Summer 2015
BEHIND THE NUMBERS
Matthew Kennedy discusses the recent soaring sale of an Axel Salto sculpture
FORM AND FUNCTION
We look at the worlds of architecture, public art, craft, and design; we visit museum exhibitions and galleries on the move
BACK STORY
The longtime dealer and gallerist Mark McDonald reveals the history behind three extraordinary Tapio Wirkkala leaf platters he acquired over the years
STUDIO TOUR
Leen Creve visits the home and studio of Belgium’s up-and-coming design firm Muller Van Severen
GRADING SYSTEM
Troy Seidman evaluates (and gives a report card to) works by the Austrian-born Josef Frank
FIRST PERSON
Filmmaker and author Jake Gorst looks back on the life and work of his grandfather, the architect Andrew Michael Geller
DESIGNER PROFILE
In the centennial year of Harry Bertoia’s birth, Elizabeth Hamilton looks at an important Cranbrook exhibition of his jewelry
POINT OF VIEW
Collector and MODERN columnist Al Eiber discusses the imaginative and daringly whimsical work of the twentieth-century Parisian Yonel Lebovici
UP CLOSE
The child of pioneer Philadelphia gallerists, Evan Snyderman of R & Company was truly born into the business. Brook S. Mason explores his life and career so far
BOOKSHELF
Danielle Devine looks at a new book on Italian fashion since World War II
CURATOR’S EYE
Museum professionals discuss favorite pieces under their care
PARTING SHOT
Terence Riley discusses Japan’s Teshima Art Museum by Ryue Nishizawa and Rei Naito
RUY OHTAKE: BRAZIL’S LIVING ARCHITECTURAL LEGEND
One of Brazil’s foremost living architects is bold and venturesome-unafraid of daring expressions of form or color
PAUL CLEMENCE
PATHMAKERS: WOMEN IN ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN, MIDCENTURY AND TODAY
A new exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York probes the less-celebrated contributions of women in craft and design
JENNIFER SCANLAN
“THE LAND IS THE BEGINNING”: THE ARCHITECTURAL LIVES OF JOHN H. HOWE
The Midwestern architect John Howe had two distinct careers, first as the foremost draftsman of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work and then as a designer in his own right
JANE KING HESSION
C STANDS FOR CADWALLADER
A look at the fascinating and influential career of Bobby Cadwallader, who was marketing director and then president of Knoll in the 1960s and 1970s
KEVIN KEIM
ART DECO UNBOUND
We excerpt the massive and deeply researched book on American art deco furniture completed by the design dealer just before his unexpected death earlier this year
RIC EMMETT
ROOMS WITH A VIEW
Marjan Ertefai found her calling in design, which shows in the house she renovated and furnished in a remote section of France
JENNIFER FLORENCE