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HDI Exhibition Tip: “LA Blacksmith” at the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

We so enjoyed the incredible “LA Blacksmith” exhibition at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles (CAAM) The show focuses on work in metal by black artists from Los Angeles made in the last few decades. The incredible work on view highlights the historic and symbolic si… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects” at The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, FL

Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson, Jr. pocketed a single hotel key as a child and that act launched the love of collecting and a collection that connects across time and cultures. “A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects” at The Wolfsonian examines Wolfson’s life of collec… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Deco: Luxury to Mass Market” at The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, FL

Welcome to the Twenties! We love the 1920’s and the Art Deco movement that emerged from that decade. Now a 100 years later, we can look back and be fascinated by every single piece that came from this time and how it still holds it’s place in time very strongly. We love Art Deco and we had the m… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific” at LACMA, Los Angeles

Another really great exhibit currently at LACMA is “Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific”. This stunning exhibition features over 280 artworks from various international collections that include figurative sculpture, ritual kava bowls, breastplates of pearl shell and whale ivo… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China” at LACMA, Los Angeles

Back in LA, a visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is always in order. It’s fascinating to see what’s on and see new things. It was interesting to see the “The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China” exhibit and see how contemporary Chinese artists work with mater… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Edith Halpert and the Rise of American Art” The Jewish Museum New York

The exhibition “Edith Halpert and the Rise of American Art” currently on view at The Jewish Museum in New York is a treat! It is the first exhibition to explore the remarkable career of Edith Halpert (1900-1970), the influential American art dealer and founder of the Downtown Galler… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Anni Venti in Italia”, Genova Palazzo Ducale

We just love going to beautiful Italy and seeing beautiful exhibits in beautiful Palazzos. We are currently in Genoa for the big birthday of a very special friend and part of the celebration was held at the Palazzo Ducale. We wanted to share a few of our highlights from their current exhibition “… Read More

New Spring Installation

HD Jewels at The Carlyle Hotel is delighted to present their new Spring installation. Spring is always a time of new beginnings and we wanted to give our fine jewelry and object Salon a new look.

Please come and visit us to view the new installation in person.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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HDI Museum Tip: LACMA, Los Angeles

As you may have noticed if you follow along our Musings, we love going to LACMA in LA. We always come for a visit when in LA and there is always a fantastic exhibit that can’t be missed. We also really enjoy their permanent collection and try to visit various parts of the museum to see something we ma… Read More

HDI Visits: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California

Our oceans are a fascinating world and unfortunately sea life and sea creatures are endangered. Studying sea life is fascinating and a visit to the aquarium is always a fun outing. Not only is it fascinating to see the various creatures, but their beauty and their colors are other worldly. We were par… Read More

HDI Visits: St. Basil Catholic Church, Los Angeles

Churches are the original museums and we always enjoy visiting a new church or cathedral that we haven’t seen yet. While in LA, we visited the St. Basil Catholic Church, which is located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Kingsley Drive. The church was built in 1969 to replace the older St… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka”, LACMA, Los Angeles

LACMA is always a favorite stop when in LA and this trip was no different. We visited the newly opened exhibition “The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka” and were mesmerized by this comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art. Two millennia of Sri Lankan history are on display and it was intere… Read More

HDI Museum Tip: The Irvine Museum Collection, Irvine, CA

The Irvine Museum Collection has been on our radar for a while and we finally made it there on our recent visit to LA. The Irvine Museum is dedicated to the education and preservation of California art of the Impressionist Period (1890-1930). Vivid landscapes are on display showcasing the beauty of S… Read More

Griffith Observatory & Park, Los Angeles, CA

We recently made our way to Griffith Park in LA. We have been trying to make it here for a while when we are in LA, but either the weather didn’t cooperate or the parking situation was not in our favor. This time we finally made it and the sky couldn’t be any more beautiful. We really enjoyed th… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800”, LACMA, Los Angeles

Before heading back to New York, we enjoyed one more amazing exhibit at LACMA in Los Angeles: “To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800”. Assembled entirely from LACMA’s permanent collection, the works exhibited reveal the depth of Rome’s impact from t… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh”, California Science Center, Los Angeles

While in LA, we also headed to the California Science Center to see the KING TUT: TREASURES OF THE GOLDEN PHARAOH exhibition. We love ancient artifacts and we enjoyed the dramatic presentation of King Tut’s artifacts and opulent jewelry.

We hope you enjoy some of our favorite images. For mo… Read More

Richard Serra “Band”, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, LACMA, Los Angeles

Richard Serra and his monumental sculptures don’t need an introduction. We were mesmerized with Serra’s “Band” from 2006. At about twenty tons it was no small feat to install. It is quite an experience to walk and follow the contours of this mesmerizing sculpture and to t… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Outliers and American Vanguard Art” – Quilts, LACMA, Los Angeles

In our previous Musings post we showed favorite images, mainly paintings and sculpture from the “Outliers and American Vanguard Art” exhibition currently on view at LACMA. A whole section in this exquisite exhibition is devoted to quilts and we wanted to highlight photos in a separa… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Outliers and American Vanguard Art”, LACMA, Los Angeles

Another wonderful exhibition currently on view at LACMA is “Outliers and American Vanguard Art”, the first major exhibition to explore key moments in American art history when avant-garde artists and outliers intersected.

This spectacular show illustrates how the early history … Read More

HDI Museum Tip: MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles

We hope you enjoyed our last Musings post, on the fantastic “One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art” exhibit at MOCA Grand Avenue in Los Angeles. Should you find yourself in L.A., we highly recommend a visit to MOCA! Their permanent collection is exquisite and their exhibits are always worth a … Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art”, MOCA, Los Angeles

We were in love with the work of Manny Farber when visiting MOCA in Los Angeles recently. We really loved the exhibit “One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art” and it is an interesting and very ambitious exhibition of Manny Farber’s work and a group-show highlighting the sp… Read More

Summer at The Carlyle

Summer in the City is special. Weekends are quieter, the streets are emptier and the park is one gorgeous oasis. Even though going to the beach or the country is always enticing when the heat is up, summer in the city can be very special and it becomes even more special at The Carlyle. The beautiful and ex… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: “The Ragghianti Foundation”, Lucca, Italy

Even though we are back in New York, we are still thinking about all the fascinating museums and foundations that we had the pleasure of visiting while in Italy. Another must see gem that we wanted to share with you is The Ragghianti Foundation in Lucca, Italy. We were lucky to see the exhibition … Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Anything Goes: The Jazz Age Featuring Original Cover Art for The Great Gatsby”, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY

We had the best time venturing outside the City and to Roslyn Harbor on Long Island to visit the Nassau County Museum of Art to see the current exhibition: “Anything Goes: The Jazz Age Featuring Original Cover Art for The Great Gatsby”. We absolutely loved the exhibit and can only h

HDI Exhibition tip: “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Met Cloisters

Back in New York and so much to see here as well. On top of our list was and always is the The Costume Institute’s spring exhibition. This year, the show is entitled “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and is exhibited at the Met on Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloi… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy – Part 2

We so enjoyed The Museo del Novecento in Milan and we promised a second Musings post on earlier works from their extensive collection of Italian Art and Sculpture. Our last post had more Contemporary works (you can click here to go back to see Part 1) and some of the best Milano views. Don’t miss t… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy – Part 1

Another favorite museum on our recent trip to Italy was The Museo del Novecento, located inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario in Piazza del Duomo in Milan. Not only is this museum perfectly located for a visit, the collection includes over four thousand works that catalyze the development of 20th cen… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: The British Museum, London

In addition to visiting the Rodin Show at The British Museum (see our earlier Musings post), we always very much enjoy viewing the permanent collection and taking everything in the British Museum has to offer. Their collection is absolutely wonderful and a “must do” when you are in L… Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Rodin and the art of ancient Greece”, The British Museum, London

In 1881 the French sculptor Auguste Rodin visited London for the first time. On a trip to the British Museum, he saw the Parthenon sculptures and was instantly captivated by the beauty of these ancient Greek masterpieces. Like many archaeological ruins, the Parthenon sculptures had been broken an… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Galleria d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Piacenza, Italy

We absolutely adored the Galleria d’arte moderna Ricci Oddi (Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art) in the charming town of Piacenza. The museum, founded by the art collector Giuseppe Ricci Oddi (1868 – 1936) shows his collection of paintings and sculpture spanning 200 years. The mus… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy

Another wonderful museum to visit is the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, also in Milan, Italy. The foundation was established in 1995 and was created to be a place of study and debate over the major issues and greatest contemporary avant-garde figures, and to act as a real cultural center, offering ex… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Fondazione Piero Portaluppi, Milan, Italy

Another fun outing in Milan was the fascinating Fondazione Piero Portaluppi. Portaluppi was a Milanese architect, who was active from the 1910s to ’60s, Piero Portaluppi designed the Italian Pavilion for the Universal Exposition in 1929. After World War I, he went on to restore several of M… Read More

HDI Museum visit: The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami

The Cisneros Foundation has been on our radar for a while and this visit to Miami we finally made it there and it was a treat. The exhibition on view “Triángulo: Loló Soldevilla, Sandu Darie and Carmen Herrera” curated by Elsa Vega & Ella Fontanels-Cisneros was spectacular and we wa… Read More

HDI Exhibition tip: “Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper”, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL

Fashion lovers and costume historians rejoice. The exhibit “Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper” at The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida was an absolute treat! Five hundred years of fashion were explored in the breathtaking art of Belgian artist Isabell… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: The Bass, Miami

Another museum in Miami Beach that should not be missed is The Bass. The Bass focuses on international contemporary art by mid-career and established artists. If you can’t immediately find the museum, look for Ugo Rondinone’s Miami Mountain, which follows his iconic mountain series and is … Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age”, Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach

We really enjoyed the “Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age” at the Wolfsonian in Miami Beach. Born in Vienna in 1867, Julius Klinger became one of the leading graphic artists of the modern age. His poster designs, book and magazine illustrations, campaigns, brand and typographi… Read More

HDI Museum Visit: Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach

The never-ending winter and all the March Nor’Easters here in New York made us book a trip to Florida to get some sun and visit the wonderful museums of Miami and Palm Beach. Our time in Florida couldn’t have been more perfect and we want to share the various places that we went to in the next … Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Polished to Perfection: Japanese Cloisonné from the Collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry” LACMA, Los Angeles

One of the exhibitions at LACMA that we had the pleasure of seeing was “Polished to Perfection, Japanese Cloisonné, Collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry”. The exhibit features approximately 150 works from the collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry. Built o… Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Ettore Sottsass Design Radical” at the Met Breuer

The Met Breuer just opened an exhibition on the the Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007). It’s an absolutely wonderful show that we highly recommend that evaluates Sottsass’s career in a presentation of key works in a range of media—including architectural d… Read More

HDI exhibition tip: “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met is always worth a visit, no matter what exhibit is on view. We can spend an entire day walking the grand halls of the museum and discovering new things that we may not have seen in the past. One exhibition that we knew is a must see is “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

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

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

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

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

“High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West” Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach

High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West,

February 19, 2015 – May 24, 2015,

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida

Our HDI Exhibition pick for March 2015 is “High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West” currently on view at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. … Read More

“Maker & Muse, Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry” Driehaus Museum Chicago

Maker & Muse, Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry
February 14, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Driehaus Museum Chicago

If you love jewelry and especially sumptiuous jewels created mostly by women from the early decades of the 20th Century, you should not miss the current exhibition Mak… Read More