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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: “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: 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 Exhibition Tip: “FRIDA KAHLO. BEYOND THE MYTH” AT MUDEC, MILAN, ITALY
On a recent trip to Italy we visited the spectacular Museum of Culture of Milan, short MUDEC. The museum featured an extensive exhibition on the work of Frida Kahlo which was curated by Diego Sileo, curator of Milan’s Pac and a scholar of Latin American art. All the works exhibited came from t… 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 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 Museum visit: LACMA Los Angeles
Another must visit when in LA is LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) LACMA is a museum where you can spend a whole day and then you still didn’t see everything, but we loved wandering the great halls of this wonderful museum and exploring everything from there permanent collection to curre… Read More
HDI EXHIBITION PICK: “Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed” AT THE MET BREUER
One of our neighbors on Madison Avenue is the Met Breuer. We very much enjoy going there for a visit and seeing the newest exhibit. It is always a treat (so is Flora Bar, don’t forget to stop in for a meal or drinks). The current exhibition entitled “Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Be… Read More
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
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: “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
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