Spring 2019
FROM THE EDITOR
Nicole Anderson reflects on MODERN’s decade of design coverage
BEHIND THE NUMBERS
Matthew Kennedy investigates why a Shiro Kuramata cabinet sold for well over its auction estimate
FORM AND FUNCTION
A revamped children’s library in the Bronx, two triennial exhibitions, Paul Kasmin’s new gallery off the High Line, and more
GUEST/HOST
Katherine Lanza takes us on a tour of the historic Wurlitzer Building, now home to The Siren Hotel
GALLERY WALK
Anna Talley on two well-known galleries’ new digs in San Francisco
DESIGN DESTINATION
Ezra Shales leads a tour of modern design and architecture hotspots in Stockholm
ON THE BLOCK
David Sokol returns with another modern home for sale, this time in Palm Springs
CURATOR’S EYE
Museum specialists tell us about some favorite items in their care
SPECIAL SECTION
Celebrating 10 years of design with MODERN
PARTING SHOT
Remembering the life and legacy of Florence Knoll Bassett
The Illusionists
In a new exhibition, the theater stage plays muse to contemporary artists
PAUL CLEMENCE
Boston Goes Bauhaus
Celebrating the Bauhaus at 100 in a city influenced by the experimental design movement
FRANCES BRENT
French Twist
The ebullient and exquisite designs of Frenchman Hubert le Gall finally cross the pond
JUDITH GURA
Taking Flight
Reviving a landmark: The historic TWA terminal reopens as an elegant new hotel
ALAN G. BRAKE
Good Times
The Museum of Modern Art looks back at its Good Design program of the mid-twentieth century
GREGORY CERIO
Don’t Mess with Modern!
A new book surveys nineteen houses across Texas in vivid photography, examining how the local architecture translated the tenets of modernism into its own design vernacular. In an excerpt, we look at a mid-century home in Austin that’s had a sleek, Texas-style refresh.
HELEN THOMPSON