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ny premiere contemporary art fair: the salon art + design

contemporary art fair salon Polignac table

New York hosts my favorite contemporary art fair of the Fall season this week when The Salon: Art & Design kicks off Thursday 13 November 2014 with a “by invitation only” cocktail reception hosted by Architectural Digest. Over fifty exhibitors … Continue reading →

sitting pretty at the salon: art + design

I’ve been on the lookout for interesting chairs for a new project in New York and my timing could not be better with the last of the year’s major art fairs in New York opening last night. The Salon Art + Design which principally … Continue reading →

honorary committee … thanks for the compliments

THANK YOU to The Salon Art + Design Fair – New York’s leading fair of modern and contemporary art and design in collaboration with the French Syndicat National des Antiquaires for naming me into their Honorary Committee. When: Thu Nov … Continue reading →

the international antique show lands in new york

With pomp and ceremony, the 25th International Fine Art & Antique Dealer’s Show opened last night in New York and it turned out to be quite a party. Indeed some of NY’s top antiques collectors and their decorators/advisors were milling … Continue reading →

modenus’ posse for blogtour london 2013

Last week it was announced that little ol’ me, through my achievements with the modern sybarite blog, had been one of 12 North American bloggers selectively handpicked by MODENUS to participate in covering the upcoming London Design Festival and DECOREX … Continue reading →

the surprising side of art – the work of Edith Dekyndt

Minimalist contemporary Flemish artist Edith Dekyndt (b. Ypres, 1960) is part physicist and part artist, and her work, like that of the great Mark Rothko, pulls me right in. I don’t know what it is but there is something powerful, … Continue reading →

artist Do Ho Suh explores domestic notions of space through fabric installations

About 1 month ago, I braved the thunderstorms to attend the Frieze Art Fair, the New York iteration of the London-based contemporary art extravaganza. Being jaded as this was the umpteenth art fair of the year, I was delighted by … Continue reading →