Screenshot from a video by Meta
William Sarradet and Brandon Zech discuss Meta’s new virtual world and the recently proposed plans to modernize the interior of Notre Dame in Paris.
“That would put the fear of God into you, if you walked into Notre Dame and there was a giant Louise Bourgeois spider looming overhead.”
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This week’s podcast is sponsored in part by the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the museum’s exhibition, Francesca Fuchs: Serious and Slightly Funny Things, which is on view from December 18, 2021 through March 13, 2022. Houston-based artist Francesca Fuchs creates paintings and sculptures about artifacts from our daily lives. Using subtle color and shadow, Fuchs dissolves the distinction between high and low, between personal and public, between what we feel and what we know. AMSET is open 7 days a week and admission is free. For more information, visit amset.org.
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—Artnet News: Art Industry News: As Edgy Artists Enter the Notre Dame Spire Competition, Conservatives Get Nervous + Other Stories
—Artnet News: France Will Rebuild Notre Dame’s Spire as It Was, Scrapping Plans to Top the Fire-Ravaged Cathedral With a Contemporary Design
—Artnet News: Artists Wanted an Experimental New Spire for Notre Dame. The French Senate Has Now Made Sure That Will Never Happen
—The Art Newspaper: Catholic church’s proposed redesign of Notre Dame interior provokes outrage
—Artnet News: Critics Say New Church-Approved Plans for Notre-Dame Will Make the Place Look Like Disneyland
—France24: France approves controversial Notre-Dame redesign
—NY Times: Modernization of Notre-Dame Interior Gets Green Light
—Smithsonian Magazine: France Approves Controversial Plan to Renovate Notre-Dame Cathedral
—Hyperallergic: France Approves a Controversial, Modernized Renovation Plan for Notre-Dame’s Interior
—Artnet News: French Heritage Experts Have Approved Controversial Notre-Dame Plans That Critics Say Will ‘Distort’ the Famed Cathedral
—ARTnews: Controversial Plans to Modernize Notre-Dame Move Forward
