyT0MUb https://t.co/7wlLJZGaSY

Nakashima was also known for his cantilever chair, the first of its kind shaped entirely out of wood. Look at this beauty: https://t.co/t2GG56fuL3

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London (V&A) has backtracked on plans to restructure its curatorial departments after critics warned of a culling of expertise at the institution https://t.co/dHC5paZCRX

Listen to the isolated vocals of George Harrison and Paul McCartney in The Beatles hit song, “Something.” https://t.co/q1MrnPFWXV

Nakashima carefully inspected his materials and preferred to work with slabs of wood that sometimes contained imperfections. He cherished flawed pieces and used them for their visual quality and as a reminder that nothing is ever perfect. https://t.co/X0SkogPsKZ

Artists stage sit-ins to protest South Africa's mismanagement of pandemic aid for the culture sector: https://t.co/JfJqmyMVEh https://t.co/83LsOkztmj

New Zealand has passed a law guaranteeing three days paid leave for couples grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth. https://t.co/m0Hd2zehLj

With an eye toward expanding its digital and NFT offerings, Pace Gallery has hired Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle as its first online sales director https://t.co/bOZ2v5S1yq