WHAT: |
The New School's Parsons School of Design, in collaboration with The Guggenheim Museum, hosts Frank Gehry At The Parsons Table with Paul Goldberger on Thursday, November 12, 6-8 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium at The New School University Center, 63 Fifth Ave.
In this intimate, one-on-one conversation, Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic and Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at Parsons, will engage Gehry on his life and work. Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry, Goldberger's recently published full-length biography on Gehry, will be available for purchase in the lobby of the University Center during the event.
At the Parsons Table is an on-going series of conversational interviews with cultural luminaries hosted by Goldberger. These conversations provide exclusive insights into the creative process and innovative thinking of artists, designers, and industry leaders. At the Parsons Table guests have included such icons as Ralph Lauren, Mickey Drexler, Robert Wong, Frank Gehry, Chuck Close, Bruce Mau, and Donna Karan.
**Press are invited to meet with Gehry and Goldberger immediately prior to the event**
**The event is being Livestreamed: http://livestream.com/TheNewSchool/Frank-Gehry-at-the-Parsons-Table** |
WHO: |
One of the most inventive and pioneering architects working today, Frank Gehry has designed buildings that have become world-renowned attractions. His work includes The Disney Concert Hall, home of the Los Angeles philharmonic, 8 Spruce Street in New York City, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation building in Paris. Recently, Gehry agreed to design the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C. and to undertake the redesign of the Los Angeles River.
Paul Goldberger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic and Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at Parsons. From 1997 through 2011, he served as the architecture critic for The New Yorker, where he wrote the magazine’s celebrated “Sky Line” column. He began his career at The New York Times, where, in 1984, he earned the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. He is formerly dean of the Parsons School of Design. |
WHEN: |
Thursday, November 12, 6-8 p.m. |
WHERE: |
The New School’s John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
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| TICKETS: |
The events are free, but members of the media must RSVP with Scott Gargan at [email protected] or 212.229.5667 x 3794. |
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