1932年，15岁的少年贝聿铭骑着自行车去看由匈牙利建筑师邬达克设计、正在施工中的上海国际饭店，思索其结构造型的逻辑，“我被它的高度深深吸引，从那一刻起，我开始想成为一名建筑师”。 启发了日后现代主义大师的邬达克，更因芝加哥论坛报大厦的竖直 ...

Art Deco wasn’t invented at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, but it was announced to the world there. In this photograph taken on October 25, ...

“Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves),” c. 1931, by Tamara de Lempicka. Credit: © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN ...

When the descriptor “art deco” is used in an architectural context, images of gilded entrances, decorative metal flourishes, and sleek expressions come to mind. Think of the Empire State Building or ...

Paris birthed Art Deco long before the world had a name for it. The 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes established the city as the movement’s epicenter, shaping ...

On the last Tuesday of each month, Matias Bombal heads over to the Orinda Theatre and does what he was born to do: entertain Contra Costa County theatergoers like it’s 1941. In an attempt to make the ...

Sarasota Art Museum’s “Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration” marks the movement’s centennial with 100 Deco posters. It’s easy to view these lithographs through nostalgia’s rose-colored glasses.

The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, Radio City Music Hall. One thing these iconic New York buildings all have in common: They’re all built in the art deco style, which is characterized ...

On the last Tuesday of each month, Matias Bombal heads over to the Orinda Theatre and does what he was born to do: entertain Contra Costa County theatergoers like it’s 1941. A whimsical last-minute ...

As part of our ongoing Art Deco Centenary series, Dezeen rounds up 15 of the most noteworthy US examples of art deco architecture, from New York skyscrapers to an Oklahoma church. After fully emerging ...

To close out the anniversary celebration of its 20th year, the Frist Art Museum will take an in-depth look back at the era of its own building with the exhibition “American Art Deco: Designing for the ...