No showing of Christian Marclay’s meta-movie The Clock is less than momentous, but the work’s debut in Berlin is even more notable for a city known to stay in waking states for 24-hour cycles and then ...

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, the architect responsible for the dictum "less is more," has been honored with a Google Doodle. A master of minimalism, he sought to define a new modernist architectural ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Two giants of twentieth-century ...

The pandemic. The unrest that followed the killing of George Floyd. Rampant looting in downtown Chicago. Against that chaotic backdrop, it was moving Monday to experience the profound calm that ...

Rediscovering plans for a nearly unknown, never-realized Ludwig Mies van der Rohe building seems improbable. “It’s like finding a Rembrandt in a desk drawer,” says one of the architect’s biographers, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The gas station is an architectural typology that has undergone significant transformations since its inception. Initially, these structures were simple roadside refueling points designed for ...

He designed innovative houses and sculptures, but his most visible role in New York City’s cultural life was as an accidental restaurateur, running the venerable Fanelli Cafe. By Will Heinrich The ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was a pioneering architect of the 20th Century, known for his role in developing the modernist architectural movement. His philosophy of "less is more" profoundly ...