Albert Frey: A SYMPOSIUM
$125 Palm Springs Art Museum Member, $150 Non-Member/General Admission (4 hrs)
Palm Springs Art Museum in partnership with Palm Springs Architectural Alliance, presents a symposium in celebration of Albert Frey’s work and legacy. Paul Goldberger, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic, will provide the keynote address, with presentations by Brad Dunning, Frey exhibition curator; Barbara Lamprecht, architectural historian; and Joseph Rosa, architect and Frey biographer.
These four experts will be featured in a new book published in conjunction with the exhibition, Albert Frey: Inventive Modernist. The reconstruction of Frey's 1931 Aluminaire House™ at the museum makes this symposium timely in gaining a deeper understanding of his distinctive contributions to modern architecture.
Albert Frey (1903-1998), born in Switzerland, was one of the most important modern architects of our time. He lived and worked in Palm Springs since 1934, establishing a style of modernist architecture that came to be known as ‘desert modernism'. Over a long and prolific career, he produced more than 200 building designs, including such notable local landmarks as the Palm Springs City Hall, the Aerial Tramway Valley Station with John Porter Clark and his own residence, Frey House II, and the Aluminaire House™, both in the permanent collection of Palm Springs Art Museum.
Following the morning presentations, a box lunch will be provided in the sculpture garden, and the Frey exhibition book will be offered for sale with a book signing by the presenting authors.
After lunch there will be a self-driving tour of Frey sites, featuring an architecture specialist at each site to provide insightful historical information. Symposium participants will be provided a map of the tour sites including several Frey structure exteriors that can easily be viewed from the street.
Symposium will take place from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
$125–Palm Springs Art Museum Member Ticket (Including Box Lunch)
$150–Non-Member/General Admission Ticket (Including Box Lunch)
Things to Know
This event is for 12 and older.
Symposium will take place from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Box lunch service will be 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
The entrance to the Annenberg Theater is located behind the Annenberg Theater Box Office, adjacent to the Palm Springs Art Museum's North Parking Lot.
Ample free public parking is available in the multi-level public garage across from the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Handicap parking is available.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
The organizer of this event is Palm Springs Art Museum + Palm Springs Architectural Alliance.
Event Check-in Location
Annenberg Theater
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Photo Credits: Collection of Palm Springs Art Museum – Rendering Courtesy of Palm Springs Art Museum – © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)Collection of Palm Springs Art Museum.
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