Event Dime

LI Modern: Purists: The East End Legacy of Barbara & Julian Neski

When:

June 14, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Where:

LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hands Creek Rd, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States

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Too often overlooked, the modernist houses of Barbara (‘Bobby’) Neski (1928-2025) and Julian (‘Joe’) Neski (1927-2004) constitute one of the most important yet unheralded bodies of architectural work from the 1960s through the 1980s. While theirs was a small husband-wife firm, and their output was relatively small, it was pure design, consistent in its sense of restraint and elegantly minimal forms. Barbara studied under Walter Gropius at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and was one of the fi