AD Home Show

The Architectural Digest Home Design show started yesterday. Some of the show Rooms from New York Design Center and Decoration & Design Center in New York also participate in the show. So you can see what option you have more with design professional. They always have creative dining section which was nice as well. Make sure you check Art furniture and accessories which is a fun part of the show as well.

Here are some booths I found interest;

1. Salmon Studios lLC (www.salmonstudios.com); Psycho- Organic Metal Sculpture, Fine Furniture, and Architectural Installations.

2. Elizabeth Lyons Glass (www.lyonsglass.com); Fine Glass Lighting are nice.

3. Tanmatra Lighting (www.tanmatralighting.com); Interesting Custom Lighting.

4. Think Fabricate (www.thinkfabricate.com); Interesting fabricate furniture.

5. Laron Algren Woodworking; Beautiful Woodworking Furniture

6. Bart Niswonger Furniture Designed & Built (www.bartniswonger.com); Nice Carved & Cast furniture.

7. Peter Bynum; Beautiful Illuminated Paintings on Glass.

8. Jamie Harris Studio LLC (www.jamieharris.com); Custom-made hand blown Glass Lighting

9. Bec Brittain; Interesting Lighting fixtures like a pieces of sculpture.

Asia Week

Asia Week New York 2012 is a collaboration among Asian art specialists, 5 auction houses, and 17 museums and Asian cultural institutions in the metropolitan New York area from March 16-24, 2012. Simultaneous exhibitions presented by more than 30 prominent Asian art dealers from the U.S. and abroad, auctions at, Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle New York,iGavel, and Sotheby’s as well as dozens of special events are planned for this period. All exhibitions, auctions, and events are listed in a comprehensive 80-page guide with maps, available at the participating galleries, auction houses, and cultural institutions in February 2012 as well as on the Asia Week New York web site.

I was at the Press Tour on Mar. 14.  It was quite educational and interesting to check different galleries out.  Here are some galleries which I find interesting.

Chambers Fine Art (Wu Jian'an :Seven Layered Shell) Mar. 8 - Apr. 21 2012 ; One of my favorite exhibitions, it was great to see spiritual and dedicated Contemporary Chinese art...  When West meets East will be a very good expression...  Loved it...

Standing Own One's Own Body Detail

Joan B Mirviss (Approaching the Horizon - Important Japanese Prints from the Brewster Hanson Collection) Mar. 15 - Apr. 14 2012 ; Beautiful Japanese prints and Contemporary Ceramic Art Works

Fujino Sachiko (1950)

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. (Exhibition at the Hollis Taggart - 958 Madison Ave. 3rd Floor) Mar. 16 - 24;

Interesting Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art Works.  The curator was an interesting person to talk about her collections.

Prosperity(2012)

M. Sutherland fine Art, Ltd.(Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting) ; Check fantastic Jia Youfu's paintings

China 2000 Fine Art (Manifest Destiny) Mar. 13 - Mar. 22 2012 ; Well Know contemporary Chinese Artists paintings plus Roy Lichtenstein's Lithograph screen print "Landscape with Poet".

Landcape with Poet (Roy Lichtenstein)

Zetterquist galleries (Chinese ceramics from the Sui Dynasty (581-618 A.D.) through the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368 A.D.) Mar. 17th - 28th, 2012 ; I went to his last year's Vietnamese Antique Ceramic Art Works exhibition which was great.  He didn't disappoint me this year as well if you like the Antique Chinese Ceramic Art Works, it will be great place to check it out...