gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity at MoMA. "...Founded in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the Bauhaus brought together artists, architects, and designers in an extraordinary conversation about the nature of art in the age of technology. Aiming to rethink the very form of modern life, the Bauhaus became the site of a dazzling array of experiments in the visual arts that...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
When the Bauhaus art school opened in 1919, more women applied than men - so why have we never heard of them? Bobbed, geometric haircuts. Chunky jewellery. Vegetarian diets. Saxophone playing. Breathing exercises. Painting. Carving. Snapping with brand new 35mm Leica cameras. Dressing in the artiest handmade clothes. Attending arty parties. Ninety years on from the founding of Walter Gropius 's legendary...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
BERLIN - It's all there: the well-known desk lamps, the original metal tube chairs and models of boxy white buildings. Ninety years after the founding of the Bauhaus school, a new exhibition in Berlin brings together the collections of three museums for the largest celebration ever of the most famous and influential school of avant-garde art and design in the 20th century. The 1,000 objects that are...
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