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Elaine GlusacMIES AND MIES TO GONew York is agog anew over modernist architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, at these two concurrent exhibits.
“Mies in Berlin,” at the
Museum of Modern Art, examines the German native’s early work in
Europe prior to his U.S. emigration in 1938. Fifteen models, 288 drawings, video, and photography make the case for Mies’ traditional roots. Through September 11. (212) 708-9400,
www.moma.orgThe designer left the European avant-garde for the American Midwest, where he encountered steel mills and advanced technology. The synthesis of lyrical design and pragmatic materials forms “Mies in America” at the
Whitney Museum of American Art. Through September 23. (212) 570-3600,
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