Bustler's Most Popular Events of 2018

This year saw many exciting events, from the first ever major U.S. exhibition on Yugoslav architecture to a sensory-focused exhibition on touch, hearing, scent, and sight. 

From the hundreds of entries that went up on Bustler this past year, we have compiled the top 10 most visited event posts.

1. Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980

New York, NY—The Museum of Modern Art
July 15th, 2018—January 13th, 2019

"Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980 introduces the exceptional work of socialist Yugoslavia’s leading architects to an international audience for the first time, highlighting a significant yet thus-far understudied body of modernist architecture, whose forward-thinking contributions still resonate today." — more

2. New York at Its Core

New York, NY—Museum of the City of New York
November 18th, 2016—December 31st, 2018

"Five years in the making, New York at Its Core presents the compelling story of New York’s rise from a striving Dutch village to today’s “Capital of the World,” a preeminent global city now facing the future in a changing world.The exhibition captures the human energy that drove New York to become a city like no other and a subject of fascination the world over." — more

3. BEYOND THE STREETS

Los Angeles, CA—Werkartz
May 6th, 2018—August 26th, 2018

"BEYOND THE STREETS (BTS) is the premier exhibition of graffiti, street art and beyond, celebrating the soaring heights to which the world’s most recognizable modern art movement has risen. BTS is a groundbreaking multimedia showcase of paintings, sculpture, photography, installations and more throughout 40,000+ sq ft of industrial indoor and outdoor space." — more

4. No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man

Washington, DC—Smithsonian American Art Museum
March 30th, 2018—January 21st, 2019

"Both a cultural movement and an annual event, Burning Man remains one of the most influential phenomenons in contemporary American art and culture. No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man brings the large-scale, participatory work from this desert gathering to the nation’s capital for the first time. The exhibition takes over the entire Renwick Gallery building and surrounding neighborhood, bringing alive the maker culture and creative spirit of this cultural movement." — more

5. The Senses: Design Beyond Vision

New York, NY—Cooper Hewitt
April 13th, 2018—October 28th, 2018

"“The Senses” features direct sensory experiences and displays practical, innovative and exploratory products to touch, hear, see and smell. The exhibition invites visitors to encounter design with all their senses through several interactive installations, created in collaboration with contemporary designers, from a furry wall with digital sensors that play music to a scent commission by Christopher Brosius inspired by winter." — more

6. World Architecture Festival

Amsterdam, NL—Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre
November 28th, 2018—November 30th, 2018

"The World Architecture Festival is dedicated to celebrating, sharing and inspiring outstanding architecture. It is the only architecture event where keynote talks from the industry’s most influential figures sit alongside live judging presentations from over 500 award finalists plus global networking and an international product exhibition." — more

7. Steven Holl: Making Architecture

New Paltz, NY—Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
February 10th, 2018—July 15th, 2018

"The Steven Myron Holl Foundation and The Samuel Dorsky Museum collaborate to present Steven Holl: Making Architecture, an exhibition examining the work of one of the world’s foremost architects. This exhibition, part of the Dorsky Museum’s “Hudson Valley Master’s Series” will reveal Holl’s intricate and distinctive process of making architecture." – more

8. Ando and Le Corbusier: Masters of Architecture

Chicago, IL—Wrightwood 659
October 12th, 2018—December 15th, 2018

"The inaugural exhibition, Ando and Le Corbusier: Masters of Architecture, occupies all three floors of exhibition space at Wrightwood 659. It includes more than 100 Le Corbusier drawings, photographs, and models—on loan from institutions including the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, and the Art Institute of Chicago—as well as 106 small models of Le Corbusier’s architectural works made by students of Ando, among other objects." — more

9. Making Room: Housing for a Changing America

Washington DC—National Building Museum
November 18th, 2018—September 16th, 2018

"Making Room: Housing for a Changing America explores these cutting-edge typologies through case studies and the presentation of The Open House—a flexible, 1,000-square-foot home designed for the exhibition by architect Pierluigi Colombo. The Open House features a hyper-efficient layout, movable walls, and multifunctional furniture, allowing the space to meet the needs of a variety of today’s growing but underserved households." — more

10. Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution

Bournemouth, GB—TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth
February 15th, 2018—April 19th, 2018

"Showcasing the complete design archive of an early ZHA building - the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, USA - alongside current projects using digital design processes such as virtual reality and parametric design, the exhibition outlines ZHA’s remarkable journey from analogue to digital methods." — more