This Week in Art: 12.12-12.18

Maya Lin's Novartis building at 181 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge. Photo by Iwan Baan for the Boston Globe.

Maya Lin’s Novartis building at 181 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge. Photo by Iwan Baan for the Boston Globe.

This week was all about design for Art21 artists. Jeff Koons designed a snowboard to raise money for the Chill Foundation, and Maya Lin’s latest architectural feat in Cambridge was featured in the Boston Globe. Unveiled last year, the building was designed for the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, and features an exterior of interlocking granite blocks and a double-height atrium paneled in grey elm wood.

In other news:


Events & exhibitions

NYC

  • Thursday, December 15 | 6:30-8pm—The Metropolitan is hosting “An Evening with Kerry James Marshall” in conjunction with the artist’s retrospective, Mastry, on view at the Met Breuer through January 29.

London

Amsterdam

Abu Dhabi


It’s impossible to include all the incredible exhibitions and art events happening this week in a single post. If there’s something you feel should have been included in today’s roundup, leave a comment below!