Frames carry multiple messages. Around a work of art a frame can establish an emphatic border—the artwork is inside the frame/the world is outside; or it may act as an almost invisible bridge from the artwork to the wall and the room. The frame ...
Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis--which opened at the Frick Collection in New York last month--showcases treasures from the collection of Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Netherlands, while the museum undergoes renovations. Two works featured in this rare and ...
Recently a client asked if we would examine a frame made some years ago and determine if the glazing blocks ultra-violet light. Some of the media used in making the work were almost certainly light sensitive, so the collector wanted to replace the glazing ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has reinstalled the European paintings galleries. It’s been over forty years since the last reinstallation. The reframing of some of the pictures is one of the noteworthy changes that Holland Cotter emphasizes in his NYT Friday, May 24th article. In fact, ...
I first met the artist Xu Bing last year in the company of Judith Goldman and Shelagh Vainker. Judith’s Deuce II Editions published his four panel lithographic work, and Shelagh is Curator at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, where the work was to be exhibited. Our meeting ...
August 2012 Download the article as a PDF. The Washington Post, August 17, 2012 By Lonnae O'Neal Parker
July 2012 New York Social Diary recently visited our Long Island City facility to interview Jed Bark, and take many beautiful photographs of our operation. New York Social Diary, July, 2012 By Sian Ballen and Lesley Hauge
January 2012 Does UV blocking acrylic glazing lose its protective property over time? Apparently not, according to our findings. Download the article as a PDF
Designer Glenn Gissler has been working with Bark Frameworks for more than 15 years framing fine art works for his residential interior design clients. We are happy to share some of the projects that we have collaborated ...
George Condo: Drawing Paintings Skarstedt Gallery November 4 - December 21, 2011 The frames for George Condo's works were made from maple with a white rubbed finish. The frames are glazed with Optium acrylic, which is non-reflective and ...