The highlight of this week was my group visit to the Brooklyn-based studio of Cody Hoyt. As an artist, Hoyt perceives ceramics as a medium in creating his personal art, participating in the new Renaissance, in which contemporary artists are shaping a new future for ceramics. His vessels, whether in the form of cubist sculptures […]
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When visiting the new exhibition Charlotte Perriand, organized by Laffanour / Galerie Downtown at Venus Over Manhattan, you cannot help but thinking of the memorable story of Charlotte Perriand (1903-99) at 24, when she walked into Le Corbusier’s atelier at 35 rue de Sèvres, asking him to hire her as a furniture designer, just to
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My introduction to the talk : Taste, Design, and Influence: David Gill in Conversation with Daniella Ohad at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum today. David Gill is one of the most influential tastemakers in the global world of collectible contemporary design. He has been instrumental in formulating that market, and in establishing the movement which
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In celebrating the upcoming The Salon Art + Design, which will open at the Park Avenue Armory this Friday, I have hosted special guests in the program Collecting Design this morning. Sam Pratt and Valerio Capo, the dynamic and sweet talents behind Gallery FUMI, the London-based design gallery which will be presenting contemporary pieces from
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