Mimi Zeiger

Looking forward to joining @marklamster @langealexandra @de.monchaux @anjulieeee and @ollywainwright in conversation this Wednesday, March 11 at @harvardgsd for Criticism Now!! 💥 Snacks, optional @anjulieeee @loebfellows @mitarchitecture link in bio. will be livestreamed.

Reading Room Table Residency Highlight: Mimi Zeiger As part of our 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 exhibition, Ryan Preciado’s 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 is the site of three sequential Table Residencies with leaders in art and design publishing. We’re excited to welcome Mimi Zeiger of 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳, whose Table Residency begins Wednesday, July 9th. Mimi Zeiger (@mimizeiger ) is a Los Angeles-based critic, editor, and curator. She founded the architecture zine 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 in 1997, which was dedicated to “increasing the volume of architectural discourse,” until 2009. In the years since, she’s collaborated on multiple independent publishing projects, including the LA Forum newsletter and the Los Angeles Review of Architecture. Zeiger co-curated the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and Exhibit Columbus in 2020-21. She has curated and contributed to exhibitions at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Shenzhen, Art Institute Chicago, New Museum, and Storefront for Art and Architecture. Her writing appears in national and international publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Architectural Review, Aperture, Wallpaper, and Metropolis. Zeiger is the author of multiple books on design, and serves as the book editor for Landscape Architecture Magazine. She is a 2024 MacDowell Fellow and received the 2023 and 2024 L.A. Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award for art and design criticism. Make sure to stop by 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 at the MAK Center at the Schindler House to see Mimi Zeiger’s installation! --- Images: Mimi Zeiger at the Opening Reception of 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, June 5th, 2025. Photography by Rush Varela/MAK Center for Art and Architecture. Featuring Furniture for Reading by Ryan Preciado: 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, Plywood, beech veneer and upholstery; 2025. Copyright © Ryan Preciado. Courtesy the artist and Karma. Installation view of Mimi Zeiger’s Table Residency, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House.

Lenard Smith: Fortuitous Encounters — a gem of a show at California Museum of Photography @ucrarts @archivethestudio @k_poindexter @chugoodingarchitects

Scenes from install and opening of Lake Verea: DarkRooms and Other Games. @lakeverea Now on view at @psartmuseum As guest curator, I worked closely with the artists and the museum over two years. This exhibition consists of more than a hundred new works. It’s been a remarkable journey and I couldn’t be prouder. Palm Springs Art Museum invited Lake Verea to be in residency in Palm Springs. In December 2024, they made the first of three visits—each timed to the full moon. Then returned in February and December, 2025.  Lake Verea use their combined identities to rewrite modernism not as style, but as an encounter defined by intimacy and touch, by light and darkness. The photographs and performance artifacts produced during their three visits reveal a love affair with this place—its buildings, landscape, and desert light. title design @sendoutsignals

Incredible to celebrate mother’s day with the incomparable @helanezeiger love you so much! more toasts to come on your big day

Practicing slow criticism over here with my @lacma review for @archpaper . I’d like to think it’s worth the wait. Especially for Jane Austin fans. link in bio.

LACMA review coming… but first some moments communing with art

Heavy Metal @lamagbarnsdall curated by @meyernla and @garycannone.studio Pickle @malvoyante studies in weight, material, support, mobility

My Concrete Utopia @zarapfeifer @plooooooot Alterlaa, an architectural social experiment in Vienna by Harry Glück

Save the Date! May 9, 2026 in Palm Springs, California. We hope you can join us for the opening of our upcoming solo show, commission from thePalm Springs Art Museum. For the past two years, we have been working with curator Mimi Zeiger, getting to know the architecture, people, landscape, and light of the beautiful, magical place that is Palm Springs. Join us to celebrate. RSVP [email protected]

New Exhibition Opening in May Lake Verea: DarkRooms and Other Games May 9, 2026 – September 13, 2026 Mexico City based artists Francisca Rivero-Lake and Carla Verea use experimental photographic techniques to create intimate portraits of architecture. @lakeverea In DarkRooms and Other Games, they turn their lenses to Palm Springs icons including Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House and Albert Frey’s Aluminaire House and Frey House II, capturing them under full moonlight. Blending photography, performance, and touch, their work reveals new and personal narratives within architectural history. Member Preview on Friday, May 8 Public Opening on Saturday, May 9 Curated by Mimi Zeiger (@mimizeiger ). PSAM is proud to present this program as part of the A+D Initiative, an ongoing commitment to exploring modernism and its legacy through exhibitions, scholarship, and design, sharing untold stories of Southern California’s modern heritage and its global influence. Image: Lake Verea, Pink On Pink, 2024, from the series Wild Nights: Frey House II

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