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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

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: “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

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 Exhibition pick: “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life” at the Broad in LA

You may have seen our last Musings post, which was all about our visit to the stunning new Broad museum in Los Angeles. The first special exhibition is a fantastic and very comprehensive survey of the work of the artist Cindy Sherman. The Broads started collecting the work of Cindy Sherman in the early … Read More

HDI Exhibition pick: “Stuart Davis: In Full Swing” at the Whitney

Summer is officially starting today, but it has been in full swing already for a few weeks. We made the trek downtown and went to the New Whitney Museum to see the “Stuart Davis: In Full Swing” exhibition. Stuart Davis (1892-1964), one of the preeminent figures of American Modernism has … 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

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

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

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 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

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

HDI Exhibition pick – Reimagining Modernism: 1900-1950 at the met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art reinstalled galleries that showcase modern art from 1900 to 1950 throughout nine galleries of the Wallace Wing. The new ongoing installation entitled Reimagining Modernism: 1900–1950 reinterprets the holdings of the Met’s modernist paintings, sculptur… Read More

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