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In the finale of our series on Sigfried Giedion, we discussed the bait-and-switch coda of the book, where Giedion unexpectedly addresses questions of urbanism and town planning, via Haussmanisation, designs for Lyon by Tony Garnier, the Garden City movement, slab block modernism ...  عرض المزيد

Some clips from our Patreon bonus episodes on Sigfried Gideion's 'Mechanisation Takes Command'.

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Venice-- it's the most serene and beautiful city in Italy, and possibly the whole world. But Venice at night-- all darkened and quiet-- takes up the most space in my imagination. I seriously love the depictions of Venice as enigmatic, shadowy, and even dangerous. Without cars or ...  عرض المزيد

Welcome to the Earful Tower, the podcast that explores the hidden gems and secret spots of Paris. In this episode, the season finale, the whole team is on a private boat on the Seine River sharing our favourite secrets.  The boat: Corto from Le Bateau Francais. Secrets from Earfu ...  عرض المزيد

Season 2 of the My Modern Met Top Artist podcast wraps up by chatting with acclaimed sculptor Lorenzo Quinn. Art historian Jessica Stewart speaks with Quinn about growing up with a famous father, how he gets inspiration for his monumental sculptures, and why he began sculpting ha ...  عرض المزيد

On this episode, Jerry and Matt explore the actively underway corporatization & professionalization of the art industry and follow that up with questions related to the apparent artist class structure, and we try to suss out the answer to “Who is the author of an abstract ...