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Modernism Week 2025

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Illuminating Live Presentations, Historic Films, and Experts in Engaging Conversation

Join historians and experts revealing the stories behind the art and archicture of modernism through live talks, presentations, and movies. Learn about the beginnings and legacy of modernism and how it continues its influence today with in-depth explorations of a wide variety of topics. Hear talks discussing the international connections with American architecture and the German Bauhaus arts movement, or today's artists carrying modernism into the future. Take a moment out of the sun at the Annenberg Theater, or a detour to Joshua Tree to explore the historic Joshua Tree Retreat Center featuring the largest collection of Lloyd Wright's work.

Hear the voices and stories that live on today through the places and sights presented by Modernism Week.

2025 Films, Talks, and Presentations Spotlight

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The Palm Springs School: A Symposium

This symposium by Palm Springs Art Museum and Palm Springs Architectural Alliance establishes Palm Springs Desert Modernism as a unique architectural movement. Hear from the experts and see homes on tour.

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Stories Untold: Howard Smith–Rediscovering A Lost Black Modernist

The Stories Untold series continues with Howard Smith, the only Black artist to gain prominence amid post-war Scandinavian Modernism. However, his work is almost entirely unknown in the United States.

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An Evening with the Daughters of Design: Bertoia, Eames, and Saarinen

Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, and Harry Bertoia–three design legends. Enter Susan Saarinen, Carla (Eames) Hartman, and Celia Bertoia. Three descendants of these design icons who continue their legacy.

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