About

Geoffrey Diner Gallery is a premier resource for individual collectors and museums seeking exceptional original works of fine art and design. Earning its reputation through  35+ years of experience, Geoffrey Diner Gallery has exhibited annually at some of the world's best art and design fairs including TEFAF, Design Miami/ Basel, London's Masterpiece Fair and New York's annual Winter Show.

 

 

  • Historical International Design Specializing in American Masterworks, With an expertise and focus on the finest pieces by George Nakashima
    Maureen and Geoffrey Diner in their Washington, D.C. gallery.

    Historical International Design Specializing in American Masterworks

    With an expertise and focus on the finest pieces by George Nakashima
    Geoffrey Diner grew up in Buffalo, New York, where leaders of the American Arts & Crafts Movement’s work was revered and endless living examples were available for inspiration. Early on, Geoffrey pursued his interest in the Arts & Crafts contemporaries of California, from Greene + Greene’s Japanese-inspired masterpieces in Pasadena to Dutch American artisan Dirk van Erp and other extraordinary contemporaries.
     
    In the early 1980s, Geoffrey helped to propel praise and recognition of the finest examples from the American and British Arts & Crafts Movement, assisting museums and collectors. The gallery, led by Geoffrey and Maureen Diner since 1988, traverses genres and masterworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. Today, Geoffrey Diner Gallery’s status as a preeminent source of post-war art and design is borne of its founders initial motivations and nearly 40 years of experience in the art and design market.

  • Cross Collecting

    Cross-collecting, or crossover buying, has been increasing in popularity for more than two decades with collectors new and seasoned.  By definition, it is mixing works from different periods—although the collection’s totality will be limitless in terms of aesthetics. The personalization of a collector’s tastes are more deeply represented through the various forms, and the collection as a whole becomes a reflection of the collector and their particular passions. 

     

    This current trend in diversifying art collections is apparent in many of the large art fairs, and antique fairs, some of which have had rather stodgy requirements as to exhibited works from outside specific periods.  These eclectic displays have garnered interest from both decorators and individual collectors and  has been steering the direction of how we collect art.

     

    From a strategic perspective, cross-collecting is a safeguard against market fluctuation. Much like an investment portfolio, having a diverse set of works allows for protection of overall value. Particular markets may rise and fall which may lead to decisions regarding buying or selling. With a diverse collection of works, a collector is left much more flexibility.

     

    Lastly, we cannot overlook the sheer beauty and complexity a crossover collection offers its onlookers. It is not surprising that this new ethos has intrigued and inspired many collectors, and is proving to be a strongly-developing movement.

     

    For representation and aquisition, please contact us.