Friday Evening Lecture

Sue Ann Kahn, Louis I. Kahn’s daughter and editor of Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook
Eric M. Lee, director, Kimbell Art Museum

On the 125th anniversary of Louis I. Kahn’s birth, enjoy a special conversation and book event with editor Sue Ann Kahn, Louis Kahn’s daughter, and Kimbell Art Museum Director Eric Lee about Kahn’s publication, Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook, a facsimile of her father’s private sketchbook from the last year of his life.

An artifact of historical importance, the Notebook’s pages give us an intimate glimpse into Kahn’s creative process and take us inside the mind of the master architect at the height of his career. Most importantly, his personality permeates its pages and brings the architect to life for a new generation. Kahn and Director Lee take us through its pages and the stories they reveal.

Louis I Kahn: The Last Notebook will be available for purchase at the Kimbell's Museum Shop on the day of the event. Visitors are invited bring their copies for a book signing with Sue Ann Kahn after the lecture.

“Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook is a remarkable creation” – New York Times

“The Last Notebook is an intimate experience of Kahn’s hand and mind” – Wall Street Journal
 

About Sue Ann Kahn

Sue Ann Kahn, daughter of Louis I. Kahn, has advocated for the preservation and restoration of her father’s architecture for over three decades. She has also been an active consultant and significant lender to the major exhibitions on his work. In 1996, she co-curated the exhibit “Louis I. Kahn Drawings: Travel Sketches and Synagogue Project” for The Jewish Museum in New York; and in 2017, she collaborated on an exhibition of Kahn’s pastel works at the Kimbell Art Museum. She is the author of a number of articles about her father’s drawings: “The Color of Light, the Treasury of Shadows” in Louis Kahn: The Importance of a Drawing, edited by Michael Merrill (2021); and “My Father the Artist” in Reader’s Guide to The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn (2022). Sue Ann Kahn has had a noted career as a flute soloist, chamber musician and educator.