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Today, the design team that we share an office with was talking about the artist, Jeremiah Goodman. They were discussing his beautiful, painterly interior renderings and I had to investigate. I immediately fell in love. Jeremiah Goodman has been on the scene for quite a while; this year he will celebrate his 90th birthday. While his original plan was to become a Hollywood set designer, he began his interior renderings in 1952 for Lord and Taylor.  I have to say, I'm pleased he never made it to set design because his illustrations are so beautiful and expressive.

Bedroom of Bill Blass

Sitting Room of Carolina Herrera

Room in the house of Greta Garbo

Ann Hamilton is an American artist from Ohio. She is known for her large scale installation pieces that immerse all of the senses. Her current installation is going on at the Park Avenue Armory and it is called The Event of a Thread. Her inspirations were drawn from the liquidity of time and gravity that occurs while swinging on a swing set. Also from the liquidity of time and space brought forth from reading. This event will only be taking place through the end of the weekend. I'm excited to head over to the Upper East Side and check it out!

Photos above by James Ewing

Metropolitan Museum

I must be in an artsy mood. Yesterday I went to the Met. To be honest I was going in hopes of giant Christmas trees and pretty lights. What I found, however, was the amazing photography exhibit : Faking It. This exhibit was dedicated to the art of photo manipulation before Photoshop. Most of the images shown below are more surreal, but the exhibit was showing things from early color correction (as you can see in the studio photograph of the Woman with Umbrella in the Rain) to multiple exposures to editing people in (or out) of the picture. The exhibition is on display until January 27.

Audrey Hepburn : by Richard Avedon, 1967

Woman Riding a Moth : Unknown, 1950

Untitled : by Jerry N. Uelsmann, 1976

Sealed Power Piston Rings : by John Paul Pennebaker, 1933

Woman in Champagne Glass : by Howard S. Redell, 1930

Woman with Umbrella in the Rain : by Kusakabe Kimbei, 1870s

Leap into the Void : by Yves Klein, 1960

Me + Cat : by Wanda Wulz, 1932

One of the great things about New York is all of the public art. It's everywhere. One place that has become a staple for public sculpture exhibitions is Madison Square Park. (And it's just a couple of blocks from our office!) During the summer I loved to sit in the park after work and enjoy the last hours of sunlight. As the days have grown shorter... and colder, I haven't been quite as willing to sit outside. However, an exception needs to be made to visit Leo Villareal's Buckyball. This massive light sculpture, 20 ft in diameter, pulses with 180 LED light tubes. (Leo Villareal's public light sculptures can also be found at the Bleecker St B,D,F & 6 subway station.)

Buckyball : by Leo Villareal

Echo : by Jaume Plensa

Scattered Light : by James Campbell

Scattered Light : by James Campbell

Trees : by Roxy Paine

Pet Sounds : by Charles Long

Markers : by Mel Kendrick

Double Tetrahedron : Mark di Suvero

If you have some free time this week I highly recommend stopping by the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show at the Park Avenue Armory.  Whether you’re in the market or just browsing, the impressive and diverse collection of art and antiques from a wide range of exhibitors is definitely worth checking out! Here are a few pieces that caught my eye… 

“Flowers of The Four Seasons”

Pair of six-panel folding screens

Erik Thomsen 

“After Bathing”

Gaston Priou

Gallery Lefebvre

Asymmetrical Mirror

Libor David

Gallery Lefebvre

Giltwood Mirror

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Thomas Chippendale dining chairs

Thomas Coulborn & Sons Ltd

Carpet

Keshishian

Early on Tuesday morning, seven paintings were stolen from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This is one of the largest scale heists in recent Dutch history. Experts are hopeful for a quick recovery of the stolen paintings as all of the works are too famous to be sold. Below I've shown all seven paintings with contemporary architecture and interiors that I believe correspond to the paintings.

Girl in Front of Open Window : by Paul Gauguin, 1898

Family Home : by Pedro Gadanho

Charing Cross Bridge, London : by Claude Monet, 1901

Chelsea Loft : by Amy Lau

Self-Portrait : by Meyer de Haan, circa 1890

Modern Hall : by Jagoda Architecture

Woman with Eyes Closed by : Lucian Freud, 2002

Contemporary Kitchen : by Jennifer Gilmer

Waterloo Bridge, London : by Claude Monet, 1901

Living Room : by Rafael de Cárdenas 

Harlequin Head : by Pablo Picasso, 1971

Green Lighthouse : by Christensen & Co Arkitekter

Reading Girl in White and Yellow : by Henri Matisse, 1919