While “Frederick Kiesler 1890–1965” suggested how arduous and ultimately futile it can be to attempt to classify the work of certain artists, this show also demonstrated how utilitarian, rationalist, and money-oriented approaches to modern art and architecture impede the realization of idealistic projects. Kiesler was barely able to build during his lifetime: his adoptive country, the United States, where he arrived from Europe in 1926 filled with pragmatic ideals, turned out not to be the most favorable harbor for his ideas.

Sadly, one of his few constructions, The Film Guild Cinema, located in