Newsbites

edited by Sheila Kim-Jamet -- Interior Design, 9/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

The Art of Lounging

Artwork shown by 130 international dealers at the annual AAF Contemporary Art Fair, opening October 27 at New York's Pier 92? No more than $10,000. Aswoon/Susan Woods Studio's attendee lounge, furnished with custom chairs, benches, and tables? Priceless…

Nip and Tuck

The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, reopens October 28 after a three-year update. Design and engineering firm Arup enhanced elements such as the curtain-wall and skylight system but preserved Peter Eisenman's original vision—including his "permanent scaffold," surrounding the facade…

Turning 25

The National Building Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary with a benefit bash at the museum's 1881 Renaissance revival home in Washington, D.C. The October 29 gala includes an auction…

Hot on the Trail

The Monadnock Building and the Board of Trade may be Chicago landmarks, but their architect, Holabird & Root, never got the name recognition of a Louis Sullivan or a Frank Lloyd Wright. So, on October 16, the Chicago Architecture Foundation honors the firm's 125th anniversary with a scavenger hunt and walking tour…

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Part of a series of guest-curated exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in New York, "Yinka Shonibare Selects: Works From the Permanent Collection" looks at transportation through the eyes of a Nigerian artist once nominated for the U.K.'s Turner Prize. Look for everything from travel diaries to birdcages. Opening October 7…