Verne Gallery

Verne Gallery The Verne Gallery was established in 1953. We specialize in antique and contemporary Japanese prints.

A great new exhibition of Hamanishi’s mezzotints at the Art Institute of Chicago. If you cannot make it to Chicago, plea...
06/17/2026

A great new exhibition of Hamanishi’s mezzotints at the Art Institute of Chicago.

If you cannot make it to Chicago, please come see some of these famous mezzotints at the Verne Collection.

www.vernegallery.com





06/14/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: Getting the Verne Bug. The Book Review.

Everyone in my family has too much imagination. There are authors, actors, artists, swing dancers, podcast originators, golf enthusiasts, and then of course there is me.

My daughter in law, Megan, comes from a completely normal family. However, if you get too close to a Verne, you eventually snap.

She presented her children’s book to me called Counting With Baker to help little kids learn how to count. If I had this book when I was 5, I would not have flunked kindergarten and been completely normal.

If you would like a copy of the book,please contact Megan ( See comments on how to order) or email the Verne Gallery at [email protected]

Welcome to the show Megan. Congratulations.

Moral Of The Story: There Is Nothing Like Curling Up With The Family Dog And Reading Megan’s Book. You Can Count On It.





06/07/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: Gotta Pretty Up
The Last Show Of The Art Year

Today is the last day of the Little Italy Art Walk
12-5 PM

It’s been quite a year. Record breaking exhibitions
In New York, L.A., DC, and Cleveland.

I hope to see you today at a little Japanese print gallery called the Verne Collection established in
1953.

Moral Of The Story: The Best Is Yet To Come
Thanks To All. Mike

Photos

Mike

Record Breaking Crowds

Brian and Kevin

Umbrellas

Print by Haku Maki

Thinking Of You
Painting On Rice Bag
By Yuuka Miyajima





06/05/2026

LITTLE ITALY SUMMER ART WALK

Our Little Italy Summer Art Walk Hours:

Friday June 5th, 5-8
Saturday June 6th, 12-8
Sunday June 7th, 12-5

As I get ready to participate in the 41st Little Italy Summer Art Walk, and to celebrate the 73rd Anniversary of the Verne Collection, I invite you to see all the recent acquisitions before I offer them in exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally through the Internet.

We have recently been consigned a wonderful collection of early contemporary prints by Kiyoshi Saito, Azechi Umetaro, Junichiro Sekino and Yosh*toshi Mori among others. Please come and also see rare paperworks, paintings, and prints by Sarah Brayer, Daniel Kelly, and Joel Stewart of Kyoto, Japan.

We have wonderful new contemporary Japanese prints and paintings by Katsunori Hamanishi, Shigeki Kuroda, Yuko Kimura, and our newest artist Yuuka Miyajima and many other great new works.

Taking a stroll in Little Italy with all the shops and restaurants often reminds me of walking down a narrow quiet street in Kyoto where each shopkeeper greets you like you are the most important person in the world.

In this day and age where you rarely deal with a human being, Little Italy in Cleveland is the exception.

Experience the Little Italy Summer Art Walk and The Verne Collection. There is nothing like it in the world.

Discover the beauty of quiet elegance at the Verne Collection.

Thanks to all

Mike

Photos

Umbrellas By Sarah Brayer

Winter In Nikko By Kiyoshi Saito

Winter Beauty By Shigeki Kuroda

Homeward Bound By Daniel Kelly

Heizo Valley By Umetaro Azechi

Twinkle Twinkle Yuuka Miyajima

Tsugi Hagi Yuko Kimura

Puppy and Sandal By Takeuchi Seiho





Sunday’s With Mike: Everybody Wants To Be On Sunday’s With MikeI was talking on the cell phone with my son Brian and his...
05/31/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: Everybody Wants To Be On Sunday’s With Mike

I was talking on the cell phone with my son Brian and his wife Kristina while they were sitting at Big Deans with Jimmy The Surfer in Santa Monica. Kristina got on the phone and asked why she is never on Sunday’s With Mike. I told her everyone wants to be on Sunday’s With Mike. We both laughed.

Love you Kristina. Welcome to the show.

Moral Of The Story: Nothing More Important Than Your Kids and Wives And Being On Sunday’s With Mike. Miss You Both.







Photo Kristina and Brian

05/24/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: Giving Thanks On Memorial Day

As I travel around to one city after another to exhibit in some of the top art fairs, I enjoy hearing people laughing and smiling at my exhibit space. I hope my inspiring stories of my artist’s successes and my humorous stories of overcoming my personal failures, encourage people and especially my kids and my friends to pursue their hopes and dreams.

Growing up, the art world often was very intimidating to most people including me.

I hope my Sundays With Mike have made the art world a little more friendly and accessible to all that have watched

I hope to see you at The Little Italy Art Walk. Bring A Friend.

Moral Of The Story:Thank You To All

Photos

Lieutenant Dr Daniel Verne 1953

Mom and Dad in Japan 1953

My sisters Betsy and Hari in Japan 1954

Early years of The Verne Collection 1960

Sleeping Fox By Yuuka Miyajima Painting 2026

Little Italy Art Walk June 5-7, 2026





05/17/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: Oh The Places You’ll Go

As a kid, my parents took me on many interesting trips hoping that there would be some kind of cerebral awakening in my brain.

Here is a look at the last few years of travel and experiences. You decide if my parent’s efforts were fruitless.

Moral Of The Story: The Older I Get The More People Can Kiss My Ass. ( Just Kidding). (SEE PHOTO OF DONKEY)

Thanks Mom and Dad For Showing Me The World

Sunday’s With Mike: I’m Ready For KindergartenWhen I was 5, I flunked kindergarten. After that, my parents pretty much ...
05/10/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: I’m Ready For Kindergarten

When I was 5, I flunked kindergarten. After that, my parents pretty much said “ Good Luck Mike“

Although my academic prowess excelled in later years, at 16, I scored the lowest SAT scores in the history of my high school. My parents and friends didn’t think there was a chance in hell that I would succeed and said “ Good Luck Mike”.

When I decided to take a little Japanese print gallery from Cleveland and make it famous, my parents friends rolled their eyes and said “Good Luck Mike”.

As I travelled to one major exhibition after another to some of the most prestigious art fairs in the U.S, the crowds continued to swell listening to my stories of success and failure in life. The other dealers shook their heads. They had never seen anyone like me at such a high level art show.

When I would visit some of the most prestigious contemporary artists in Japan, they all looked me with great skepticism. They had never met anyone this ordinary at this level of the art world.

However, growing up with works that hung in the Metropolitan, Cleveland Museum Of Art, and the Fogg gave me an aesthetic sense of what’s is great in the art world. In addition, emotional intelligence as well as a sense of humor that most people lack helped me along.

Thanks to all for another great art season

Moral Of The Story: Modesty, Humbleness, And A Sense Of Humility. Are Three Things You Can’t Measure.

Can’t Wait To Play Kickball With My Friends Again





05/03/2026

Sunday’s With Mike: What makes a neighborhood ?

I still live in the same simple house I grew up in. I am one of the oldest people on the street, but I still feel and think like a kid.

I could live almost anywhere I wanted to in Cleveland, but I love this quiet little street called Lansmere in a neighborhood called Fernway where kids ride their bikes past my house , I can wave to the neighbors as I drive to work and they wave back, or just walk around the block and see all the houses where my friends use to live and feel like a kid again.

Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, ( Although I am not Dorothy ) each day when I wake up, I can just click my sneakers together and I feel just like the kids in the neighborhood.

Moral of The Story: There Is No Place Like Home





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44106

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Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
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