Robert A.M. Stern, James Turrell Among New Members of American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced this year’s slate of freshly elected members, and Robert A.M. Stern is the sole architect to make the cut (the 250-member organization, established in 1898 to “foster, assist, and sustain an interest in literature, music, and the fine arts,” has previously welcomed the likes of Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, and Steven Holl into the fold). Among the other newbies are artists Walter De Maria, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Malcolm Morley, and James Turrell.