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In 1994, Home Interiors and Gifts was sold to the investment firm of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in a $1 billion leveraged buyout. [1] [8] The company sold more than $850 million annually in silk and polyester flower arrangements, porcelain puppies and other decorative household items at home parties.
Galaxy Necklace, ca. 1962, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Model wearing a Smith bracelet designed c. 1948. Smith's jewelry has been described as: Inspired by surrealism, biomorphicism, and primitivism ... dynamic in its size and form. [3] Many of his pieces were designed to be worn by avant-garde dancers, which influenced his style.
The view of decoration as a 'lesser art' was formally challenged in the 1970s by writers and art historians like Amy Goldin [2] and Anne Swartz. [3] The argument for a singular narrative in art had lost traction by the close of the 20th century through post-modernist irony and increasing curatorial interest in street art and in ethnic ...
This New York mom turned her passion for making jewelry into her full-time job — and now helps a thriving network of 72 other ‘makers’ cash in on their creations Victoria Vesovski December 6 ...
The exhibition featured a selection of early American portraits of Black women, men, and children—from miniatures and daguerreotypes to silhouettes on paper and engravings in books—hanging on walls, standing within cases, and resting atop furniture. Alongside these small-scale objects, a group of artworks by Thomas and other contemporary ...
Kelly Wearstler (/ ˈ w ɜːr s l ər /; [5] born November 21, 1967) is an American designer.She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (or KWID) in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, commercial, retail and hospitality spaces.
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Printed books from Art Jewelry Forum include Geography (exhibition catalog), AJF Best of Interviews, and Show and Tales. [2] Art jewelry Forum also initiated and funded the publication of Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective by Lark Crafts. The exhibition catalog Geography was Art Jewelry Forum's first publication in 2011.