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The story of this community, hidden in plain view from decades of visitors to the 1680 Manor House and its surrounding outbuildings, is a saga that Historic Hudson Valley is telling for the first time in its ambitious reinstallation. Fifty-seven years after his death, the first major exhibition of Benson's paintings will open at New Hampshire's Portsmouth Athenaeum. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will present the largest collection of Grooms' prints ever assembled for an exhibition. The Art Institute of Chicago will host an exhibition that tells the story of one of the world's most beloved - and enigmatic - paintings. Last year Gurley began the Thursday afternoon series of shows as an indoor venue for dealers, collectors and customers to shop while visiting the world-famous outdoor markets five miles down the road. Given the population in the Hartford-Springfield area and its sometimes severe winter weather, the buildings are just right for antiques shows. For one week each during the months of May, July and September, this little town virtually explodes with upwards of 50,000 people. The top lot featured an incredible design of a deer, a house, trees and a fence, and lots of ground cover. The frames ranged from French, Italian Dutch and Spanish pieces to American Hudson River School and Arts and Crafts creations. A huge find of unopened wax packs attracted substantial attention. There were more than 4,000 dealers set up in 20 fields, as they are called, dedicated to the display and sale of antiques, collectibles and decorative accessories. The glamorous Art Deco period, typified by the furnishingsof Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, is being celebrated at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here is a story of the cooperation of commerce and culture that began in New York City at R.H. Macy's. The museum will feature 25 acrylics and watercolors aglow with crystalline light. Due to limited American art instruction, Nineteenth Century native painters often sought refuge in the ateliers of the master instructors in the great European cities of Paris, London and Munich. Presented will be more than 50 original photographs taken by Elliott Landy, official photographer of the festival. This Brandywine River Museum exhibition showcases approximately 50 examples of the popular English earthenware that are dramatic and often surprising. "Portrait of Jean d'Albon" was believed to have been stolen by the Gestapo in 1944. The top-notch exhibitors will appear at the show in 2005. The international event takes place three times each year and attracts dealers and customers from Europe and Asia for its depth of offerings in relics made of fibers. "We added a few exhibitors to increase the variety of objects offered hoping that would create more interest, but the gate did not reflect our efforts." Duke's collection resulted in the highest sale total ever for any private jewelry collection at auction in America. The stunning Mahantonga Valley creation featured pristine red, green and black paint. The truly beautiful image of a youthful Washington was attributed to Rembrandt Peale and sold to Rusty Donohue. The Richards family Chippendale mahogany block and shell chest, circa 1780, was won by Manhattan dealer Leigh Keno, who bid on behalf of a client. The artist is one of a number of highly accomplished and significant American sculptors who have not received the lasting public recognition and scholarly attention they deserve. This will be the first major show to explore in detail the impact of Venetian-style glassmaking across Renaissance Europe. Harvard's Fogg Art Museum explores John Singleton Copley's working methods through preparatory works such as drawings, oil sketches and a full-sized, unfinished canvas. Maine's Portland Museum of Art looks at the relationship between European and American artists between the years of 1870 and 1950. Fine art dealer surrenders to authorities in Manhattan....Casino owner buys a Sargent at Sotheby's....The Whitney renews expansion talks. The Rhinebeck Antiques Show has been full for many years, turning away dealers. John and Tina Bruno saw an opportunity to produce another event to expand the market. The show's family-style character is so ingrained that the 200 or so dealers who make up the Rhinebeck "tribe" say time and again that there are very few unpleasant surprises. Avid fans and collectors from around the world flocked to Sotheby's salesroom and competed with bidders on the telephone and over the Internet for the opportunity to own a piece of Hollywood history. In as-found condition and retaining the original period frame, the painting was in need of nothing but a good cleaning. The successful buyer was described as a "local collector who decided to stay home and bid by phone." Through a lifetime of creative experimentation, Noguchi's prolific career set a new standard for artistic development worldwide. Since his earliest painting of the farm in 1932 at the age of 15, Andrew Wyeth has found subjects in its people, animals, buildings and landscapes for nearly 1,000 works of art. A critically acclaimed exhibition that highlights works from the museum's collection is currently on view again. The RISD Museum of Art has received a gift of Southeast Asian art from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. "Our dealers are good middle range and this show is a perfect vehicle for them." A number of the first-time exhibitors did not return, reducing the list of dealers to just over 90 this time, down from 133. A total of 115 bidders participated in the souvenir spoon session. The majority of successful winning bids were from Internet bids left on the company's website. World record prices were achieved for American guitars by John D'Angelico and James D'Aquisto, a Spanish guitar by Ignacio Fleta, several modern Italian violins and a rare American keyed bugle by E.G. Wright of Boston. A bronze armchair by Armand Albert Rateau, circa 1919-20, sold to Manhattan's DeLorenzo gallery for $970,700. A current bill before California lawmakers could seriously hamper the antiques and fine art trade throughout the Golden State. Around Washington, various museums and organizations have mounted exhibitions to pay homage to "the greatest generation" that won the war. The most important cultural complement is one at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Bruce Museum features images of the film's production documented by a group of nine photographers from the renowned agency Magnum Photos. The High Museum of Art presents the first solo exhibition of Woodruff's paintings in Atlanta since his death in 1980. A group of 75 rare watercolors, pastels and drawings, made from the 1860s through the 1990s by some of America's greatest artists, will be on view at Vassar College's Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Thirty-two dealers from across the nation were again assembled by Robert Armacost, show manager. When the dealers arrived on Friday for setup, many commented that for the first time in many years the grass was cut. That was because Steve Jenkins was on the mower himself Thursday afternoon. Approximately 83 exhibitors, up from 45 in 2003, presented artifacts and textiles of Asia, Africa, Oceania, The Americas and Native America. It sold to a determined Nathan Tuttle of Gardner, Me., who drove all night to win the lot in person. "The Sachsen-Meiningen set of 'The Birds of America,' extraordinary because of its excellent and uncut condition and fresh coloring, attracted a wide, mainly American audience." In a packed salesroom, bidders from all over the world competed passionately to acquire guitars from Eric Clapton's collection or instruments donated by his musician friends. |
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