Furniture, metalwork, ceramics, drawings and photographs will transform the second floor of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum into early 20th century Paris in two parallel and complementary ...

Who was Hector Guimard? The all-but-forgotten French architect and industrial designer (1867–1942) is responsible for the instantly recognizable entrances Art Nouveau entrances to the Paris Métro, ...

This might make you do a double take. It looks like an entrance to the Paris Metro, but it’s located right in New York City, in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art. Guimard was an Art Nouveau ...

On May 21, 1925 Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum was founded. Exactly 100 years later to the day, Die Neue Sammlung presents itself with an exhibition of 100 objects.

Co-organized by Cooper Hewitt and the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, this exhibition invites a new understanding of France’s most famous art nouveau architect, Hector Guimard (1867–1942).

Two separate shows look at civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois at the 1900 World’s Fair, and the luxe style of French architect and designer Hector Guimard NEW YORK — Who wouldn’t want to have been in ...

In 1900, Paris hosted its first Olympic games. It had been the second city to host them after the first Olympics in Athens. It was also the year of the Exposition Universelle, where the city would ...

Historians have never quite decided what to make of Art Nouveau. Was it a "progressive" movement? Did its cast of eccentric illustrators, architects and furniture designers "shed the clothing of an ...

If you’re lucky enough to be in Chicago between now and Nov. 5, don’t miss “Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism” at the jewel-like Richard H. Driehaus Museum, housed in a 19 th-century mansion ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...