In Venice, an Architecture Biennale with a Dystopian Flair
I have seen the future. And it’s a headache. Carlo Ratti’s international exhibition at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale is intended to be a searching,…
Osaka’s World Expo Arrives, Out of Step with Its Moment
It has been nearly a century since an international exposition opened at a moment as fraught as today. Like the 1939 World’s Fair in New…
Venice 2025: A Tale of Two Biennales
✕ It’s rather like periodical cicadas: before you know it, it’s here again, and there’s always way too much of it. This past weekend, the…
May 2025: Dates and Events
RECORD’s monthly list of upcoming and ongoing exhibitions, events, and competitions. Susumu Shingu: Elated!New YorkJune 20-August 10, 2025Japan Society Gallery relaunches its summer exhibition series…
RECORD Talks with Carlo Ratti, Curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
✕ Curating the Venice Architecture Biennale is never an easy job. At the best of times, the role entails a hefty logistical lift, marshaling some…
March 2025: Dates and Events
RECORD’s monthly list of upcoming and ongoing exhibitions, events, and competitions. Upcoming Exhibitions Stone in Landscape Architecture: A Sensory JourneyNew York March 20–June 13, 2025ABC Stone…
An Exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum Examines the Neoclassical Architect’s Role as Modernist Forebear
✕ Visitors to John Soane’s extraordinary house-museum in London can have no doubt that he was steeped in history. Its sepulchral basement is filled to…
Currents: ‘Wall Power!’ at the Clark Institute Explores the Art of Tapestry
“Nothing old is ever reborn. But it never completely disappears either. And anything that has ever been always emerges in a new form.” – Alvar…
A New Exhibition at MoMA Showcases Change-Stimulating Design Objects
✕ For the Museum of Modern Art—the institution more responsible than any other for the development of American design in the last century—every show about…
January 2024: Dates and Events
✕ RECORD’s monthly list of upcoming and ongoing exhibitions, events, and competitions. Upcoming Exhibitions Built to Adorn: Jewelry and the Architecture of D.C.Washington, D.C. January 22–April…