Sharon King Hoge

3 weeks ago | cottagesgardens.com | Sharon King Hoge

The AIPAD Photography Show at the Park Avenue ArmoryGalleries from around the world are at the Park Avenue Armory this week at the annual AIPAD Photography Show.  This premiere fair for fine photography hopes works on display will please collectors and inspire the next generation of artists and enthusiasts.  Pictures in an extraordinary range of styles, genres, and techniques offer a comprehensive overview of photography’s rich and evolving landscape.

1 month ago | cottagesgardens.com | Sharon King Hoge

Innovative swimming-pool surface designs are among the multidisciplinary creations of Alex Proba, whose interiors and furniture express her urge to enhance living spaces with unexpected arrangements of color and form. Many works are reconceptualized from her 2013–2017 “A Poster A Day” project, when she daily turned abstract concepts into asymmetrical, surreal digital collages.

1 month ago | cottagesgardens.com | Sharon King Hoge

Celebrating 60 years of NYC's Landmark Law. April 01, 2025 by Sharon King Hoge It was 60 years ago that New York City passed the Landmarks Law to protect buildings and sites of historical, architectural, and cultural significance. To commemorate the anniversary, one of Landmarks’ leading proponents assembled and edited a collection of essays surveying “the future of the past” in the 21st century.

1 month ago | cottagesgardens.com | Sharon King Hoge

Mickalene Thomas site-specific installationThere were lines along the block in both directions of patrons queued up to enter the Park Avenue Armory for the opening champagne reception of the IFPDA Print Fair called “the most important print fair in the world!” From around the globe, 75 galleries, private dealers, and fine art print studios have brought works spanning nearly six centuries including a special site-specific piece commissioned for the event by the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

1 month ago | cottagesgardens.com | Sharon King Hoge

Unquestionably one of America’s great destinations—for history, dining, shopping, culture—travelers are a guaranteed a rich experience in charming Charleston, South Carolina. On a recent weekend I browsed for crafts in the City Market and window-shopped up and down picturesque King Street, visited America’s oldest museum (the Charleston Museum), and admired the interiors of three carefully preserved historic houses.