IN THE MUSEUMS
, gift of Mrs. Dorothy Candela.
tment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Depar
Above Félix Candela, Chapel Lomas de Cuernavaca with falsework, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1958. At Princeton University Art Museum.
EAST
Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing in China
Through May 8, 2009
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
Ateliers Jean Prouvé
212/849-8400,
www.cooperhewitt.org
Through March 30, 2009
Batiste Madalena: Hand-Painted Film Posters
Urban design by the Chinese architectural firm Urbanus.
for the Eastman Theatre, 1924–1928
Elegant Armor: The Art of Jewelry
Through April 6, 2009
Through May 31, 2009
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
212/708-9400,
www.moma.org 212/299-7777,
www.madmuseum.org
The evolution of prefabricated buildings and furniture like the The first major exhibition in MAD’s new building, re-purposed from
Standard chair developed in Jean Prouvé’s ateliers (1901–84) Edward Durell Stone’s famed “Lollipop” building at Columbus Circle,
for industrial production. presents avant-garde jewelry from the 1940s to today.
More than 30 of Madelena’s brilliantly colored silent movie
Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans
posters for the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York.
January 18 – April 26, 2009
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Calder Jewelery
202/737-4215,
www.nga.gov
Through March 1, 2009
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
An exhibition of all 83 photographs from Frank’s 1955–56 book
212/535-7710,
www.metmuseum.com The Americans, in which the photographer famously evoked how
Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and tiaras, many made
Americans of that era felt.
as personal gifts for the artist’s friends and family.
Félix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist
Through February 22, 2009
Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926–1933
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Through February 15, 2009
609/258-3788,
http://artmuseum.princeton.edu
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
212/570-3600,
www.whitney.org The design and construction process of Spanish architect and struc-
A look at the artist’s years in Paris, where he made his first
tural engineer Félix Candela (1910–97), whose thin-shell concrete roof
mobiles and launched his Circus of miniature wire performers.
structures raised engineering to the level of art. A related web-based
exhibition is at
http://mcis2.princeton.edu/candela/index.html.
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