Spring 2019

DEPARTMENTS


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

FEATURES


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