The term “Brutalism” has nothing to do with the word “brutal,” says the American architecture critic Alexandra Lange, 53. It ...

A broad survey tracing the evolution of interior design across the 20th century, from the Arts and Crafts movement to the ...

What modern is: introduction -- Space opens up -- Staging modernity: the aesthetics of the future -- A new style of life: artifacts of modernity -- At home in the brave new world -- Buildings like ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. “Inside the Design Center,” the Mingei International Museum’s newest ...

Modernism is a 20th-century style roughly defined by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as encompassing “individual design movements that expressed modern ideals in different ways. Technical ...

An exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum highlights the institution's role in the mid-century modern design movement. The exhib "Everything Eventually Connects" closes this weekend in Bloomfield Hills.

Up to 1890--The Foundations of Modernism -- 1890-1910--A New Style for a New Age -- 1910-1930--Classicism and the Universal Vision -- 1930-1950--Modernism : Better Things for Everyday Life -- ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. Theodore Prudon, the founding president of Docomomo US, recently stepped down as the organization’s head. (Robert Meckfessel is the new president.

Midcentury modern - think clean lines, simplicity in design. It was in vogue in the '50s and the '60s. Now it's considered something of an American institution. Jerald Cooper knows a thing or two ...

The Multicultural Modernism of Winold Reiss (1886-1953): (Trans) National Approaches to His Work, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2022. Cover image: Winold Reiss, "Isamu Noguchi" (c. 1929). National Portrait ...

The term “mid-century modern interior design” conjures myriad images: The airy, Richard Neutra-designed Kaufmann House in Palm Springs that blurs the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living; the ...