By Kim Velsey 9/05/12 10:26am

Architecture

Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL. 1904. (The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives/Avery/MoMA)

Frank Lloyd Wright Archive Relocating to NY, Architecture Buffs Rejoice

For Frank Lloyd Wright acolytes, appreciating the architect’s masterpieces has long involved pilgrimages to far-flung locations. There’s always the Guggenheim, of course, but more importantly, there’s Falling Water, the Robie House, Taliesin and Taliesin West. Until recently, even looking at the architect’s papers involved a journey to the latter two locations, in Spring Green, Wis., and Scottsdale, Ariz.

But now Wright’s papers, which have been stored at the two Taliesins since his death in 1959, are moving to New York, in what The New York Times terms an unusual joint partnership between Columbia University’s Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library and the Museum of Modern Art. Read More

By Mario Naves 5/15/06 12:00am

Much Ado About the Morgan: Architecture Celebrates Itself

Damn that Frank Lloyd Wright. That thought flitted through my head as I left the civic dedication of the newly renovated and expanded Morgan Library. Wright had nothing to do with it, of course: The ambitious and accomplished Italian architect Renzo Piano is the one responsible for reconfiguring the beloved institution, which has been much Read More

By Matthew Schuerman 12:00am

Ada Louise Huxtable

The phone in Ada Louise Huxtable’s study rang, and she let the machine pick it up. It was someone asking for a time when she could meet as part of a jury for an architecture award. “I resigned!” she barked back at the machine. She collected herself. “I am tired of having to teach these Read More

By NYO Staff 10/11/04 12:00am

October 6, 2004 – October 13, 2004

Wednesday 6th

Does anyone remember when the subways were able to run even in the event of rain? Could it possibly be, like the Jake Gyllenhaal movie warned us, that the weather is getting worse, or are we just remembering the past through rose-tinted goggles, like when a latte cost less than $4, we Read More

By Hilton Kramer 7/12/04 12:00am

The Critic

The sculpture of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), currently the subject of a somewhat truncated exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, has long been regarded as one of the glories of the modern era. Owing to this distinction, it has also, alas, attracted a good deal of misdirected criticism and fanciful interpretation. Some of this derives Read More

By Ralph Gardner Jr. 1/20/03 12:00am

Crime Blotter

Times Tough at Guggenheim,

But Sidewalk Isn’t for Sale

The Guggenheim Museum may be in the middle of some serious belt-tightening, but that doesn’t mean they’ve gone so far as to rent out ad space on their landmark Frank Lloyd Wright façade or-more to the point-on the sidewalk in front of the building. At Read More

By Hilton Kramer 1/10/00 12:00am

Dow at Spanierman Gallery: Major Show for Minor Guy

There are certain figures in late 19th- and early 20th-century American art whose names are better-known than their work, and Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922)-currently the subject of a large exhibition at the Spanierman Gallery-is one of them. To the extent that his name is remembered today, it is probably owing to the fact that Georgia Read More

By John Heilpern 11/08/99 12:00am

Lepage’s Brave New Theater Previews a Brave New Era

My joy in the revolutionary work of the Québécois genius, Robert Lepage, is no secret. I love him even when he goes wrong. Because he takes big, imaginative risks, because even when he falters, there’s always something that blows your mind.

There’s no one quite like him-and how I wish there were! His happy marriage Read More