LongHouse Reserve’s Larsen Salon Series celebrates Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020), the venue’s founder, by facilitating thought-provoking conversations with designers, architects, and artists working at the intersection of art, architecture, design, and craft.
The next program in the series, set for Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the firm of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, One Park Avenue in Manhattan, will feature Maxwell L. Anderson, the former director and C.E.O. of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He will hold forth on the Miller House and Garden, a midcentury landmark located in Columbus, Ind.
J. Irwin Miller and his wife, Xenia Simons Miller, commissioned Eero Saarinen to design the house in 1953. Alexander Girard was the interior designer and Dan Kiley the landscape architect. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000, while still occupied by its original owners.
Mr. Anderson will discuss its transformation almost 20 years ago from private family residence to public treasure, revealing the practical and curatorial challenges of preserving such a rare convergence of design talent, now visited by thousands of people from around the world.
The evening will begin at 6 with a reception featuring photographs of the property by Hadley Fruits. The presentation will follow at 6:30. Tickets are $50.
