The experimental spirit of the Judson Dance Theater transformed art forever.
Late Modernism and Post-Modernism
Gordon Matta-Clark’s interventions explored modernist architecture and urban decay.
Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting
This Cold War icon was much more than just a barrier between East and West.
The Berlin Wall as a political symbol
The cantilevered facade of Breuer’s sculptural building reflects his “Cesca” chair from his Bauhaus days.
Breuer, The Whitney Museum of American Art ...
Inheritor of an ancient concrete tradition, Hadid bring 20th-century utopianism to her Rome museum design.
Zaha Hadid, MAXXI National Museum of XXI ...
A powerful accumulation of names is inscribed on slabs of reflective stone that cuts into the earth on the Mall.
Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
This “miraculous” building brought art, prestige, and economic prosperity to a struggling port city.
Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Bilbao
Modern architecture had its time in the sun, Venturi argued, but it was time to move on… to the “decorated shed.”
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