Jean-Louis Cohen
Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Cubofuturism, Zhivskulptarkh, et al.: Designing Utopia
February 26, 2019, 6 pm
Constructivism: Giving Shape to the Everyday
March 5, 2019, 6 pm
Realism and the Shadow of the Avant-Garde
March 12, 2019, 6 pm
Jean-Louis Cohen
Trained as an architect and historian, Jean-Louis Cohen is the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. In 2014, he was named the first chair for architecture at the Collège de France.
Cohen's research has focused on the French, German, and Soviet architectural avant-gardes, colonialism, and the history of the planning of Paris. He has published more than thirty books, including France: Modern Architectures in History (2015); Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes (2013); The Future of Architecture, Since 1889 (2012); Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War (2011); Mies van der Rohe (2007); Casablanca (2002); and Le Corbusier and the Mystique of the USSR (1992).
He has also curated numerous international exhibitions, including L'aventure Le Corbusier (Centre Georges Pompidou, 1987); Scenes of the World to Come (Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1995); Interférences/Interferenzen—Architecture, Allemagne, France 1800–2000 (Musées de Strasbourg, 2013); and Le Corbusier (The Museum of Modern Art, 2013). In 2014, Cohen received special mention for his French pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Most recently, he curated, with Pippo Ciorra, Zevi's Architects (2018) at MAXXI, Rome.
The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art
The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art features noted scholars, who are invited to present original research in the field of modern art. Named for Leonard A. Lauder, who promised his collection of Cubist artworks to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013, this program, organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, features the work of a scholar chosen for his or her outstanding contributions to the study of modernism.
The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art
Founded in April 2013, The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art is a leading center for scholarship on modern art. The first such institution dedicated exclusively to the study of modernism within an encyclopedic museum, the Research Center makes critical contributions to scholarship through its fellowships for emerging as well as senior scholars and its robust program of exhibitions, lectures, publications, research projects, and workshops. Established at the time of the promised gift of the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection to The Met, the Research Center maintains a special focus on the study of Cubism and its enduring impact, while concurrently encouraging new directions of inquiry in the broader field of modern art.
