Judge Clears Path for Marilyn Monroe Statue Placement in Palm Springs
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Despite objections and a lawsuit from concerned citizens, the installation for a piece inspired by The Seven Year Itch is now cleared for Museum Way.
Forever Marilyn has a new temporary home.
On Friday, a Riverside County judge ruled that a 26-foot, 30,000-pound statue called Forever Marilyn has a clear path to installation on Museum Way in Palm Springs. The statue s location had been the subject of controversy in the desert community where its planned placement will find it standing outside the Palm Springs Art Museum on a street that was previously open to vehicle traffic. A group of concerned citizens a collection going by the name Committee to Relocate Marilyn raised more than $63,000 on GoFundMe and used it to fund a lawsuit to block the installation.
After a Herculean Renovation, Architect Wallace Harrisonâs Landmarked Home Seeks a New Caretaker
Once headed for demolition, the storied Long Island residence by the Rockefeller Center designer is on the market for $5,999,000.
Wallace Harrison designed Manhattanâs Metropolitan Opera House, the McGraw-Hill Building, the Time & Life Building, the Exxon Building, and the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. He also had a substantial hand in the creation of Rockefeller Center and the United Nations Headquarters, but you canât live in any of those places. You
can, however, live in the architectâs exceptionally graceful summer home in Melville on Long Island, respectfully and tastefully restored and expanded by the firm SchappacherWhite and currently for sale for $5,999,000.
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Learn: Modernism Week Online Experience
All things modern art, architecture, and design are the centerpiece of Modernism Week. In advance of the event’s April showing in Palm Springs, California, the celebration heads online for a monthlong virtual program filled with activities that bring its amusing tours and historical accounts to a broader audience. Enjoy a tour of the city’s significant architecture from the virtual front seat of a 1966 Mustang convertible, or stream films the delve into the backstories of Philip Johnson’s Glass House, Albert Frey’s Aluminaire House, and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, among other icons of modern design. Also included in the ticketed event is the CEU-accredited Fast Forward series, which asks more than 25 industry professionals to render the design future of Palm Springs.
Southridge Glass House by William Cody.
Photography: James Haefner
Touring modernist homes is an annual staple at the Palm Springs Modernism Week, and the online expression is no exception. Coming in two installments as a video series, tours this year feature iconic architecture and lesser known gems in various of the city’s neighbourhoods. Examples include The Morse Residence (by Hal Levitt, 1961), The Cahuilla Hills House by O’Donnell + Escalante (by Lance O’Donnell, 2009), The Southridge Glass House (by William Cody, 1963), Trina Turk’s Ship of the Desert (by Erle Webster and Adrian Wilson, 1936), and Martyn Lawrence Bullard’s Villa Grigio (by James McNaughton, 1963).
Palm Springs Art Museum will have a new look and new exhibits when it reopens Brian Blueskye, Palm Springs Desert Sun
A classic car soon will be suspended over a body of water will soon be sited in front of the Palm Springs Art Museum if all goes according to plan.
Gonzalo Lebrija s History of Suspended Time: Monument for the Impossible is based on a video captured by the Mexico-based artist of the moment just before the car broke through a lake s surface. Museum leadership hopes to have it installed on the southeast corner of Museum Drive and Museum Way by the end of January.