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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: “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 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 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: “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 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

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Andy Warhol— From A to B and Back Again”, Whitney Museum New York

We were lucky to get a sneak preview of the Andy Warhol retrospective “Andy Warhol— From A to B and Back Again” that is opening at the Whitney on Monday, November 12th. This exhibition, the first Andy Warhol retrospective organized by a U.S. museum in 31 years looks at his work as one of the … Read More

HDI Exhibition Tip: “Calder / Kelly” at Levy Gorvy Gallery, New York

It’s the Fall season and lots of amazing exhibitions are opening all over the city. It’s always a special experience to see a wonderful show and a really special one was the newly opened “Calder / Kelly” show at Levy Gorvy Gallery here in New York.

This exhibition explores t… 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: “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: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

A perfect day on the Upper East Side with HD Jewels

It’s the holiday season and New York is shining bright! We love the season for all the festivities and how festive the City is in general. There are many places that we like to go, but we also like to stay close on the Upper East Side and spend the holiday season in our neighborhood. Here is a perfect … 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: “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present” at the Guggenheim

So many great exhibits here in New York and so little time, but we didn’t want to miss the comprehensive retrospective of the work of László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) to appear in the United States in nearly fifty years at the Guggenheim. Moholy-Nagy was an influential teacher at the Bauhaus an… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: Beauty – Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial & Thom Brown Selects

Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial is the fifth installment of the museum’s signature contemporary design exhibition series. With a focus on aesthetic innovation, Beauty celebrates design as a creative endeavor that engages the mind, body, and senses. We really enjoyed this exhibit and ho… Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick: “Lisa Sotilis: The Power of the Greek Myth”, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City

We recently made our way to Mexico City to see the amazing exhibition of our dear friend Lisa Sotilis entitled “Lisa Sotilis: The Power of the Greek Myth” at the Franz Mayer Museum.

This spectacular exhibit has been fully and beautifully realized by the Franz Mayer Museum under the dire… 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: “China: through the Looking Glass” at the Met

China: Through the Looking Glass, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, through September 7th, 2015

Once again we made our way to one of our favorite museums In New York, the Metropolitan to visit the exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass”. This exhibit is a collaboration of The Cost… Read More

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame – Saratoga Springs, New York

No visit to Saratoga Springs would be complete without visiting the famous racetrack and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The Museum was founded in 1950 to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. The museum is a treasure-trove of everythi… Read More

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

The summer is for weekend getaways and this particular weekend lead us to Saratoga Springs, New York touring Skidmore College and visiting the beautiful Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. The Tang opened in 2000 and was designed by the architect Antoine Predock. The architecture … Read More

New Whitney, New York

The New Whitney opened its doors in May and has been a visitor magnet ever since. I finally got a chance to make my way down to the Meatpacking District to visit the New Whitney and see for myself what all the talk has been about. And wow, the Whitney Museum of American Art does not disappoint! The building … Read More

Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows 2014

The Bergdorf Goodman holiday window display is one of the highlights of the holiday season in New York. Every year the team in charge of the Bergdorf windows creates the most magical and stunning installations that are elegant and always a feast for the eyes. There is never a favorite, as every single … Read More

HDI Exhibition Pick – December 2014

Treasures from India: Al Thani Collection

Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection

October 28, 2014 – January 25, 2015, Metropolitan Museum New York.

The Metropolitan Museum is always a great place to get lost in art, but seeing this exhibit currently at the Met, you not only get lost in the beauty of the 60 jewels on view, bu… Read More

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