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Jessye Norman’s Life of Artistry

Millions the world over have heard opera superstar Jessye Norman sing, and they have come away richer for the experience. When Norman was named as an Aspen Institute Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, we also heard her speak a bit. Unsurprisingly, everything that came out of her mouth was golden.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

10.03.2019
Arts

A Total Work of Art

The Institute celebrated the centennial of the famed German design school by exploring artist Herbert Bayer’s influence on the Aspen campus—and why it is “a total work of art.”

BY Catherine Lutz

Longform

10.01.2019
Arts

The Resnicks and the Legacy of Herbert Bayer

This year, the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus School of Design, Lynda and Stewart Resnick donated $10 million for a new center on the Institute’s campus in Aspen dedicated to the work of artist Herbert Bayer.

BY Institute Staff

Longform

10.01.2019
Arts

Frank Gehry on Architecture and Movement

When people describe architect Frank Gehry, they often use the adjective “forward-thinking.” It’s impossible to look at his work and not think you’ ...

BY David K Gibson

Blog Post

08.20.2019
Arts

The Legacy of the Bauhaus and the Making of Modern

Experts reflect on the many diverse, divergent, and at times even divisive ways in which the spirit of the Bauhaus lives on 100 years after its inception.

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
Arts

A Bauhaus Legacy: Collaborative Generosity

A conversation with the Aspen Institute’s 2019 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, Edmund de Waal.

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
Arts

Architecture and the Bauhaus

Despite common misperception, architecture was not officially integrated as a part of the Bauhaus curriculum until 1927 when Gropius appointed Hannes Meye ...

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
Arts

How Bauhaus Is It?

The legacies of the Bauhaus, especially in its centennial year, seem limitless—from IKEA to art schools to techno-utopian startups.

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
Arts

Herbert Bayer: The Bauhaus-Aspen Connection

Bernard Jazzar delves into how the Bauhaus legacy lives on in Aspen, CO.

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
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