"Kahn in Venice" at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles

On Tuesday, January 25th the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Los Angeles (IIC) will celebrate the opening of the first comprehensive exhibition on the cultural connection of the iconic American architect Louis I. Kahn and Italy. Entitled Kahn in Venice, the show was co-organized by the ICC and the Louis I. Kahn collection of the University of Pennsylvania Archives. The exhibition was designed by Kahn protégés Barton Myers and David Karp, along with Yianna Bouyioukou of Barton Myers Associates. The opening event on Tuesday will feature the Oscar® nominated documentary My Architect (2003) introduced by writer and director Nathaniel Kahn, son of Louis I. Kahn. The exhibition will open to the general public on Wednesday, January 26th.