CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Richard H. Driehaus Museum announces a day-long symposium to explore important themes in the architecture of Louis Sullivan and the photography by Richard Nickel that documented the destruction of many of Adler & Sullivan's most important Chicago buildings. The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel will bring together experts to discuss topics as diverse as the power of photography, the neuroscience behind ornamentation, and the impact and benefits of preservation on the urban built environment. The event will be held Saturday, October 22, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. All tickets include free admission to the Museum between October 21-23. For information and tickets: https://bit.ly/3UJJQvt.
The symposium builds on themes in the Museum's exhibition Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw, which includes over forty of Nickel's photographs and over twenty architectural fragments from Adler & Sullivan buildings.
Speakers include:
Also participating will be David A. Hanks, curator of the exhibition Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw, and David Travis, former Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. Alison Fisher, the Harold and Margot Schiff Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago, moderates one session.
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For more information, please contact:
Julie Treumann
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SOURCE The Richard H. Driehaus Museum