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Salon at the Intersection: Public Art: Should We Value It?

December 16, 2019

Watch this panel discussion between Michele Bogart, Leonardo Drew, Kendal Henry and moderated by Jared Stahler.

Tim Blaquiere

"Surrounded by a living form of art..." Tim Blaquiere of the Nevelson Legacy Council draws the connection between nature, spirituality, and the experience of Nevelson Chapel.

Jared Stahler

Jared Stahler, Pastor at Saint Peter’s Church, shares a deeply personal and profound experience of Nevelson Chapel’s transformative qualities and its ability to awaken a sense of future and hope arising from brokenness. The chapel affirms for him, “religion freed from its narrowness.”

David Diamond

David Diamond, Legacy Council member, speaks of the rare clarity of purpose that is present in Chapel of the Good Shepherd as an artwork. Nevelson’s intention for this work, which Diamond characterizes as different from everything of hers that had come before, is, he says, to provide calm in an unexpected place.

Salon at the Intersection: Art and Architecture

October 2, 2018

The first in a series of salons inspired by Nevelson Chapel, exploring the wide range of disciplines, influences, and expressions of human consciousness that come together and intersect in this utterly unique environment.

ART & ARCHITECTURE PANEL

June 12, 2018

Inaugural event for the restoration campaign for Louise Nevelson's 1977 masterwork Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

Watch this panel discussion between Laurie Wilson, Emily Sottile, Alice Aycock, Jean Shin, and moderated by Brooke Kamin Rapaport.

Emily Sottile

Emily Sottile, Director of the Sacred Space Studio at Evergreene Architectural Arts speaks about the uniqueness of Nevelson Chapel as an actively liturgical sacred space that was intentionally created as a work of modern art.

Laurie Wilson

Laurie Wilson, author of Light and Shadow, Louise Nevelson’s biography, speaks of Nevelson’s transcendent persona, her path to becoming the artist for Saint Peter’s chapel project, and her perspective on creating this spiritual environment.

Brooke Kamin Rapaport

Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Director and Martin Friedman Senior Curator of Mad. Sq Art at Madison Square Park Conservancy in New York City, speaks about Nevelson’s place in the mid-century reimagining of Abstract Expressionist art and its connection to the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

Alice Aycock

Alice Aycock, sculptor and installation artist, speaks of the ways that context of the physical placement of art in a gallery, museum, or church changes the ways we experience it, and yet how they can provide a similar experience due to the transcendent nature of art.

Jean Shin

Jean Shin, sculptor and installation artist, speaks about the experience of the chapel and how that is connected to the intangible nature of spirituality and transformation, much like Nevelson's work.

Salon at the Intersection: Public Art: Should We Value It?

Salon at the Intersection: Art and Architecture

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ARTnet | Art in America
Ceilia Alemani shares recent interests as she prepared for the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale – including Nevelson Chapel.

Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art
”Life, Death, Hereafter” explores angles around the ultimate demise awaiting all organic beings.
Vittoria Benzine

2020

Widewalls
The story of Nevelson Chapel… [a] place of transcendence.
Balasz Takac

Artforum
Nevelson Chapel launched a campaign aimed at raising $6 million to repair and conserve the interior of the 1977 installation.

artnet
Louise Nevelson’s Chapel, a Little-Known New York Gem, Is Launching a $6 Million Fundraising Campaign to Refurbish Its Sculptural Interior.
Sarah Cascone

Le Quotidien de l’Art
Marion Bellal

Linea
Chellis Baird found a kindred spirit in the great iconoclastic sculptor Louise Nevelson.
Chellis Baird

Pregame
Chellis Baird blurs the intersection of painting, sculpture and textiles. She explores the elements of painting by reconstructing handwoven canvases from a unique perspective.
Pregame Magazine

2019

Portland Press Herald
The “Trinity Columns” on loan…while the chapel is restored to preserve one of Nevelson’s most ambitious and distinctive environments.
Bob Keyes

NYC Arts
Philippe de Montebello explores the new MoMA with its director, Glenn Lowry, and then visits Nevelson Chapel. Both midtown gems recently re-opened to the public after extensive renovation.

ARTnews
One of Midtown’s most obscure treasures went back on view last month after the first phase of a restoration project…a tranquil redoubt in a hectic area.
Andrew Russeth

Prattfolio
Pratt practitioners and students help restore Louise Nevelson's New York City landmark.
Clinton Krute

Faith and Form
Louise Nevelson’s Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Saint Peter’s Church...a place of encounter...a living communion.
Judith Dupré

Buildings Magazine
Nevelson Chapel's new lighting to mimic the old to preserve the quality of light and shadows and to create a renewed experience.
Sarah Kloepple

2018

NYC Arts
Video segment including interviews by Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Senior Curator of Madison Square Art at Madison Square Park Conservancy, The Reverend Jared R. Stahler, Associate Pastor Saint Peter’s Church, and Laurie Wilson, Nevelson Biographer.

Interiors + Sources
Exploring how the restoration of Nevelson Chapel maintains the cultural and historical relevance the Chapel.
Kadie Yale

Curbed, NY
Highlighting Nevelson Chapel as an urban respite in New York City.
Allison D. Meier

The Architects Newspaper
Considering Nevelson Chapel’s role as privately owned public space.
Jack Balderrama Morley

Architectural Digest
Featuring the Chapel in the context of artists’ chapels around the world.
Elizabeth Fazzare

Forbes
Discussing the importance of restoring and preserving Nevelson’s masterwork.
Regina Cole

Ozy
Looking at the artist voice that shaped the Chapel.
Thia Reggio

Art Daily
Heralding the awarding of two major gifts to the Chapel restoration.

Archidust
Reporting from India for a global audience, this article provides an overview on the Chapel restoration.

E-architect
For the UK and the world, announcing progress on the Chapel.
Adrian Welch

NYREJ
Highlighting the conservators and architects at work on the Chapel.

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