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INTERVIEW: Michael Aram and a Sneak Peek at His First Dinnerware Collection
New Dinnerware by Michael Aram, Cast Iron and Black Orchid Patterns Michael Aram is a people person. When I visited his offices last week to chat with him about his new fine dinnerware collection,...
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Art for the Luxe Lodge Look: Work by Wilson Bentley and Yuji Obata
Forget stylish or chic. I want to be described as exuberant. It was while reading a book on exuberance (Kay Jamison’s Exuberance: The Passion for Life) that I discovered the work of Wilson...
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Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975). Coal, from America Today, 1930–31. Mural cycle consisting of ten panels. Egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood...
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Tales of Winters’ Past Before We Leap Forward
Detail from “Central Park Winter”, lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1862 Sometimes it’s fun to look back right before you jump ahead. A current exhibition at The Museum of the City of New York gives...
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Running Away
Circus Spectators, 1947 “Why the hell shouldn’t I run away to the circus,” says Jacob in Sara Gruen’s wonderful novel about life and the circus, Water for Elephants. Running away to the circus is just...
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HIDDEN TREASURE: Discover the Art from Behind the Iron Curtain
Detail from “Country Doctor” Shapaev, Feodor Vasilievich41¼” x 55¼”1964-67, Oil on Canvas I have a story of hidden treasure that I can’t wait to share with you. Who would have ever imagined that I...
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MY ROAD MAP THROUGH THE ARMORY SHOW: 5 Works of Art Created in 2012-2013
Scene from an Armory Show If I am not snowed in tomorrow (right now it’s coming down heavy), I will be walking the aisles at The Armory Show. If you don’t follow the art scene, the name can be...
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A Closer Look at The Armory Show
Detail of a photograph by Trine Sondergaard Manhattan was a sloppy mess on Friday with lots of snow and slush. Still, I am so happy I braved the elements to attend The Armory Show. I prepared...
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OBSESSION SESSION: Emerald Green
Matisse I simply could not help myself. I just had to do it. I have been collecting images featuring emerald green for weeks on my tumblr. (I buck the trend and spend little time on that other pin...
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DESIGN DICTIONARY: Caryatid
“If you are going to walk the walk, you should talk the talk.” CARYATID ”care-ee-ah-tid”: Sculpted support in the form of a female figure. First seen in Ancient Greek architecture. The caryatid...
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ART SCHOOL: From Lucian Freud to Pamela Copeman
“Woman in a White Shirt” (1957), Oil on Canvas, Lucian Freud “I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.” Lucian Freud The...
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ART SCHOOL: From Marc Chagall to Dominique Fortin
“When Chagall paints, one does not know whether he happens to be asleep or awake. He must have an angel in his head.” –Pablo Picasso “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette,...
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Tales of Winters’ Past Before We Leap Forward
Detail from “Central Park Winter”, lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1862 Sometimes it’s fun to look back right before you jump ahead. A current exhibition at The Museum of the City of New York gives...
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Running Away
Circus Spectators, 1947 “Why the hell shouldn’t I run away to the circus,” says Jacob in Sara Gruen’s wonderful novel about life and the circus, Water for Elephants. Running away to the circus is just...
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HIDDEN TREASURE: Discover the Art from Behind the Iron Curtain
Detail from “Country Doctor” Shapaev, Feodor Vasilievich41¼” x 55¼”1964-67, Oil on Canvas I have a story of hidden treasure that I can’t wait to share with you. Who would have ever imagined that I...
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MY ROAD MAP THROUGH THE ARMORY SHOW: 5 Works of Art Created in 2012-2013
Scene from an Armory Show If I am not snowed in tomorrow (right now it’s coming down heavy), I will be walking the aisles at The Armory Show. If you don’t follow the art scene, the name can be...
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A Closer Look at The Armory Show
Detail of a photograph by Trine Sondergaard Manhattan was a sloppy mess on Friday with lots of snow and slush. Still, I am so happy I braved the elements to attend The Armory Show. I prepared...
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OBSESSION SESSION: Emerald Green
Matisse I simply could not help myself. I just had to do it. I have been collecting images featuring emerald green for weeks on my tumblr. (I buck the trend and spend little time on that other pin...
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DESIGN DICTIONARY: Caryatid
“If you are going to walk the walk, you should talk the talk.” CARYATID ”care-ee-ah-tid”: Sculpted support in the form of a female figure. First seen in Ancient Greek architecture. The caryatid...
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ART SCHOOL: From Lucian Freud to Pamela Copeman
“Woman in a White Shirt” (1957), Oil on Canvas, Lucian Freud “I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.” Lucian Freud The...
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