Other Art Deco Events
2010
- Opens October 2010: "Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s"
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National Building Museum, 401 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001
http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/upcoming-exhibitions.html
This National Building Museum exhibition will explore the popularization of modernism and the association between design, technology, and industry at the fairs between 1933–1940. Nearly 100 million Americans witnessed visions of a brighter future at six world's fairs across the nation.
- Opened August 4, 2009: Masterpieces of French Art Deco
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave, NY, NY 10028
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/index.asp
The largest exhibition of works from the Met's extensive holdings in French Art Deco fills a large gallery with nearly 150 examples of art, furniture, wallpaper, and decorative objects. The exhibit includes Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Jacques Dunand, and Jean Puiforcat. The Met has been collecting in this area since the 1920s when pieces were acquired from the designers in Paris. Ongoing.
- September 19 - October 1: Art Deco Tour of Poland
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Poland
http://polishmuseumofamerica.org/v4/EnglishVersion/PMAHomeNewsRelease.htm#deco
Join the Polish Museum of America on an Art Deco Tour of Poland from September 19–October 1, 2010. On this 15-day tour we will visit Gdynia, Warsaw, Katowice, Bielsko-Biala, Krakow, Zamosc, Baranow Sandomierski and Stalowa Wola.
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Created Saturday, September 27, 1997; Modified Wednesday, September 01, 2010.