Georgia O'Keeffe's Urban and Architectural Works Take Center Stage in Detroit
The Detroit Institute of Arts presents 'Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture', a new exhibition focusing on the artist's architectural studies, including urban skyscrapers, industrial scenes, and her New Mexico home. Curated by Dia curator Ben Coleman, the show features nearly 40 works and runs from September 11 to January 3. The exhibition highlights O'Keeffe's 1932 painting 'Stables', which inspired the concept, and includes her New York City cityscapes, the 1949 'Brooklyn Bridge', and a series of patio door paintings from Abiquiu. O'Keeffe lived in the Shelton Hotel with Alfred Stieglitz, and her high vantage points allowed unique perspectives. The show also includes immersive digital experiences. Coleman aims to reveal a lesser-known side of O'Keeffe, connecting her architectural works to her later landscapes.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture' opens at Detroit Institute of Arts on September 11 and runs to January 3.
- Curated by Ben Coleman, Dia curator, featuring nearly 40 works.
- Inspired by O'Keeffe's 1932 painting 'Stables'.
- Includes O'Keeffe's New York City cityscapes, depicting industrial East River scenes.
- Features her 1949 'Brooklyn Bridge' painting, made as she left New York.
- Showcases patio door paintings from her Abiquiu, New Mexico home.
- O'Keeffe lived in the Shelton Hotel with Alfred Stieglitz, starting on the 11th floor and moving up to the 30th.
- The exhibition includes immersive digital experiences of locations O'Keeffe painted.
- O'Keeffe moved to New Mexico full-time in 1949.
- The exhibition runs at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Dia Art Foundation
- Brooklyn Museum
- Chrysler Museum of Art
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
- Artists Rights Society (ARS)
- Galerie Magazine
- The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation
- Artists Rights Society
Locations
- Detroit
- United States
- New York City
- New York
- Shelton Hotel
- East River
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Abiquiu
- New Mexico
- Quebec
- Canada
- Lake George
- Abiquiú
- Taos Pueblo
- Brooklyn