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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: “Smith I Paley”, Kreeger Museum, Washington D. C.

Our last Musings post was about the spectacular Kreeger Museum that we so enjoyed visiting while we were in Washington D.C. The permanent collection is world class and we loved it! Currently the Kreeger Museum is exhibiting SMITH | PALEY, the first exhibition to feature a collaboration by internat… 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: “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: “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: “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: “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

“Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century” Denver art museum

Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century,

November 16, 2014 – March 17, 2015, Denver Art Museum

The Cartier exhibition, Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century currently on view at the Denver Art Museum is a spectacular exhibit not to be missed. If you are a jewelry aficionado or a connoisseur of all thi… 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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