December 30th, 2010 
Geo 
I went by the Kimbell Museum again today and saw the progression of the construction activity. It appears we’ve moved passed the destruction phase and its clear now why the trees couldn’t stay. The hole is so deep they would probably have destroyed the root structure anyway. It was amusing reading an item in Fort [...]
Posted in Architecture, Museum 
Tags: Charles Birnbaum, Cultural Landscape Foundation, Kimbell, trees 
1 Comment » October 11th, 2010 ewmiller 
A weekend trip to Chicago has allowed me to cross off two of one hundred or so things to see before you die, although for me I imagine there are 100 just in the windy city. Both items were sculptures and both by famed New York sculptors. The first was Abraham Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. [...]
July 16th, 2010 Geo 
On a visit to the Philbrook Museum of Art, most likely like other first-time visitors, I was immediately amazed by the 72-room Italian Renaissance mansion and its 23-acre garden. However, I agree with what the former director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art said “what counts in a museum is above all the quality of [...]
Posted in Architecture, Art, Collecting, Museum Tags: Charles M. Schwab, Chase, Constable, Gainesborough, Home, Ike Clubb, Inness, Laura Clubb, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Philbrook, Sargent, Stuart, Tulsa, Waite Phillips, West 5 Comments » July 12th, 2010 ewmiller 
An added bonus to seeing Frank Lloyd Wright’s only realized skyscraper, Price Tower, in person was seeing Robert Indiana’s 66, which sits across the street from the tower. I know there are a lot of Wright fans out there, but while there are attractive aspects to some of his designs and I find the recorded [...]
May 25th, 2010 ewmiller 
Show promoter Bob James sent out an email newsletter earlier today referencing John Fiske’s April column in the New England Antiques Journal. Fiske had asserted that among the categories, the small, high-end show would have the smallest chance surviving. Here’s how Fiske describe these shows (James’ Shows as well as those such as Antiques in [...]
May 14th, 2010 Geo 
It wasn’t antiques I was looking for exactly at a place I found online called Discount Home Warehouse in Dallas. I was however hoping to find a wooden mantle to dress up a rather bland-looking brick wall. While there were several in stock, I didn’t find one that was quite right or would fit. I [...]
April 23rd, 2010 ewmiller 
MRS. THAW IN TEARS OVER SON’S ARREST, an Aug 19, 1913 New York Times Headline read. “Gayly chatting with her woman traveling companion, smiling and laughing, although she undoubtedly knew that her son, Harry, was under arrest, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw stepped from the Pennsylvania Limited at 5:22 o’clock this evening, threw up her parasol [...]
April 22nd, 2010 ewmiller 
I picked up a book called Era of Elegance at the Grapevine Antique Mall a few days ago. It gives a flowery glimpse of both Gilded Age palaces and their occupants. The author, Andrew Tully, bookends the Era of Elegance at 1865 and 1914. The first chapter is titled Mrs. Astor’s Couch. It’s appropriate that [...]
January 19th, 2010 Hui 
Perhaps because of the iconic status of the tower, Goldstrom democratizes the pictures by putting the tower near the side of less importance. The clock tower building is there, as we unconsciously move around it and psychologically marginalize its relevance to our life. When most Brooklynites’ sensibility are overtaken by their sense of existence, Goldstrom paints the landmark within, and reminds us that the beauty can be observed and enjoyed. [Read More...]
Posted in Architecture, Art, Artist Tags: Brooklyn Flea, Robert Goldstrom, Williamsburgh Saving Bank 2 Comments » August 28th, 2009 Geo 
There are many frames in the world that have been repainted with gold radiator paint. Sometimes it can be removed to reveal original gilding, but I have found this process to be somewhat frustrating. You have to move very quickly so the solvents don’t take the gold with the paint. Another option is to add new gold. [...]
