Who doesn’t love the kinetic, colorful, and cheering art of Alexander Calder? Images of his home and studio in the surrounds of the french countyside speak of a life charmingly led. (via the nicely nice Nick Haus)

Not in the least bucolic is the very speedy 1975 bmw 3.0 skinned by Calder for his racing friend Hervé Poulain. Debuting at the Le Mans 24-hour race this first bmw art car was remarkable for how Calder’s design broke the form of the car and transformed something fabricated by others into a work that was entirely his. // We heart Sandy. //

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Argentina-based design and architecture office Normal™ explores the extraordinary potential of ordinary objects in their site-specific Tender installations. Based on the ready-made, the installations feature clothespins repeated en masse to create a uniquely beautiful relationship with their spaces. See and read more at Yatzer.

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Anish Kapoor’s Memory at the Guggenheim. 24 tons of core ten steel revealed only in fragments from vantages within the gallery. Extraordinary.

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Wow wow wow. The catalogue of works by Michael Johansson is impressive. (via NOTCOT.)

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Art construction from Megan Pahmier. Better than beautiful; perfect. Find further perfection of the simple at Kindling, a collaboration with her brother, also a maker.

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Occasionally you see something so incredibly beautiful and resonating that it simultaneously breaks your heart and pastes it back together again within the same moment. This is that something. Spaghetti bench from Argentina-born, Paris-dwelling artist and designer Pablo Reinoso. Gorgeous.

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Came upon Kevin Cyr’s portfolio while looking through pages built with Indexhibit.

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Organ Tools

A tool chest made by a gentleman named Studley in the 1800s. He was an organ and piano-maker and obviously a phenomenal carpenter. Seeing this incredible tool chest reminded me of a more contemporary work by artist Tom Sachs. His piece is called “Hardcore.” It’s a really crude-yet-astonishingly-wonderful cabinet of weapons that are also made by Tom Sachs. They are all constructed from common plumbing supplies and general hardware store materials. My understanding of the story is that the NYC police had a program by which they would collect weapons at precincts, no questions asked, and give something like $75 for each weapon turned in. Tom Sachs and company were making these crude guns out of scrap and turning them in for cash.

(Interesting to note that Tom Sachs has tried his hand at piano-making with a piece called the Bösendorfer. I had a chance to play this with Mr. Peter at the Sperone Westwater gallery in NYC and it’s really incredible! I think it’s made out of road barriers and plywood.)

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KG Nilson: The Hours

KG Nilson: In the Sea

KG Nilson: Les Cravates

KG Nilson: Time and Greenery

KG Nilson: Ski Track

The silk screen work of Scandinavian artist KG Nilson.

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