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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Design from 1945 to the Present at MIA

The Minneapolis Institute of The Arts (MIA) is showing an exhibit on modern design through September 11, featuring design and designers from the post-World War II era to the present. From the museum: American and European designers over the last six…

Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940

News from the Portland Museum of Art – In the first half of the 20th century a small group of American modernists chose to summer in the mid-coast communities south of Bath, in a region that was then known as…

Methods for Modernism: Form and Color in American Art, 1900 to 1925

Methods for Modernism, on view through July 3, 2010, at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, tackles American participation in European modernism and the tricky navigation required to incorporate new technical and methodological theory through indigenous traditions. In many ways,…

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913 – 1917

1913 to 1917 was a momentous and inventive period for Matisse. Yet, those years have been understudied. Until now. The Art Institute of Chicago brings new scholarship and research to light in Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917. Full exploration of some…

Herboth on “The Bauhaus at MOMA”

Not surprisingly, MOMA’s recently opened exhibition Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity has generated a considerable amount of press interest. For one, it is the first comprehensive showing of material from the school at MOMA since 1938. I’ve already posted links…

Julius Shulman, Modernism Rediscovered, 3 Volumes

Photographer Julius Shulman was instrumental in crafting the vision of modernism in Southern California. His work combined the architectural detail of a place, along with natural surroundings, and never forgot the role of the inhabitant. Opening his archives, Julius Shulman,…

Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England

Playing a key roll in establishing an American identity in the early 20th Centuries, Art Colonies through Connecticut and Maine inspired artists from George Bellows to Edward Hopper. In towns like Old Lyme, CT, artists gathered to escape the summer…

Los Angeles Modernism Sale

If you live in Southern California and modernism is your thing, head out to Santa Monica Civic Auditorium this weekend. The Los Angeles Modernism Sale brings together 90 dealers in 20th-century art and furniture from across the United States and…

Indiana Modern

Across the United States, gems of modernist design are hidden in plain site of both general public and arts world. One house, the Miller in Columbus, Indiana, is receiving renewed attention. Antiques Magazines shines a spotlight on the home –…

Le Corbusier at the Barbican

Michael Kimmelman’s review of the Le Corbusier exhibition stop in London (from today’s NYT) focuses on Britain’s admiration for an architect that never produced a building on its soil. Visitation and interest come against periods of time where the brutalist,…

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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Design from 1945 to the Present at MIA

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900–1940

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Methods for Modernism: Form and Color in American Art, 1900 to 1925

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913 – 1917

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Herboth on “The Bauhaus at MOMA”

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Julius Shulman, Modernism Rediscovered, 3 Volumes

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Los Angeles Modernism Sale

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Indiana Modern

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Le Corbusier at the Barbican