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HDI Exhibition tip: “The Race of Gentlemen” Harley Davidson Museum, Milwaukee

Sometimes inspiration strikes in the most unusual places. We always enjoy visiting the Harley Davidson Museum when in Milwaukee. It is a wonderful museum and always has the most interesting exhibitions. This time around we saw “The Race of Gentlemen”. This exhibition is about how dedicated craf… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry” at The Jewish Museum, New York

We recently ventured to The Jewish Museum to visit the exhibition “Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry”. Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) is an icon of Jazz Age New York and her work is absolutely spellbinding. The deep colors and the vivid details are mesmerizing and every singl… Read More

HD Jewels at The Carlyle Hotel on Instagram

Are you following us yet on Instagram? If you are not, you are missing out on the newest photos from our collection. We love posting our jewels in a colorful setting to make them sparkle even more. Take a look below at our most current posts and for more go directly to our Instagram feed. You can find us (an… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920’s” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum just opened a new exhibit: “The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920’s” and this exhibit is absolutely spectacular! A show stopper and a show that you don’t want to miss! “The Jazz Age” highlights more than 400 e… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “John McLaughlin Paintings: Total Abstraction” at LACMA

Another fantastic exhibit currently on view at the Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA) is the introspective of John McLaughlin (1898-1976). McLaughlin, considered the most important artist from the postwar period in Southern California created a focused body of geometric paintings that are ent… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is always worth a visit and if you follow our Musings, you may have noticed we like coming here. Below are some of our current favorite installation shots and please see separate Musings entries for our favorite current exhibitions there. Don’t mis… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach” at LACMA

A recent visit to LACMA lead us to the spectacular exhibit: “Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach”. The exhibitions marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and shows some of the greatest work from the German Renaissance Art. The exhibition co… Read More

A perfect day on the Upper East Side with HD Jewels

It’s the holiday season and New York is shining bright! We love the season for all the festivities and how festive the City is in general. There are many places that we like to go, but we also like to stay close on the Upper East Side and spend the holiday season in our neighborhood. Here is a perfect … Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Max Beckmann in New York” at the Met

The Met Museum is always worth a visit and we recently went to see the absolutely spectacular “Max Beckmann in New York” exhibit. The show features 14 paintings that Beckmann created while living in New York from 1949 to 1950, as well as 25 works, dating from 1920 to 1948, from New York col… Read More

BERGDORF GOODMAN HOLIDAY WINDOWS 2016

The magic is back! New York is all lit up for the holidays and it is magical to walk around the City and take in all the beautiful lights and decorations. One of our favorite places to visit during the holidays are the always spectacular windows at Bergdorf Goodman. Once again, the windows are a treat for … Read More

HDI exhibition Pick: “Kerry James Marshall: Mastry” at The Met Breuer

Recently we made our way to The Met Breuer to see the current retrospective of the work of American artist Kerry James Marshall. This is the largest retrospective to date for Marshall and wow, what an amazing exhibit this is! The exhibition includes 72 paintings that span the 35-year career of the a… Read More

Celebrating 20th Century Art in the White House, 10/14/2016

We had the great honor to attend the wonderful event “Celebrating 20th Century Art in the White House” last week. It was a magnificent experience to visit the White House in person and be able to walk freely through the various rooms that are so rich in history and filled with spectacula… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood” at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Another must see exhibition currently on view is the “Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood” show at the Milwaukee Art Museum. His love of movies and old Hollywood is so wonderfully depicted in the larger than life paintings by the renowned American painter Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was f… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Milwaukee Art Museum

We are very big fans and supporters of the Milwaukee Art Museum and visit at least once a year. Last November we visited for the “Grand Unveiling” after their extensive renovation and the Milwaukee Art Museum is one spectacular, world class museum! Their permanent collection is very e… Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Manus x Machina” at the Met

If you follow our Musings, you probably have already seen our entry for the spectacular “Manus x Machina” exhibit currently at the Met. The show is closing on August 14th and we had to visit again…..we just loved it so much! We are smitten with everything in the exhibition, but esp… Read More

HDI Visits: The Neon Museum in Las Vegas

We recently spend a very hot weekend in Las Vegas. One place that has been on our radar is The Neon Museum and it was an absolutely fun and wonderful visit. The Neon Boneyard is a collection of vintage neon signs from years past and it is a such a great statement of time to see these historic signs. You need t… Read More

HDI Museum visit: Broad Museum Los Angeles

Another museum on our bucket list was the Broad. The Broad Museum opened in September of 2015 and is a postwar and contemporary art museum in Downtown LA. The museum is named for philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad and it shows their personal collection of 2,000 works. Their philosophy was to buy art … Read More

Gallery Visit: Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Los Angeles

We hope that you had a spectacular Fourth of July weekend and that you are enjoying the summer! We decided to leave hot and steamy New York for a few days and go to California. Hauser Wirth & Schimmel has been on our list for a visit, as well as the Broad Museum (a Musings post to come on that too). Hauser … Read More

Exploring Rockefeller Center & Radio City Music Hall

Walking down the streets of Manhattan there is something fascinating to be found at almost every corner, if it is in the form of a building, a sculpture, an interesting window display, or an architectural detail, it is easy to find something to admire just about everywhere! We were just walking aroun… Read More

Museum Visit: Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, UK

As you may have noticed, we are also very passionate about cars, especially beautiful vintage cars. On a recent visit to London we made a stop in Weybridge, Surrey to visit the Brooklands Museum. The museum is the birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation and there is so much to see and experience… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Lisa Sotilis: The Power of the Greek Myth”, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City

We recently made our way to Mexico City to see the amazing exhibition of our dear friend Lisa Sotilis entitled “Lisa Sotilis: The Power of the Greek Myth” at the Franz Mayer Museum.

This spectacular exhibit has been fully and beautifully realized by the Franz Mayer Museum under the dire… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History” at the Jewish Museum

We recently made our way to the Jewish Museum to see their current exhibit “Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History”. And wow, what a tour de force this exhibition is. It is a wonderful retrospective highlighting 30 years of Isaac Mizrahi’s career. The show features an array of Mizrahi… Read More

Museum Visit: Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach

It’s been a few weeks since our last post and we are back with lots of new and exciting HDI Exhibitions picks from around New York. Before we share our NYC picks, we wanted to share a few of our favorite images from the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. We really enjoyed their current exhibit &… Read More

Winter Antiques Show 2016

We were thrilled to return as exhibitors to the Winter Antiques Show 2016 this January. The Winter Antiques Show is always a very elegant affair and every exhibitor does an amazing job with their display. This year the Winter Antiques Show opened up their time line, which allowed exhibitors to showc… Read More

HDI EXHIBITION PICK: “Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age” at the Met

This exhibition had us super excited and we can only highly recommend that you do not miss this one! Although we are very familiar with the work of the Herter Brothers and have a wonderful cabinet in our collection, we were not so familiar with the work of George A. Schastey (American, 1839–1894). R… Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Jacqueline de Ribes The Art of Style” at the Met

Jacqueline de Ribes is a style icon and has been on the Best Dressed list since 1962. The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is currently exhibiting sixty ensembles of haute couture and ready to wear from the personal archive of the de Ribes’s collection. You will fi… Read More

Happy New Year from Historical Design

Hello! I’m just standing in here for Adele…
Looking ahead to a brilliant 2016!

HDI Exhibition pick: “Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting” Guggenheim New York

The “Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting” has been on our NYC Exhibition pick list and we finally made it to the Guggenheim before the exhibit closes on January 6th, 2016. Burri (1915-1995) started his career in the 1950’s in Rome and New York and he was fascinated with the mater… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada” at LACMA

Another fantastic exhibit currently at LACMA that shouldn’t be missed if you find yourself in Los Angeles is “Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada”. Noah Purifoy (1917–2004) was an African American visual artist and sculptor and he lived and worked most of his life in Los Angeles and Joshua … Read More

Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows 2015

The best dressed holiday windows in New York during the holidays are always the windows at Bergdorf Goodman. Each window becomes a stage and it is theater for the eye. The glamorous creativity is unsurpassed and the Bergdorf windows are always a holiday highlight and “must see” every s… Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Jean Paul Gaultier” at Kunsthalle in Munich

While LACMA pays homage to the iconic Architect Frank Gehry (see our last Musings post), the Kunsthalle in Munich pays homage to the bold and equally iconic fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. More than any other designer, Gaultier’s bold and ironic creations have repeatedly challenged our conc… Read More

The Milwaukee Art Museum “Grand unveiling Celebration”

The Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating their “Grand Unveiling” this week after an extensive renovation. The Museum’s Collection Galleries will reopen to the public on November 24th, 2015 and it is a major treat! MAM did an amazing job reinstalling their permanent collection and yo… Read More

Happy Halloween from Historical Design!

Halloween is only a day away and New York City is turning into a scaaaarrrrrrry place! Wishing you all a wonderful Halloween and enjoy our favorite images from the always spectacular window displays at Bergdorfs!

HDI Exhibition pick: “The Power of Pictures” at The Jewish Museum, New York

Sunday is Funday and we made our way to the beautiful Jewish Museum here in New York to see their current exhibitions. We really enjoyed seeing “Becoming Jewish: Warhol’s Liz and Marilyn”. We couldn’t agree more with the quote by the journalist Max Lerner from 1962 that “Marilyn … Read More

HDI Mailing – October 2015

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Picasso Sculpture” at the Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art in New York will open Picasso Sculpture, a sweeping survey of Pablo Picasso’s innovative and influential work in three dimensions on September 14th. We were lucky to get a preview and wanted to share a few of our favorite photos of this spectacular exhibition. Picasso Sculpt… Read More

“Diamond” Anniversary Celebration at the Beverly Hilton

The Beverly Hilton celebrated their “Sweet 60” this last Friday, August 21st. The “Diamond” Anniversary was hosted by Neil Lane, L.A. Jewelry Designer to the Stars. Many of his spectacular diamond ensembles were featured along side photos of the stars flaunting them o… Read More

hdi exhibition pick: “China: through the Looking Glass” at the Met

China: Through the Looking Glass, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, through September 7th, 2015

Once again we made our way to one of our favorite museums In New York, the Metropolitan to visit the exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass”. This exhibit is a collaboration of The Cost… Read More

Modern Rebels at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, Masterworks from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
June 18th – September, 2015
Milwaukee Art Museum

While in Milwaukee a visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum cannot be missed. The brilliant Calatrava addition is thriving and the only accessible part of the mus… Read More

Harley-Davidson Museum Milwaukee

Earlier this year we made our way to the Ferrari Museum in Modena, Italy. This time we had bikes on our mind and traveled to the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee. The museum celebrates the more than 100-year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and you can find historic Harley-Davidson ephem… Read More

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame – Saratoga Springs, New York

No visit to Saratoga Springs would be complete without visiting the famous racetrack and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The Museum was founded in 1950 to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. The museum is a treasure-trove of everythi… Read More

HDI Exhibition PIck: “Opener 29: Arturo Herrera – Day Before”

Another really spectacular exhibition currently on view at the Tang Museum is Opener 29: Arturo Herrera – Day Before. Venezuelan born and now Berlin based artist Arturo Herrera’s work uses bold colors and references abstraction and popular culture. For his latest paintings, Herr… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Nicholas Krushenick” at the Tang

As mentioned in our previous Musings entry, we found ourselves at the beautiful Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York recently. We toured the beautiful Tang and caught the splendid exhibit currently on view by New York Pop artist Nicho… Read More

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

The summer is for weekend getaways and this particular weekend lead us to Saratoga Springs, New York touring Skidmore College and visiting the beautiful Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. The Tang opened in 2000 and was designed by the architect Antoine Predock. The architecture … Read More

Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena, Italy

Let’s have a look at cars as sculptural art today. It doesn’t matter if it is a vintage model or a new concept car, car design is an art form in itself. Ferrari was our inspiration, with their craftsmanship, their design, Ferraris have become collector items and are always a visual treat. … Read More

New Whitney, New York

The New Whitney opened its doors in May and has been a visitor magnet ever since. I finally got a chance to make my way down to the Meatpacking District to visit the New Whitney and see for myself what all the talk has been about. And wow, the Whitney Museum of American Art does not disappoint! The building … Read More

Spring Masters New York, May 8-12, 2015

Historical Design will return to the Spring Masters New York Art and Antiques Fair at the Park Avenue Armory from May 8-12, 2015. Rafael Viñoly’s groundbreaking hexagonal booth layout and a wonderful list of fellow dealers promises an exciting spring fair. Historical Design will feature eye-po… Read More

Billie Holiday’s 100th Birthday

The great singing legend Billie Holiday would have turned 100 today on April 7th, 2015.
Let’s celebrate with two of our favorite images by Billie, the first, a Paper cut-out, mixed media and paper collage by the extraordinary collage artist Stephen Longstreet and the second one a sensitive p… Read More

Spring windows at Bergdorf Goodman

It feels like Spring is finally coming around the corner! The weather has been changing day by day, but we anticipate the warm weather will prevail and Central Park will be in full bloom soon. The holiday weekend gave us a chance to stroll around the City and check out the always spectacular windows at B… Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered” at the Met

Thomas Hart Benton’s
America Today Mural Rediscovered

September 30, 2014–April 19, 2015, The Metropolitan Museum New York

Another wonderful exhibit currently on view at the Met that shouldn’t be missed is Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered. Benton (188… Read More

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