Richard Neutra's Kaufmann Desert House. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

On February 12, 2015, Modernism Week -- a multifaceted event aimed at celebrating and fostering appreciation of midcentury modern architecture, art, and design -- will begin in Palm Springs, California. Launched in 2006 by a group of local design and architecture aficionados, Modernism Week has grown to include over 100 events. Among the exhibitions, home tours, film screenings, and lectures, is Modernism Week’s catalyst -- the Palm Springs Modernism Show and Sale.

Now in its fifteenth year, the Palm Springs Modernism Show and Sale will be held from February 13-16, 2015, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The show will feature 85 national and international dealers offering everything from furniture and jewelry to fine and decorative arts. Exhibitors will offer works representing all art and design movements of the twentieth century, but a special emphasis will be placed on midcentury modern. A preview reception on February 13, 2015, will give collectors and enthusiasts the chance to browse and shop the show before it opens to the public on February 14, 2015. Two dealers to look for at the show are Archive of Laguna Hills, California, and Bridges Over Time of Newburgh, New York.

Additional not-be-missed events include the inaugural Palm Desert Double Decker Architectural Bus Tour, which will take passengers to iconic modernist structures, including Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann Desert House and Donald Wexler’s steel houses; a tour of architect Albert Frey’s hillside home; the Christopher Kennedy Show House, which features curated rooms by celebrated interior designers, including Michael Berman, Trip Haenisch, Mark Cutler, Grace Home, Tabitha Evans, Linda Allen, and Bobby Berk; a lecture by acclaimed American designer Todd Oldham on the mid-century artist and designer Alexander Girard; and a symposium presented by the Architecture and Design Council of the Palm Springs Art Museum that will focus on “urban visions and public spaces.”

Since the 1920s, modernist artists, architects, and designers have sought inspiration from Palm Springs’ dramatic landscape. Desert Modern style, as it came to be known, is defined by its simplicity, elegance, and reverence for the natural world.

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