"What Will Last Beyond Today: John W. Kluge's Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art"; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection; Through December 20

John Kluge’s donation of an extensive collection of Australian aboriginal artworks, presented to the University of Virginia in 1997, was extraordinary. So it makes sense for the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, born from that gift, to pay tribute to the man on the occasion of his 95th birthday. What’s successful about this celebratory exhibition is […]

As Charlottesville jail inmates prepare for release, challenges abound

All of Chris Regan’s new students are wearing laceless shoes.   Adidas sandals, flip-flops, woven plastic slippers. They also wear paper wristbands, like hospital patients, and black-and-white-striped uniforms. It’s the first day of class: 9am on a Tuesday in February. The students slouch in plastic chairs as Regan writes her name on the board. In […]

September 2009: Strong as steel

For most homeowners, “D.I.Y. project” means painting a spare bedroom, maybe putting in a light fixture. For Daniel Kuttner, it meant building a house. From steel. By himself. Daniel Kuttner used 18-gauge steel to build a house in Meadowbrook Heights. He designed the floor plan to be easily modified. “There was an ease to this,” […]