New York, NY (February 1, 2024) Design provocateurs will be delighted to discover that Les Enfants Terribles will be on view from February 1–April 26, 2024 at Galerie56,  an innovative and experiential gallery space at the intersection of art, culture, and design. Curated by AD100 member, Lee F. Mindel, FAIA of the multidisciplinary firm, Shelton Mindel, the exhibition is an engaging collaboration between the architectural icon and antiques dealer Jacques Lacoste, of the eponymous Paris-based design gallery.

The exhibition will highlight the architects, decorators, and artists, whose groundbreaking, instinctual work changed the course of the 20th-century decorative arts between the latter half of the 1920s and the tail-end of the 1950s. Named after the 1929 novel by Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles also references the 1950 cinematic adaptation of the book—a collaboration between Cocteau and French Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville—and the enchanting friendship that blossomed between the two visionaries. Beyond its literary and cinematic roots, Les Enfants Terribles holds a deeper significance, symbolizing the creative rapport between Mindel and Lacoste. Mindel remarks, “Jacques and I share an ingrained affinity for design and design history. We were thrilled to join forces on this project to cast a spotlight on the work of the  ‘holy terrors’—the architects, designers, decorators, and artists who profoundly altered the course of decorative arts during this specific period in France.”