The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 29

ART MEDALS EXHIBITED AT NEW YORK'S MEDIALIA GALLERY

On Monday April 2, Ed Snible wrote about an interesting exhibit of 
art medals in his blog, 'A Gift for Polydektes':

"The show presented art and historical medals on the theme of 
industrialization. I enjoyed the show, which occupied two glass cases 
in the small gallery, as well as the permanent medal collection. My 
favorite pieces were some Japanese medals what seemed like a traditional 
style, and a Soviet space medal showing the Baikonur Cosmodrome behind 
Kazakh peasants.

"Medialia is a gallery selling fine art sculpture. All the pieces are 
small, and most are what I'd call art medals. Until last week, I was 
unaware that New York even had a medal gallery. 

"I was given a free catalog of the show. It wasn't on glossy paper but 
it was still nice - and something one doesn't get at coin shops. The 
catalog seemed like something that medal and numismatic literature 
collectors would want, but I've never seen a Medialia catalog in a coin 
book auction and the ANS library appears to lack them as well. So, the 
catalogs are a new offering or great rarities."

To read Ed's complete blog entry, see: Full Story

"INDUSTRIALIZATION Selected medallic art from: The Galst, Kakitsubo, 
Miller, Simpson, and Withington Collections

"This is a loan exhibition from several medal enthusiasts, where each 
has interpreted the theme, INDUSTRIALIZATION, as it is reflected in 
their collections. The selected medals reveal the collector's special 
interests and demonstrates historic value. This is the first time such 
exquisite and unique medals have been selected from private collections 
to be exhibited together at Medialia Gallery."

To visit the Medalia Gallery web site, see: medialiagallery.com

[Unfortunately, the exhibit closed March 31st. It's a shame we didn't 
learn of it earlier. Is anyone familiar with art medal collectors Galst, 
Kakitsubo, Miller, Simpson, or Withington? Who are they - are they known 
in the numismatic realm? -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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