Exhibitions & EventsLecture/Gallery Talk
Lectures and Gallery Talks
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Saturday, May 12, 2012
2:00 PM
Jason T. Busch
Curatorial Chair for Collections and The Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Jason T. Busch will investigate the objects shown at World’s Fairs from London’s Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851 to the New York World’s Fair in 1939. These fairs and exhibitions demonstrated how innovative design could positively affect modern living.
Jason T. Busch will investigate the objects shown at World’s Fairs from London’s Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851 to the New York World’s Fair in 1939. These fairs and exhibitions demonstrated how innovative design could positively affect modern living.
Sponsored by Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts