Design Exhibitions at Three New York Museums

by John Morris Dixon | January 30th, 2017

For readers in the world of interior design and furnishings, New York is now offering two not-to-be-missed museum exhibitions, plus another notable one that may be a bit tangential to your interests. At the Jewish Museum, “Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design,” through March 26 The Chareau show at the Jewish Museum is simply one of the best design exhibits ever, itself beautifully designed and offering among its historical treasures a superb virtual reality experience. The exhibit’s architects, Diller & Scofidio, have done bigger things (like the new Broad Museum in L.A. and their alterations to Lincoln Center in New York), but nothing any finer than their installation here. Many in the design world know of Pierre Chareau as the designer of the Maison de Verre of 1928-1932, an icon of Early Modernism tucked into a hidden courtyard in Paris. What we may not have known is that Chareau, a …