The schedule for Modernism Week (April 8-18, 2021) is now available to preview online!
This year’s exciting array of in-person events offered during Modernism Week include home tours, the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale and Modern Design Expo, walking architectural tours, an outdoor garden tour, talks, and other programs specifically designed to allow for social distancing and safety protocols. In addition to on-site events in April, newly created online programs will also be available on the Modernism Week website running simultaneously with the festival. All in-person tours and events are available for previewing on the website until December 31. Tickets for these events will be available for purchase on January 1 at 12 p.m. PST at modernismweek.com.
Local and state requirements for gatherings and social distancing prompted Modernism Week to offer two versions of its popular event – the February Modernism Week Online Experience (Feb. 1 – 28, 2021) and an additional festival featuring in-person events running from April 8-18, 2021. The popular Modernism Show & Sale at the Palm Springs Convention Center will be offered April 8-11, 2021. Tickets for the February Modernism Week Online Experience (an all-online array of more than 20 video programs) will be available for purchase and on-demand streaming February 1-28, 2021. An exciting online architecture and design auction developed by Modernism Week will accompany the online programs from February 1-15, 2021.
The new April Modernism Week will feature many new and popular returning in-person events. These programs will include two newly-remodeled designer Featured Homes that will be open for timed, ticketed, socially distanced tours, and the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale, which will be organized to allow for social distancing and timed entry. Other April events will include a variety of outdoor walking tours; narrated self-driving tours of Palm Springs architecture; self-guided modern landscape and outdoor neighborhood tours in Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells; tours of Sunnylands and the Lautner Compound; fashion events; a vintage automobile exhibition; and tours of two architecturally significant private homes in Desert Palisades. All events are designed to accommodate social distancing and safety protocols.
Don’t miss these April highlights:
Tours
- Modernism Week Featured Home Tour: “Sunburst Palms” (April 9-12 and April 15-18, $35). Modernism Week sponsors Brizo, Dunn-Edwards Paints, Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, Jenn-Air, and Willis generously contributed to this project.
- Modernism Week Featured Home Tour: “Seventies Sackley” (April 9-12 and April 15-18, $35). Modernism Week sponsors Brizo, Dunn-Edwards Paints, Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, Jenn-Air, and Willis generously contributed to this project.
- Twin Palms Guided Tour: An Insider’s Perspective of the Desert’s First Modernist Neighborhood (April 10-12, $25)
- Desert Modernism: Two Perspectives. Two Home Tours – Kappe and Lockyer (April 8-18, $60)
- Walking the Wells (April 9, $40)
- The Tenth Annual Modern Garden Tour (April 14, $75)
- Fins and Tails – Classic Private Car Collection (April 12, $25)
- Lazy Sunday Afternoon….High Desert Driving Tour (April 11, $50)
- Sunnylands Tours (April 8-18, $125 – Landscape Tour or $25 – Historic Walk)
- Historic Desert Holly Tour (April 10, $25)
- William Holden Estate Tour (April 11, $45)
- Frank Sinatra’s “Twin Palms” Estate Tour (April 15, $45)
- Tour of Temple Isaiah: Comparing Past and Present (April 9, 12, and 16, $35)
Special Events
- 21st Annual Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale + Modern Design Expo (April 8-11, $25 in advance, $30 in advance. One ticket, two shows)
- “A Night Out on the Town” a Fashion Retrospective Over the Decades (April 11, $60)
- A Curated Collection (April 17 and 18, $10 – Early Preview or $15 – General Admission)
- Midcentury Mixology Cocktail Clinic at Mr. Lyons (April 9-11, $62)
Talks
- Viva Las Vegas! (April 15, $35)
- Mod with a TWIST (April 9, 10, 15, 16, $55)
Be sure to mark these important dates:
Modernism Week
April 8-18, 2021
Tickets on sale January 1, 2021 at noon PST
Modernism Week Online Experience
February 1-28, 2021
Tickets on sale February 1, 2021 at noon PST
Modernism Week Online Auction
February 1-15, 2021
For more information, visit modernismweek.com, check out the FAQ page, or contact us.
