The Top 10 Exhibitions of 2017
This year saw an incredible diversity of exhibitions, many of which looked to the past in unconventional ways.
Barbican Exhibit on Japanese Houses Is a Veritable Architectural Playground: This exhibition at the Barbican Gallery highlighted Japanese architects’ thrilling, seemingly impractical, sometimes topsy-turvy experiments with the house. Click for More.
As 2017 draws to a close, we’re looking back at this year’s biggest and best stories: from new buildings to controversies, interiors, products, and beyond. Enjoy the list below, but be sure to find our other “Top 10” lists here as they come online running up to December 31, 2017.
This year saw an incredible diversity of exhibitions, many of which looked to the past in unconventional ways. The Chicago Architecture Biennial challenged participants to “Make New History” while Adam Nathaniel Furman used colorful pottery to evoke the architectural grandeur of Rome. And for each more conventional exhibition—the Met’s delightful look back on Ettore Sottsass, for instance—there was something more idiosyncratic to match, such as BIO 25, Ljubljana’s design biennale.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Is a Urbanist, Marketeer, Horticulturalist, and More, at This MoMA Exhibition: Curator Barry Bergdoll breaks down
Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive and explains why he hopes the show will signal a Wrightian renaissance.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Is a Urbanist, Marketeer, Horticulturalist, and More, at This MoMA Exhibition: Curator Barry Bergdoll breaks down
Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive and explains why he hopes the show will signal a Wrightian renaissance.
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Barbican Exhibit on Japanese Houses Is a Veritable Architectural Playground: This exhibition at the Barbican Gallery highlighted Japanese architects’ thrilling, seemingly impractical, sometimes topsy-turvy experiments with the house.
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Barbican Exhibit on Japanese Houses Is a Veritable Architectural Playground: This exhibition at the Barbican Gallery highlighted Japanese architects’ thrilling, seemingly impractical, sometimes topsy-turvy experiments with the house.
Click for More.
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From Monstrous to Marvelous, “Never Built New York” Showcases NYC’s Unrealized Ambitions: By considering the city's unbuilt skyline, this exhibition at the Queens Museum compels viewers to consider its future.
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From Monstrous to Marvelous, “Never Built New York” Showcases NYC’s Unrealized Ambitions: By considering the city's unbuilt skyline, this exhibition at the Queens Museum compels viewers to consider its future.
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111 Garments that Changed the Course of Modern Fashion, According to MoMA
: From Burberry to the burkini, the museum spotlighted the cultural significance of clothing for the first time in seven decades.
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111 Garments that Changed the Course of Modern Fashion, According to MoMA
: From Burberry to the burkini, the museum spotlighted the cultural significance of clothing for the first time in seven decades.
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The Chicago Architecture Biennial Looks to "Make New History": Catch all of
Metropolis Magazine's coverage of the U.S. largest architectural event
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The Chicago Architecture Biennial Looks to "Make New History": Catch all of
Metropolis Magazine's coverage of the U.S. largest architectural event
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New Exhibition Rediscovers the Overlooked Design Work of Pierre Chareau: The show at the Jewish Museum in New York City rescued the French avant-garde architect and designer from obscurity.
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New Exhibition Rediscovers the Overlooked Design Work of Pierre Chareau: The show at the Jewish Museum in New York City rescued the French avant-garde architect and designer from obscurity.
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RIBA Tells a Tale of Two Londons, or Why Mies Failed and Stirling Prevailed:
Circling the Square at the RIBA dealt closely with the work of two of the 20th century’s most formidable architects: Mies van der Rohe and James Stirling.
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RIBA Tells a Tale of Two Londons, or Why Mies Failed and Stirling Prevailed:
Circling the Square at the RIBA dealt closely with the work of two of the 20th century’s most formidable architects: Mies van der Rohe and James Stirling.
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At BIO 25, Design Mends Political and Cultural Divisions: The latest iteration of BIO, Ljubljana’s design biennale, aimed at the full socialization of design and miraculously succeeds.
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At BIO 25, Design Mends Political and Cultural Divisions: The latest iteration of BIO, Ljubljana’s design biennale, aimed at the full socialization of design and miraculously succeeds.
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Adam Nathaniel Furman Condenses Rome’s Architectural Wonders into Vibrant Ceramics: The designs were hosted at the Sir John Soane's Museum in a newly-opened basement gallery.
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Adam Nathaniel Furman Condenses Rome’s Architectural Wonders into Vibrant Ceramics: The designs were hosted at the Sir John Soane's Museum in a newly-opened basement gallery.
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A Q&A With Met Curator Christian Larsen on Rediscovering Sottsass: Associate curator of Modern Design and Decorative Arts, Christian Larsen, explains why the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to revisit and exhibit the "happy" works of Italian designer Ettore Sottsass.
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A Q&A With Met Curator Christian Larsen on Rediscovering Sottsass: Associate curator of Modern Design and Decorative Arts, Christian Larsen, explains why the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to revisit and exhibit the "happy" works of Italian designer Ettore Sottsass.
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