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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
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
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
HDI Exhibition pick: “Manus x Machina” at the Met
Special exhibits at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here in New York are always very high on our list. Being in the decorative arts business, you have a very good understanding of the very labor intensive making of hand made couture and avant-garde ready to wear and you underst… Read More
HDI Exhibition Pick – January 2015
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Kimono, A Modern History
September 27, 2014–January 19, 2015, The Metropolitan Museum of New York
It is a rainy and grey day in New York and once again we are getting lost in the amazing world of The Metropolitan Museum of New York. The “Kimono, A Modern History” exhibition is a visual tre… Read More
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