May 6
11:30 AM
– 1:00 PM
Foundation Conversations: Barnstone and Johnson with Stephen Fox
Houston architect Howard Barnstone, author of The Galveston That Was (1966), and the New York architect Philip Johnson, one of the trendsetters of U.S. architecture during the second half of the twentieth century, worked together intermittently from the 1950s to the 1980s. This talk will examine their overlapping careers, their architectural collaborations, and their shared patrons, the Houston art collectors and philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil. It will focus on the problematic of history in twentieth-century modern architectural debate and Galveston’s surprise interjection into that debate.
You are welcome to bring your own lunch to enjoy. Lunch will not be provided.
1859 Ashton Villa
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