I’m excited to announce that I’ve been promoted to Special Projects Curator at Cranbrook Art Museum! I’m currently working on a summer 2027 Harry Bertoia exhibition with Director Andrew Satake Blauvelt.
After the flashy headshot, you’ll find several examples of Bertoia’s work from his time at Cranbrook Academy of Art (1937-1943). I’ve noticed that a handful of Bertoia’s Cranbrook-era works are repeatedly republished, and I’d admittedly become a bit numb to those photos, as incredible as they are. Today I found myself re-invigorated and impassioned by these rarely (if ever?) published photos in the @cranbrookcenter archive!
Check out the three Harry Bertoia sculptures in architect Minoru Yamasaki’s private residence in Bloomfield Hills, MI. The bush form seen on the Yamasaki-designed coffee table (photo 3) was a Christmas gift from Bertoia after Yamasaki’s commission of the Lambert-St. Louis Airport sculpture screen.
All photos by Balthazar Korab.
My latest exhibition, Designing Cranbrook: The Saarinens’ Eclectic Vision, opened at Cranbrook Art Museum in early 2026! The exhibition is installed in the museum’s lower level galleries and will be up for the foreseeable future.
Install shots by @pdrearick
A dreamy afternoon: while scouting out Bertoia loans @theexchangeint , they let me try on the most beautiful Bjorn Weckstrom for Lapponia necklace — tbh it looked too good with my engagement ring
