Buck House is a gallery on Madison Avenue in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The gallery opened in November 2001 and is owned and operated by artist, designer, and author Deborah Buck.[1] The gallery displays and sells a variety of fine art and design objects, said to be among the “finest examples of design from the 19th century to the present.”[2]
In 2006, Buck House launched a second, much larger space nearby called The Gallery at Buck House. This exhibition space hosted fine art exhibitions, book release parties, and events to benefit charitable organizations.[3] In September 2010, however, Buck House closed its two locations in favor of one, much larger space on Madison Avenue which combines both the antique store and exhibition space together. “The idea” said Deborah Buck in a 2010 interview, “was to create a meeting place and a salon like those in 1920s Paris.” [4]
Trained as a painter and set designer, Deborah's style is reflected in the selective groupings of objects at Buck House.[5] Deborah Buck originated the concept for 'Buck House Moments': a series of curated still-life photographs including antiques, fine art and floral arrangements. An eclectic assemblage of objects, or tableaux, deliberately highlight shared formal characteristics between objects and design a moment in the world of Buck House.[6] Exhibitions, revolving window displays, and tableaux developed at Buck House have inspired books such as Tableau and Fictional Females of Buck House and allow the public to explore, appreciate and interpret design in everyday life.
Manhattan/Glamour, 2006 An exhibition of photographs, sculpture, paintings, and drawings, curated by Charlie Scheips.
Seeing... Blue, SEPTEMBER 20 TO OCTOBER 31, 2006 An exhibition of fine and decorative arts inspired by Deborah Buck's obsession with turquoise which has informed her aesthetic and design instincts to form a signature palette for Buck House.
GEM, MARCH 8 TO MAY 8, 2007 An exhibition of treasures from the archive of the Illustration House. Curated by Charlie Scheips. Including a selection of decorative arts and furniture inspired by the new Buck House Estate Jewelry Collection.
Wild Flowers, SEPTEMBER 19 TO DECEMBER 1, 2007 An exhibition that explores the visual power of the flower in paintings, furniture and decorative art.
ROGER JAZILEK - An Exhibition of Paintings, Sept 2008
The Design Entrepreneur Book Launch Party, Nov 2008 The projects in The Design Entrepreneur reveal the varied ways that designers put their ideas into marketable forms.
Autumn Hues, Lavenders & Blues, Oct 2009 WEARABLE ART/ Janis Provisor applies her personal style to playful jewels.
Elle Decor Celebrates the New Buck House, Nov 2009 Margaret Russell, editor-in-chief of Elle Decor, hosted a people-packed opening of Buck House at its new location at 1318 Madison Avenue and 93rd Street.
Juan Montoya - Book Launch Party, Dec 2009
LAUNCH OF ROCKNROLA JEWELRY IN NYC, Feb 2010 From Susan Cohn Rockefeller and Carola Mack, ROCKNROLA designs combine downtown cred and uptown swank with a social conscience. Oceana benefit party.
INDIAN SUMMER - Benefit Party, May 2010 A philanthropic endeavor for Buck House, profits went to Aid to Artisans, a nonprofit organization which champions the handmade arts and their artisans throughout the world.
GARDEN PARTY, July 2010 Garden Party celebrates Buck House's first guest designer for the Buck House Window Project with the window installation, "Garden Party" by John Danzer for Munder Skiles.
HARESH LALVANI: XtraD, April 2011
Gwyneth Leech, The Cup Drawing Installation: Hypergraphia, June 9, 2011