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Philip Johnson

Mar 14

How Lincoln Kirstein Changed NYC Culture From Behind the Scenes

A Museum of Modern Art exhibition honors Lincoln Kirstein, unveiling how much this original influencer changed the culture of 1930s and '40s New York City.
By Michael Anthony Farley
Jasper John, Three Flags, 1958.
Feb 21

Why People Still Get Worked Up About Jasper Johns’s ‘Flag’ Painting

His flag paintings now fetch hundreds of millions of dollars.
By Jordan Riefe
The Four Seasons dining room and pool.
Jul 27

The World is Ending, and Rich People Are Crying (Literally) Over the Four Seasons

And yet, the restaurant still auctioned off most of its wares for sky-high prices.
By Alanna Martinez
The Four Seasons.
May 26

Four Seasons Furnishings for Sale, Artist Makes the Louvre Disappear

By Alanna Martinez
Julian Niccolini. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)
Oct 9

Julian Niccolini Has a Dubious Plan for the Picasso Replacement at The Four Seasons

By Nate Freeman
Jun 24

Going Up the Country: The Weekend at Bard, the Glass House, Storm King

By Sarah Douglas and Zoë Lescaze
Try not to get blood on your Annabelle Selldorf-deisgned walls, Marina!
Apr 17

Marina Abramović Buys $2.65 M. Glass Box of Her Very Own

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Feb 1

Philip Johnson Glass House Names Henry Urbach Executive Director

By Andrew Russeth
Nov 17

Lipstick Building Needs More Than Cosmetic Surgery

By Laura Kusisto
Dec 11

The Afternoon Wrap: Monday

By Observer Staff
Oct 16

A High Rollers’ Meat Market Only Does It Medium Well

By Moira Hodgson
Rick Perry in a still from his new web video. (YouTube)
Aug 30

Wednesday: Return of the Round-Up! And the End of Stuy Town? (And the Return of Senators’ Ego Brawls!)

By Observer Staff
Jul 20

People In Urban Glass Houses Throw Parties

By Observer Staff
May 3

The Frank Gehry Show

By Observer Staff
Feb 27

Johnson, Gehry, Meier: High-Rise Whores?

By Observer Staff
Nov 9

Fashionable Living

By Observer Staff
Nov 7

Architecture, Power, Gossip: Building Blocks of a Good Read

By Adam Begley
Jun 25

Philip Johnson Is Mad: Of All Tall Towers, Why Pick on Mine?

By Deborah Netburn and Tom McGeveran
May 22

Midtown’s Brasserie Reopens But Where Are the Revelers?

By Moira Hodgson
Feb 1

The 1999 Building Room: Will Manhattan Change Into Tacky Condo Town?

By Kate Kelly
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