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 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.