Archive for January 8th, 2012
GRAND TOURING, WHEN IT COMES TO ELITE WORLD TRAVEL, BUDDY BOMBARD’S BALLOONS RISE ABOVE ALL ELSE
Art, Art Shows, TravelHow’s this for a dream vacation? Imagine floating through the European countryside, Tuscany, the French wine country, or the Alps. Wait—it gets better. You check in to a five-star hotel, and then dine in a magnificent, historic castle. There is a serene tranquility in gently drifting over some of Europe’s most spectacular countryside. The entire [...]
The Chessmen Have Landed “The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis” is luring crowds to New York’s beloved Cloisters
Art, Art Gallery, Art Shows, Museum Showby Sara Evans When I lived in London after college, I was head over heels in love with all things medieval. Living in England was like living in a time machine. Weekends were spent visiting ancient cathedrals, old walking tracks and treasure houses. And whenever I could, I made a beeline to the British Museum, [...]
Northern Light A landmark exhibit at Scandinavia House in New York illuminates the Scandinavian Modernist tradition.
Art, Art Gallery, Art ShowsBy Sara Evans One hundred years ago, in 1912, an entire year before the Armory show that shook the art world and turned it forever on its ear, an exhibit of 165 pieces of contemporary Scandinavian art was held. It had paintings, sculptures, textiles and ceramics, that were unlike any works previously seen in this [...]
Hypergraphia: The Cup Drawings– Studio in the Prow Gwyneth Leech’s work personifies New York City, measured in coffee cups.
Art, Art Gallery, Art Showsby Tina Seligman Due to rapid advancements in wireless technology and the nonstop pace of 21st century life, we access and touch the world with the palm of our hands. Curated by Cheryl McGinnis in partnership with Sprint, “Hypergraphia: The Cup Drawings – Studio in the Prow” explores how the gallery and art studio can [...]
Three Tales of a City A clutch of recent books casts new light on the Nazi looting of art in Vienna.
Art, Art Gallery, Books, History, IssuesBy Sara Evans Have you read it yet?” “You have got to read it!” Last summer, there was so much buzz about a book called “The Hare with Amber Eyes” that I bit the bullet and borrowed it from my local library. When I opened the first few pages to an elaborate family tree that [...]
Women, Wealth, and Legacy Planning
Financial Planning, InvestmentsWhether nurturing the values of children, fulfilling charitable goals, or making investment decisions that affect their own as well as their beneficiaries’ financial security, women play a central role in establishing and preserving family wealth. Women need to be involved, informed, and comfortable with their role as guardians of family wealth. Active participation in wealth [...]
New Orleans Treasure Hunt M.S. Rau Antiques celebrates its Centennial in March, and continues to raise the bar on collecting
Art, Art Gallery, Art Shows, Auction, Books, Fashionby Isabelle Kellogg As owners of the country’s largest and oldest antiques, fine arts and estate jewelry dealers in the US, the Rau family has seen its share of ups and downs over the decades at its historic gallery located in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Three generations of the Rau family have weathered [...]
Mike Weiss Gallery Will Kurtz Extra F***ing Ordinary
Art, Art Gallery, Art ShowsJanuary 12 – February 18, 2012 Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Extra F***ing Ordinary, Will Kurtz’s debut exhibition at the gallery. The show consists of life size figural sculptures constructed of collaged torn sheets of newspaper, wood, wire, screws, tape and everyday objects which depict the characters captured by Kurtz’s iPhone camera lens. [...]
Lily, Duchess of Marlborough (1854—1909): A Portrait with Husbands A new book casts light on America’s unknown “Buccaneer.”
Books, Fashion, Museum Show, Uncategorizedby Sally E. Svenson Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill, was one. Consuelo Vanderbilt, wife of Winston’s cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, was another. But it is not widely known that there were three American women who married into the illustrious Churchill family of England in the last third of the nineteenth century. Lily Price [...]
Art Notes from Monaco 2012
Art, Art Shows, Dance, Fashion, Travelby David Shilling T he Festive Season comes and goes but even in this era when we are all concerned over the ongoing financial crisis and its far reaching effects and we are laden down with gilt and guilt, in some areas we have never been more festive. And have you noticed? Now there is [...]
