Photos: Gordon VeneKlasen’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Ming-dynasty ivory, religious reliquaries, and contemporary art cohabit harmoniously in the art dealer’s Manhattan row house.
VeneKlasen’s New York living room, with its gilt wood and zinc chandelier by Karl Frederick Schinkel, Joaquim Tenreiro glass tables, and collection of Ming-dynasty ivory. The dusty-rose velvet sofas and brown leather chairs are by Annabelle Selldorf.
VeneKlasen in his living room with Sigmar Polke’s Salamander Stone, 1998.
A display bookcase, table, and chairs by Tenreiro in the dining room, with a collection of drawings in the background.
A 16th-century ivory reliquary of St. Philip.
The exterior of the house.
A bedside table by Selldorf, a Fontana Arte sconce, crystal pieces, and, in the silver frame, a Francisco de Goya reproduction that Polke kept on his refrigerator.
The ground floor, furnished with Paolo Buffa slipper chairs, a Gio Ponti coffee table, and an Edward Wormley sofa covered in antique Turkish fabric; over the fireplace is Enrico David’s Untitled, 2009.
Peter Doig’s Pelican Island, 2006, is poised above a table made by Robert Adam for Apsley House.
The guest bathroom is lined in aged copper.
Just one of the gallerist’s many curio cabinets; the table and chairs are by Joaquim Tenreiro.
