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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: “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.
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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
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 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 Exhibition Tip: “Osvaldo Borsani” RETROSPECTIVE AT TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM, Milan, Italy
While in Milan, we also visited the Triennale Design Museum. They currently show the first retrospective exhibition of the life and work of architect, designer and visionary Osvaldo Borsani, co-founder of TECNO . The exhibition, which runs until September 16th is curated and designed by Norman F… 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 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 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 tip: “Giovanni Bellini: Landscapes of Faith in Renaissance Venice” Getty Center, Los Angeles
Another fascinating exhibit currently on view (and only until January 14th, 2018) is “Giovanni Bellini: Landscapes of Faith in Renaissance Venice”. Giovanni Bellini, one of the most influential painters of the Renaissance worked in and around Venice, where religious subjects an… Read More
HDI Exhibition tip: “making art concrete: works from argentina and brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros” Getty Center, Los Angeles
It is freezing in New York and we made our way, once again to sunny LA. A visit to the Getty Center is always a must and we really enjoyed the current exhibition:”Making ART Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros” which is part of Pacific Sta… 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 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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