Insight

  • 31 AUGUST 2009 A New York Wine Market Update The wine market has rebounded solidly after the difficulties of last year. While we have not yet regained the height of the market for every wine, prices are trending up and further improvement is likely in the season before us. CATEGORY: WINE
  • 4 JUNE 2009 Giovanni Baptista della Porta’s Magia naturalis (Natural magic) Insight...with Melanie Halloran, Specialist in the Books and Manuscripts Department in New York, who discusses Giovanni Baptista della Porta’s most famous work, Magia naturalis (Natural magic), a volume consisting of over twenty parts including medicine, botany, alchemy and more. CATEGORY: BOOKS
  • 4 JUNE 2009 May ‘68 Silk-screened Poster Insight...with Simeon Lipman, Specialist in the Pop Culture Department in New York, who describes the historical significance of this original silk-screened poster from the May ’68 student protests in Paris. CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHS & PRINTS
  • 1 JUNE 2009 The World’s Greatest Dry White Wine Insight...with Charles Curtis MW, Head of North American Wine Sales, who shares his expertise on the various white varietals found in the Burgandy region. CATEGORY: WINE
  • 28 MAY 2009 Cartier’s “Tank” Watch Insight...with Sam Hines, Head of the Watches Department in New York, who discusses the history and significance of Cartier’s trend-setting “Tank” watch. CATEGORY: JEWELRY & WATCHES
  • 21 MAY 2009 Château Haut-Brion-Vintage 1978 Insight...with Rik Pike, Specialist in the Wine Department in New York, who describes the history and virtues of this 1978 Bordeaux from one of the world’s most-celebrated wine producers. CATEGORY: WINE
  • 21 MAY 2009 A Chinese Export Black and Gilt Lacquer Bureau Insight...with Jessica Fox, Specialist in the European Furniture Department in New York, who traces the history of trading companies throughout the 17th and 18th centuries which capitalized on the Western fascination with Oriental porcelain, lacquer and other exotic wares from the East. CATEGORY: FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
  • 21 MAY 2009 Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s Tortue Topiaire III Insight...with Carina Villinger, Specialist in the 20th Century Decorative Art & Design Department, who discusses the French husband-and-wife artists Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, considered to be among the most creative and celebrated sculptors of the second half of the 20th century. CATEGORY: FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
  • 1 MAY 2009 Dominus Wine Insight...with Charles Antin, Specialist in the Wine Department in New York, who discusses what happens when you combine French winemaker Christian Moueix of Pétrus fame with Napanook, one of Napa Valley’s most famous vineyards. You get Dominus - a wine that combines the best of French and California winemaking. CATEGORY: WINE
  • 1 MAY 2009 German Silver Monteith Bowl Insight...with Jennifer Pitman, Head of Sale in the Silver and Objects of Vertu Department in New York, who describes the form, function, and impressive provenance of this silver German monteith bowl from the renowned collection of Professor and Mrs. Clifford Ambrose Truesdell. CATEGORY: FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
  • 1 MAY 2009 Diego Giacometti’s Table-Berceau Insight...with Sonja Ganne, European Head of the 20th Century Decorative Art and Design Department in Paris, who discusses the history of Diego Giacometti and the influence that his early collaborations with his brother Alberto had on the sculptor’s legacy. CATEGORY: FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
  • 30 MARCH 2009 Château Léoville-Las-Cases Insight...with Scott Torrence, Specialist in the Wine Department in New York, who explains why Léoville-Las-Cases has retained its reputation as the greatest wine of St. Julien. CATEGORY: WINE
  • 30 MARCH 2009 Shirin Neshat - Faezeh + Amir Khan Insight...with Matthieu Humery, Head of Sale in the Photographs Department in New York, who explains why Shirin Neshat’s Faezeh + Amir Khan represents the culmination of Neshat’s artistic exploration on the themes of gender and religion. CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHS & PRINTS
  • 30 MARCH 2009 A Classic Hermann Hauser Guitar Insight...with Kerry Keane, Head of the Musical Instruments Department in New York, who explains why this classic guitar is an important example of Hermann Hauser’s exemplary work. CATEGORY: COLLECTIBLES
  • 30 MARCH 2009 George III Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Commode Insight...with Melissa Gagen, International Specialist in the English Furniture Department in New York, who examines a George III ormolu-mounted mahogany commode highlighting its unique features, the maker’s influences, and its ownership history. CATEGORY: FURNITURE & DECORATIVE ARTS
  • 17 MARCH 2009 Vik Muniz - After Van Gogh (Pictures of Color) Insight...with Alexandre Carel, Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in New York, who examines the interplay between memory and deception in After Van Gogh (Pictures of Color), Vik Muniz’s color coupler print which reinterprets Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers. CATEGORY: FINE ART
  • 17 MARCH 2009 A Painting of a Lokapurusha Insight...with Hugo Weihe, International Director of Asian Art and International Specialist Head of the Indian & Southeast Asian Art Department in New York, who discusses Jainism and its relationship to the lokapurusha images represented in Indian Art. CATEGORY: ASIAN ART
  • 17 MARCH 2009 Katsushika Hokusai - Kanagawa oki nami ura Insight...with Katsura Yamaguchi, International Director of the Japanese & Korean Art Department, who discusses Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print Kanagawa oki nami ura (In the well of the great wave off Kanagawa), from his series The Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, and why the artist was instrumental in bringing landscapes to the forefront of ukiyo-e iconography. CATEGORY: ASIAN ART
  • 5 JANUARY 2009 Camille-Leopold Cabiaillot Lassale - Le Salon de 1874 Insight...with Arne Everwijn, Specialist in the 19th Century European Art Department in London, who discusses Camille-Leopold Cabiaillot Lassale’s Le Salon de 1874 and provides insight as to why the Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux Arts in Paris, was considered the most important annual exhibition in the world. CATEGORY: FINE ART