January 23rd–April 18th, 2020 Opening: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 Press + Members Preview: 5:30–6:00 PM Public Reception: 6:00–8:00 PM In 2020, an improbable meeting takes place between a young American architect and an older French architectural historian over a century after they were both at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Julia Morgan (1872–1957) was
Presented as part of State of Tyranny by Theo Deutinger March 29th – May 4th, 2019 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY Tyranny Trail Guided Tour Dates: Saturday, April 13th: 11 am–1 pm 3 pm–5 pm with Ingrid Burrington Friday, April 19th 3 pm–5 pm with John Michael Kilbane Saturday, April 20th 11 am–1 pm
As part of the first edition of the New York Architecture Book Fair, Storefront for Art and Architecture presents Architecture Books – Yet to be Written, an exhibition that invites us to reflect upon the cultural contribution of architecture through the medium of the book from 1982 to today. With an archeological and projective twist, the installation
Marching On: The Politics of Performance explores the legacy of marching and organized forms of performance. African-American marching bands have long been powerful agents of cultural and political expression, celebrating collective identities and asserting rights to public space and visibility. Commissioned by Storefront for Art and Architecture, Bryony Roberts and Mabel O. Wilson collaborate with the Marching Cobras of New York, a Harlem-based after-school drum line
What are the social, environmental, and political consequences of our urban lifestyles? This year, Sex and the City, New York City’s most influential archisocial manifesto, turns twenty. The series, an often prescient telling of the cultural trends that have played out in the two decades since its release, follows the glitz and un-glamour of its four
With Beatriz Colomina, Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe), Mark Linder, Laura McGuire, Carrie Norman, William O’Brian, and Stephen Phillips. In his Manifesto on Tensionism (1925), Frederick Kiesler declared that we must have “NO MORE WALLS,” promoting instead “organic” architecture with an “elasticity of building adequate to the elasticity of living.” Seeking to break down physical and social boundaries in our everyday
Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visible sites of “smart city” experimentation. In response to catastrophic natural disasters, calamitous traffic congestion, and urban health epidemics, the Centro de Operações Rio (COR) was designed as a corrective tool and as a new command and control hub that would allow the city to prepare for
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 7 – 9 pm With Beverly Fre$h, Brian Hubble, Vivian Lee, Tucker Marder, Thom Moran, and Mike Perry Laughter, giggles, grins, and smirks – actions that often originate as spontaneous and instinctive expressions of amusement – create a sense of self-awareness. That which we find funny can be genuinely ground-breaking, changing people’s perspectives by signaling common spaces of understanding.
Cabaret Series: Old Methods For New Wars Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 7:00 - 9:00 pm 97 Kenmare Street, New York #cabaretseries #oldmethodsnewwars @storefrontnyc With A.BANDIT, Madhi Gilbert, Matt Holtzclaw, Wally Ingram, Noah Levine, Prakash Peru, and special guests. We begin the year in a time of heightened crisis, a moment of contradiction
