From November 12th through the 14th, a newly formed Architecture Sarasota will celebrate the work of Philip Hanson Hiss. He’s slated to be the major focus of Sarasota Mod Weekend. Architecture Sarasota is a new entity, created when the Sarasota Architecture Foundation and the Center for Architecture...
Museum exhibitions and symposiums on Michigan’s modernist legacy weren’t enough to educate the world, Brian Conway concluded a few years back. No, the Michigan historic preservation officer reasoned, a book on the state’s modern automotive and furniture industries, its educational institutions...
Before he became known as America’s most famous artist in the 1930s, Thomas Hart Benton was painting backdrops for film makers. In Fort Lee, N.J., known now as the first Hollywood. That’s right: Between 1913 and 1917, Benton was watching and assisting film directors as they told their stories...
