Ulysses suite by Robert Motherwell

“I thought you might enjoy seeing the attached photo. It is the entire Ulysses suite by Robert Motherwell in your frames: very beautiful, a perfect complement to the works. Motherwell was commissioned to do this suite of prints to complement a beautiful hand-printed text of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Thanks,” Jerald  Motherwell counted Irish author, James Joyce, as…

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“From Alice to Zeus: The Art of John Rocco” at the Orlando Museum of Art

John Rocco is an award winning author and illustrator of children's picture books. The show will include examples of the cover art Rocco created for the bestselling Percy Jackson series and the Kane Chronicles as well as a selection of illustrations from his popular children’s books  Blackout, Moonpowder, Wolf! Wolf! and Fu Finds the Way. This…

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The Art of Oleg Vassiliev at The Museum of Russian Art

The Art of Oleg Vassiliev surveys the career of one of the most important unofficial Soviet artists. This exhibition is the third in the series of remarkable one-man shows under the umbrella title Discovering Russian 20th Century Masters. The exhibition of Vassiliev’s works on paper includes the exciting House with the Mezzanine series, seven children’s books illustrated by…

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Spring is in the air

    “Hybrid Romance” by Los Angeles artist Lawrence T. Yun is his latest watercolor series and can be seen at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angeles thru 5/6/12 . “The paintings are meant to be aesthetically pleasing,” said Yun, “yet the deliberate awkwardness of the structured subject matter conveys subtle messages that trigger the audience to question the imagery.” Born in…

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Metropolitan frames go to London

This fall we had the pleasure of working with Graphicstudio on a new project for Allan McCollum. We had worked with Graphicstudio on a previous project for the artist.  After that initial series, a commissioned version of the work entitled “One Thousand Women” was recently installed in the Chanel store in London. The Chanel installation features…

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Robert Brinker at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

    “Robert Brinker” is the first solo show of paintings by Robert Brinker to be held at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art.  The eight large paintings and smaller studies in this exhibition were produced over the course of the past year, but they mark the culmination of a ten-year exploration of integrating figurative elements…

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A behind the scenes look: the making of the “Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein” exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art

One of our recent projects was to make frames for The Baltimore Museum of Art’s “Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein” exhibition. In doing research on the exhibition I noticed the funding came because of the collaboration the museum did with the students from The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Maryland Institute College…

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A centennial exhibition of Will Barnet’s work

The Arkansas Arts Center will display more than 75 drawings given to them by the artist in honor of his long-time friendship with former director Townsend Wolfe. Will Barnet As a student Barnet studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1930 Barnet continued his studies at the Art Students League…

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Michael Bentley Abstract Landscapes; large works on paper

We recently met Michael and his wife Elizabeth when they came to our production center to pick up their frames for their upcoming show at the Gruen Gallery in Chicago. Bentley has been a customer since 2003.  He is a very accomplished artist and he clearly was not afraid to tackle a large scale framing…

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