Curator and architectural historian Esther da Costa Meyer will appear as part of Glass House Presents at New Canaan Library, an occasional series of talks and events about architecture, design, and Modernism in New Canaan and beyond, organized by The Glass House and New Canaan Library. The event will be on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m., preceded by a light reception at 6:30 p.m. Register to attend at newcanaanlibrary.org.
Da Costa Meyer will speak about her current exhibition, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, now on view at The Jewish Museum in New York. The exhibition proposes a fresh look at the internationally recognized designer Chareau (1883 – 1950) and showcases rare examples of his furniture, lighting fixtures, and interiors, as well as designs for the extraordinary Maison de Verre, the glass house completed in Paris in 1932.
Da Costa Meyer teaches modern and contemporary architecture at Princeton University.
A curator will soon speak in New Canaan on Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre glass house art. Pierre Chareau (French, 1883-1950) and Bernard Bijvoet (Dutch, 1889-1979), Maison de Verre, 1928-1932.
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