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New: Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008
March 7, 2008 - July 6, 2008
This exhibition explores the Rococo style and its continuing revivals up to the present day in multiple fields, including furniture, decorative arts, textiles, and prints and drawings. The museum's first floor is devoted to the examination of 18th-century works displaying the full flowering of Rococo across Europe. The second floor is devoted to exploring Rococo elements in the pre-Revolutionary American Colonies and showcasing later reinterpretations of the Rococo style in a variety of media.

Catalogue: $55 (cloth), $40 (paper)

web Web: cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/rococo/

New: Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection
February 15, 2008 - August 24, 2008 (new closing date)
As the fifth guest curators in the exhibition series, the Brazilian brothers Fernando and Huberto Campana produce an installation of selected works from the museum's collection. The selected pieces -- which range from book illustrations and jewelry, to furniture and wallpaper designs -- blend unexpected media, layer varied forms, and weave intricate patterns and lines. The brothers' new piece of furniture commissioned by the museum is also on view.

web Web: cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/selects/campana.asp

New: Multiple Choice: From Sample to Product
November 9, 2007 - September 1, 2008 (new closing date)
This exhibition examines the historical and contemporary use of sampling formats, in use since the 18th century. Highlights include sample books of wallcoverings; textiles, ribbons, and lace; transfer print plates with sample borders; wallcoverings; and drawings and prints showing design alternatives.

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web Web: www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/multiple_choice/

Last update: June 9, 2008, 11:32

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