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Out of the Woodwork

Is there anything left to say about George Nakashima and his furniture that hasn’t already been said in his own book (The Soul of a Tree) and in books about him (Nature, Form & Spirit) and in numerous magazine articles and films (Craft in America…

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MOD ARAD

Designer Ron Arad holding the recently released second issue of MODERN after his discussion at the 92nd Street Y last Thursday. The talk was the first in a series, “Dialogues with Design Legends,” which will be held at the Y this fall. Arad—whose…

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Cachaça and Cachet

Espasso, a gallery in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood that specializes in modernist Brazilian design, was the scene of a party on September 15th, held to celebrate the arrival of newly re-issued pieces by Sergio Rodrigues, at 87, the grand old man o…

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LeWitt House in Praiano

By Martin Friedman Although Sol LeWitt never learned to speak Italian because of poor hearing, he could read it and write it. According to his widow, Carol, he studied the conjugation of verbs intensely to avoid using an improper fo…

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Antiques Bookshelf

In July the Museum of Modern Art will publish Gunta Stölzl: Bauhaus Master, a book that offers an intimate look at the art of the modernist designer and weaver. As the title suggests, Stölzl was an influential member of the visionary Bauhaus school

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Postwar Poster Fest

By Darrell HartmanArt of the Modern Movie Poster opens December 3 at Lincoln Center’s Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery. Yes, the main purpose of these splashy broadsheets is (or, in the case of these historical specimens, was) to get butts into theaters….