Episode 31 | The Bauhaus Episode

Art historian Lisa Saltzman discusses Walter Benjamin’s final days in Paris before his suicide in 1940 and the network of intellectuals who saved his most prized possessions from World War II, including the Paul Klee drawing that inspired one of his most famous and trenchant text ...  Show more

Helen speaks to Rachel Hunter Himes, author of the essay “Black Block” in Triple Canopy, about the long history of black artists underserved by white critics, museums’ moral and political responsibility to the public, and more. Rachel Hunter Himes is an art writer, museum educato ...  Show more

Kennt Ihr den Begriff „Bauhaus“? Wir benutzen diesen Begriff in Deutschland gerne für moderne Architektur. Also zum Beispiel für rechteckige Häuser mit großen Fenstern, ohne Giebeldach. Also ohne spitzes Dach. Für klare Konturen, ohne Schnörkel. Ohne Kitsch. Aber was steckt wirkl ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bauhaus which began in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, as a school for arts and crafts combined, and went on to be famous around the world. Under its first director, Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus moved to Dessau and extended its range to architecture an ...  Show more

Karl Lagerfeld reinvented the role of designer as a creative director, rather than just an in-house couturier. That model, which is standard today, came to wider prominence in the 90’s — a shift which will be perhaps his most lasting legacy. Lagerfeld channeled the zeitgeist and ...  Show more

It’s the city so well-designed, they named it twice: New York, New York. On this special episode sponsored by Ann Sacks, Dan speaks with four leading figures in his hometown’s design scene to explore the trends, movements, hotspots, and personalities that make Gotham the beating ...  Show more