Written for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) “Crossing Borders,” the current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, showcases an impressive selection from the Bodleian Library’s important collection of Hebrew manuscripts, established by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1602. Another title for the show might have been “A...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) After watching Roger Federer’s win at Wimbledon this summer, I was inspired to ponder the commonalities between the champion’s elegant performance and that of great design. With some replay observation, I came to the conclusion that the confluence...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) History proves that trends come and go; what’s trendy one moment becomes passe the next. But, great design transcends the barriers of time and place. The qualities that rise above the shabby-chic or super minimalist modern are those...
Read More“Eye on Design” Archive from Mann Report (Article By Gail Green) While Sir Isaac Newton believed that “We build too many walls and not enough bridges,” he wasn't focused on interior architecture. And, of course, Newton was being metaphorical. Literally, he wasn’t too off mark, because, in...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) In their most narrow sense, niches are the professed specialization areas marketing experts tell us to pursue. Like a well-trodden path, is it singularly bound with little perspective. Enter the architectural niche, it’s almost forgotten cousin. While indeed...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) As Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe exclaimed “God is in the details.” The famous architect knew that what separates the sublime from the mundane is the attention to detail that an artisan expresses in their work. It is...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) For a dramatic floor, one that emphasizes the furniture and grandeur of a room, stain it a very dark brown or black. Staining it so will make the floor disappear, thus giving emphasis to the furniture, adding drama...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) At first glance the images in Marlene Mocquet’s paintings appear whimsical and witty. There are all sorts of chimerical figures: it is a fantastical world of animated and anthropomorphic creatures. In what looks like Hieronymus Bosch meets Max...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) While the words may not sound as lyrical, the look of them is chic and sophisticated! Thanks to John Bidwell, Head of Printed Books at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, the institution now has a new...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) How better suited to this Blog than the appearance of a show that defines it’s very name: Art Antiques and Design! The confluence of these allied arts in one place illustrates how a marriage between them can be...
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