As a result of delays caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Museum of Arts and Design will postpone the opening for its upcoming exhibition, The Art of Scent 1889-2012. Originally slated to open on Tuesday, November 13th, the exhibition will now open on Tuesday, November 20th…
Expensive stuff that smells more or less like perfume
Artists can draw or paint or snap pictures—or make films and videos and installations—that talk, directly and with force, about almost anything that humans can think about. Artists can go for the wildly scatological or the emphatically political; they can craft experiences that work below the belt or speak to our most abstract mental capacities; they can please, but they can also enrage or disgust. Whereas most perfumers make expensive stuff that smells more or less like perfume.
— Art critic Blake Gopnik, from NY Museum Stages First ‘Scent’ Exhibit at the Daily Beast, a long discussion of Chandler Burr's upcoming exhibit, The Art of Scent at The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. The exhibit opens a week from Tuesday.
The Art of Scent at Museum of Arts and Design ~ upcoming exhibit in New York City
The Museum of Arts and Design will host The Art of Scent: 1889-2012, an exhibit curated by Chandler Burr, starting in November of this year.
The Art of Scent, 1889-2012, is the first museum exhibition dedicated to exploring the design and aesthetics of olfactory art through twelve pivotal fragrances…
March of the sailors ~ Le Male event in San Francisco
Jean Paul Gaultier “Le Mâle March of the Sailors” takes place today through Sunday in San Francisco:
In honor of the opening of the Exhibit “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier – From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” at the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums: De Young…
A ripe banana layered with the feral odor of a monkey
Art lovers who wander into Dillon Gallery in Chelsea this week will have virtually nothing to look at, but plenty to smell—from a freshly grated lemon peel, to a musty cave, to a ripe banana layered with the feral odor of a ... monkey.
— From What's That Smell? A Fragrant Downtown Exhibit Makes the Case for Scent Art at the Wall Street Journal. The exhibit features "scent sculptures" by perfumer Christophe Laudamiel; you can find more details at the Dillon Gallery website.