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A Bigger Bauhaus

The Bauhaus is known for a handful of famous men, but over one third of its 1,250 members were women.

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
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Ten Things to Know About the Bauhaus: Opening Dinner and Discussion Part 2

Barry Bergdoll and Leah Dickerman discuss ten key principles for understanding what the Bauhaus was—and was not—and why it has continued to be so important to modern culture.

BY Aspen Society

Video

08.19.2019
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Toni Morrison's Ideas for Writers and Readers

How should we remember Toni Morrison? The celebrated writer pondered her own legacy at the first Aspen Ideas Festival in 2005.

BY Institute Staff

Blog Post

08.06.2019
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The Bauhaus Movement and Aspen’s “Buildings-in-Exile”

Opening remarks at the Institute’s Bauhaus: The Making of Modern event.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

08.04.2019
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“Our Spaces Create Us”

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered remarks at the 2019 Summer Celebration Dinner honoring Frank Gehry on August 3, 2019 in Aspen, ...

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

08.03.2019
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Introduction: Summer Celebration Conversation Honoring Frank Gehry

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield introduced the 2019 Summer Celebration Conversation featuring architect Frank Gehry on August 3, 2019 in ...

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

08.03.2019
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A Total Work of Art: Bauhaus-Bayer Aspen

The exhibition features 28 of Bayer's most dynamic compositions.

BY Bernard Jazzar

Blog Post

07.30.2019
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Bauhaus 1919-1928

June 2019 - May 2020

In the Paepcke Gallery, Bernard Jazzar, curator of the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Collection, examines the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) 1938 exhibition entitled Bauhaus 1919-1928. Although not the first presentation of Bauhaus material in the United States, it was the most extensive and most significant and a true example of Herbert Bayer’s innovative exhibit design. The enlarged photographs presented in the gallery, provided by MoMA, give a general impression of the exhibition and insight into Bayer’s unusual approach to exhibition design.

BY Bernard Jazzar

Blog Post

07.30.2019
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Creative Tensions: The Redesign of Dialogue with Fred Dust

Fred Dust is a former Senior Partner and Global Managing Director for the design firm IDEO. Dust is currently working on a book on creativity, design and dialogue which will be released by Harper Collins in the Spring of 2020 and shares his ideas on how to re-write the rules on how to have creative and effective dialogue.

BY Aspen Society

Video

07.11.2019
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