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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tour of Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Join co-curator Martin Bressani for a private tour of Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds\, on view at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery from January 28 to May 24\, 2026. This is the first major U.S. exhibition devoted to Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879)\, celebrated restorer of Notre-Dame de Paris and one of modern architecture’s most influential figures. It is also the first to spotlight the primacy of drawing in his career. Spanning four decades\, the exhibition gathers over 150 works that animate both history and nature—antique theatres and medieval cathedrals reborn on paper\, Alpine landscapes dissected with geological precision\, even bold speculations on climate and race. Bressani will reveal how Viollet-le-Duc’s art was driven by a single obsession: making time visible. In this\, he belonged to a century equally fascinated by the mysteries of temporality—pursued by geologists\, ethnologists\, archaeologists\, and social theorists alike. \nMartin Bressani is William C. Macdonald Emeritus Professor at McGill University’s Peter G-H Fu School of Architecture in Montréal. He is the author of Architecture and the Historical Imagination: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879 (Ashgate\, 2014)\, and co-editor of Gothic Revival Worldwide. A.W.N. Pugin’s Global Influence (Leuven University Press\, 2017)\, The Companions to the History of Architecture – Nineteenth-Century Architecture (Wiley Blackwell\, 2017)\, and Narrating the Globe: The Emergence of World Histories of Architecture (MIT Press\, 2024). \n__ \nThis event is organized by The Drawing Foundation and Bard Graduate Center Gallery. \n                 \nImage: Dr Martin Bressani leading the Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds tour during Drawings Week 2026
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/exhibition-tour-of-viollet-le-duc-drawing-worlds/
LOCATION:Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, 18 West 86th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T180000
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SUMMARY:French Ornament in the Nineteenth Century; A lecture duet by Ralph Ghoche and Estelle Thibault
DESCRIPTION:A lecture duet by Ralph Ghoche (Barnard College) and Estelle Thibault (École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Belleville)\, moderated by Martin Bressani (McGill University) \nInspired by thirteenth-century gothic architecture\, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc understood ornament as the medium through which the vital energies of the living world became visible. Ornament distilled the anatomical logic of the plants or animals it imitated\, reaching back to primordial\, pagan cults of nature and acquiring a regenerative power for the modern age. In this lecture duet—hosted and moderated by Viollet-le-Duc: Drawing Worlds* co-curator Martin Bressani—Ralph Ghoche and Estelle Thibault explore\, respectively\, the contrasting ornamental philosophies of the Romantic/Eclectic and the Neo-Gothic movements\, and the “natural laws” that guided nineteenth century ornamentation design in industrial arts education. \nA Lee B. Anderson Memorial Lecture Duet \nLee Anderson\, who worked for a time as an arts education teacher\, has been referred to as the godfather of the Gothic revival in America. It is largely because of his impressive personal collection that the style has been rekindled among designers and other tastemakers. Lee passed away in 2010\, but he left a legacy of philanthropic support through the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation\, whose mission is to support programs and organizations that advance an appreciation for the decorative arts. \n*This event is presented in conjunction with Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds\, on view at the BGC Gallery through May 24. \n\n\n\n\nRalph Ghoche is an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at Barnard College. He is the author of Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture: Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux\, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2025. His current research is centered on French colonial architecture in Algeria during the nineteenth century\, with a particular focus on the architectural\, urban and territorial interventions of the Catholic Church in Algiers. \nEstelle Thibault is a professor of architectural history and theory at École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Belleville. Her research focuses on the history of architectural theories and ornament in late nineteeth-century France\, as well as the history of architectural education. She is currently working on the reception of Gottfried Semper in the French-speaking cultural context. \nMartin Bressani is the William C. Macdonald Emeritus Professor at McGill University’s Peter G-H Fu School of Architecture in Montréal. He is the author of Architecture and the Historical Imagination: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879 (Ashgate\, 2014) and coeditor of Gothic Revival Worldwide. A.W.N. Pugin’s Global Influence (Leuven University Press\, 2017); The Companions to the History of Architecture—Nineteenth-Century Architecture (Wiley Blackwell\, 2017); and Narrating the Globe: The Emergence of World Histories of Architecture (MIT Press\, 2024).\n\n\n\n \nImage: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc\, Partial elevation of the base of the great lectern for Notre-Dame de Paris\, March 1865. Graphite\, wash\, and gouache on paper. Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie\, Charenton-le-Pont\, G/1996/84-43229. 
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/french-ornament-in-the-nineteenth-century-a-lecture-duet-by-ralph-ghoche-and-estelle-thibault/
LOCATION:Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, 18 West 86th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Gothic Aryan: Viollet-le-Duc and the Museums of the Trocadéro; A lecture by Risham Majeed
DESCRIPTION:Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc is widely celebrated as a draughtsman\, architect\, and restorer of medieval buildings. A national hero in France\, Viollet-le-Duc tends to be plucked out of the complex nexus of colonialism and nationalism which molded much of his thinking. Indeed\, Viollet-le-Duc’s friendship with Arthur de Gobineau\, who wrote the Essay on the Inequality of the Races\, is understudied given that Gobineau’s theories of race inflected the architect-scholar’s thinking from the 1850s until his death in 1878. Such theories of racial development allowed comparisons between the “primitive” nature of the medieval and the “primitive” quality assigned to the art newly introduced to Western Europe by colonization. In this lecture\, Risham Majeed examines how medieval sculpture came to be racialized and understood as “primitive” and “originary” through Viollet-le-Duc’s design for its display in the museums of the Trocadéro Palace (1878–1937). \nA Lee B. Anderson Memorial Lecture \nLee Anderson\, who worked for a time as an arts education teacher\, has been referred to as the godfather of the Gothic revival in America. It is largely because of his impressive personal collection that the style has been rekindled among designers and other tastemakers. Lee passed away in 2010\, but he left a legacy of philanthropic support through the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation\, whose mission is to support programs and organizations that advance an appreciation for the decorative arts. \nThis event is presented in conjunction with Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds\, on view at the BGC Gallery through May 24. \n\nRisham Majeed (PhD\, Columbia University) was born in Lahore\, Pakistan\, and grew up in Saudi Arabia and London. She specializes in medieval art in Western Europe and the historical arts of Africa. Her research has revealed the parallel reception of the two fields during the emergence of art history as a discipline\, which is the topic of her book project\, Primitive Before Primitivism: Medieval and African Art in the 19th Century. Current projects include an examination of sub-Saharan Africa in conversation with Asia and Europe during the medieval period\, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. She is also curating an exhibition\, Africa in the World: materials without end\, which will open at the Handwerker Gallery in March 2026. \n \nImage: E.E. Viollet-le-Duc\, Aryan in Histoire de l’habitation humaine\, 1875. 
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/gothic-aryan-viollet-le-duc-and-the-museums-of-the-trocadero-a-lecture-by-risham-majeed/
LOCATION:Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, 18 West 86th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:The Handshouse Studio Notre-Dame Project
DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Marie Brown (Handshouse Studio)\, Michael Burrey (North Bennet Street School)\, Lindsay Cook (Penn State University)\, and Jackson DuBois (Timber Framers Guild) \nHandshouse Studio (founded 2002) is an educational nonprofit that creates hands-on learning projects with communities\, institutions\, and partners around the world. After the tragic 2019 fire in Paris\, Handshouse launched the Notre-Dame Project\, inviting carpenters\, artists\, architects\, historians\, and students to take part in an ongoing investigation of elements of Notre-Dame de Paris through the act of reconstruction. As a result\, several timber framers from the project were invited to France to work on the official reconstruction of the cathedral’s timber roof and its iconic spire\, designed by Viollet-le-Duc.* In this talk\, two of these framers\, Michael Burrey and Jackson Dubois\, will share this story of craft\, research\, and solidarity along with Notre-Dame Project historian Lindsay Cook and executive director Marie Brown. \nA Lee B. Anderson Memorial Conversation \nLee Anderson\, who worked for a time as an arts education teacher\, has been referred to as the godfather of the Gothic revival in America. It is largely because of his impressive personal collection that the style has been rekindled among designers and other tastemakers. Lee passed away in 2010\, but he left a legacy of philanthropic support through the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation\, whose mission is to support programs and organizations that advance an appreciation for the decorative arts. \n*This event is presented in conjunction with Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds\, on view at the BGC Gallery through May 24. \n \nImage: by Handshouse Studio. 
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/the-handshouse-studio-notre-dame-project/
LOCATION:Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, 18 West 86th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T110000
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SUMMARY:DRAWINGS WEEK 2026 - Drawing Time: Viollet-le-Duc’s Investigations of Natural and Human Histories
DESCRIPTION:Join co-curator Martin Bressani for a private tour of Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds\, on view at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery from January 28 to May 24\, 2026. This is the first major U.S. exhibition devoted to Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879)\, celebrated restorer of Notre-Dame de Paris and one of modern architecture’s most influential figures. It is also the first to spotlight the primacy of drawing in his career. Spanning four decades\, the exhibition gathers over 150 works that animate both history and nature—antique theatres and medieval cathedrals reborn on paper\, Alpine landscapes dissected with geological precision\, even bold speculations on climate and race. Bressani will reveal how Viollet-le-Duc’s art was driven by a single obsession: making time visible. In this\, he belonged to a century equally fascinated by the mysteries of temporality—pursued by geologists\, ethnologists\, archaeologists\, and social theorists alike. \nMartin Bressani is William C. Macdonald Emeritus Professor at McGill University’s Peter G-H Fu School of Architecture in Montréal. He is the author of Architecture and the Historical Imagination: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879 (Ashgate\, 2014)\, and co-editor of Gothic Revival Worldwide. A.W.N. Pugin’s Global Influence (Leuven University Press\, 2017)\, The Companions to the History of Architecture – Nineteenth-Century Architecture (Wiley Blackwell\, 2017)\, and Narrating the Globe: The Emergence of World Histories of Architecture (MIT Press\, 2024). \n__ \nThis DRAWINGS WEEK 2026 event is organized by The Drawing Foundation and Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, and in association with Master Drawings New York 2026.  \n                             \nImage: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879). The Glacier du Bois from above Chamonix\, with the Aiguilles du Dru and Verte above\, restored to their appearance in the Ice Age\, August 1874. Graphite\, ink\, watercolor\, and gouache on paper. Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie\, Charenton-le-Pont\, I/2024/12-40127.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/drawings-week-2026-bard-graduate-center-gallery-viollet-le-duc/
LOCATION:Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, 18 West 86th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds is the first major U.S. exhibition dedicated to the life and work of visionary architect\, designer\, and theorist Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879). Bringing together nearly 150 drawings and objects\, the majority of which have never before been on view in the U.S.\, the exhibition highlights Viollet-le-Duc’s prolific work as a draftsman and the centrality of drawing to his practice. A transformative figure in the history of modern architecture\, today he is best known for his restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. \nViollet-le-Duc endeavored to restore not only the buildings but also the spirit and vitality of an idealized Middle Ages\, which meant that he never felt confined to merely reproduce what once stood. The exhibition—which includes stunning sketches from the architect’s travels to Italy and through the Alps—reveals how his art was inextricably intertwined with his social and political beliefs rooted in a strong sense of national and ethnic identity. Offering a chronological path through Viollet-le-Duc’s career\, the exhibition examines his body of work from early drawings imagining bygone worlds in their golden age; to his mid-career restoration campaigns that defined the modern experience of Gothic France; and to his late drawings that blur the lines between geology and architecture. \n \nViollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds is organized by Bard Graduate Center in partnership with the Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie\, a department of the French Ministry of Culture. \nCurated by Barry Bergdoll\, Meyer Schapiro Professor of art history in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University; and Martin Bressani\, William MacDonald Professor at the Peter guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University; with project coordination by Emma Cormack\, BGC Associate Curator. \nSupport for Viollet le Duc Drawing Worlds is generously provided by the Achelis and Bodman Foundation\, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation\, the Tavolozza Foundation with additional support by Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund\, Camilla Dietz Bergeron\, Ltd.\, and other donors to Bard Graduate Center. \nImage: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French\, 1814–1879)\, view of the antique theatre at Taormina\, restoration project\, 1840. Pencil\, watercolor and gouache on paper. Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie\, Charenton-le-Pont\, F/1996/83/HF-4715.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/viollet-le-duc-drawing-worlds/
LOCATION:Bard Graduate Center Gallery\, 18 West 86th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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