Contemporary Art

This Legendary Architect Had One Rule for Art: Inside the Robert A.M. Stern Collection

7 OCTOBER | NEW YORK

For legendary architect Robert A. M. Stern, art either worked – or it didn’t.

So what made a work earn a place in his home?

From Warhol and Lichtenstein to Dan Flavin and John Chamberlain, Stern collected artists who were bold, confident and uncompromising. His choices reveal a surprising connection between the way he looked at art and the way he thought about architecture: every work had to command its space, hold a room and stand behind a powerful idea.

Step inside the collection of one of architecture’s most influential minds – and discover the rule that connected it all.

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