CJ Dellatore: RIGHT NOW
What’s happening RIGHT NOW?
CJ Dellatore is.
He just started a new video series on his blog called RIGHT NOW and I was featured in the first episode!
Check it out RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE!
George became Grace, and it all worked out…
Last week was an extremely busy week in New York City for fine art.
Art galleries from all over the United States and the World came to a very broad range of art fairs showing the newest of the new, and the finest of the fine, and lots of things in between. Some of the fairs insist on works that are shown have never been seen or sold before, often by younger less recognized artists, while other fairs focus more on ‘secondary market’ works that have found places of significance and value in the marketplace.
I was looking for art for a few current projects and focused my time and energy on Pier 92 of the “Armory Show” which focuses on Modern (versus contemporary) and the “The Art Show” sponsored and run by the ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America) at the Park Avenue Armory.
One of the works that I found was by an artist named Grace Hartigan – a name that I recognized, but whose work and history I could not immediately place – so I did some digging and want to share some of what I learned here.
Join Me at The Architectural Digest Home Show
Photo: Thomas Loof
On Friday March 21st, writer and editor Linda O’Keeffe will be moderating a panel discussion at the Architectural Digest Home Show. Geoffrey Bradfield, Robert Passal, Kathryn Scott and I will be discussing the innovative ideas that we as designers have utilized in our own homes – the ideas that we might not be able to convince clients to adopt.
For more information on purchasing tickets to attend the show, follow this link.
I hope to see you there!
A Visit With The Curator of Decorative Arts & Design at The RISD Museum of Art
Last week, Elizabeth Williams, the Curator of Decorative Arts & Design at the RISD Museum visited my design studio to look at a wide range of objects that I am now offering to her department at the Museum.
Some five years ago I was invited to join the Board of the RISD Museum. As a student at the Rhode Island School of Design I loved, enjoyed and learned a great deal about the history of the Fine and the Decorative Arts at the Museum, so I was happy to offer help and assistance in any way that I could, and was thrilled to have a reason to visit Providence 3-4 times per year.
Over the last 5-10 years I have accumulated lots of objects – of various scales, materials and time periods – that are of specific interest to me. In the course of my professional life I regularly ‘shop’ and buy items at auction, and have been a very active participant on eBay (another form of auction) for over 14 years. Many of these items I have purchased for my personal use and pleasure; some I include in design projects; and others have been accumulating in closed cabinets in my office ‘for the Museum’. I think Elizabeth was surprised to find dozens of items for her review and consideration.
Thank You David Colman, and The Wall Street Journal
Last Friday I was quoted in The Wall Street Journal, in an article written by David Colman about the new book Mies, which chronicles the career of design legend Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Colman asserts “the book is most intent on reasserting Mies as a focal player in the International Style movement that revolutionized industrial architecture in the ’40s and ’50s, ushering in the reign of glass-and-steel boxes.”
The article goes on to sheds light on the 85 year history of the iconic and ubiquitous Barcelona chair.
Celebrated interior design Matthew Patrick Smyth, architect DD Allen and I all give our personal perspectives on how to best specify the classic piece in interiors today. It’s quite an interesting piece.
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