Political posters have played an interesting role in the shaping of modern history and "Revolutionary Tides: The Art of the Political Poster, 1914-1989," will exhibit 120 striking examples. Over 300 examples of the Arts and Crafts Movement will be shown at "International Arts and Crafts: William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright," March 18 to June 18 at de Young Museum. Americana continues to dominate Manhattan as the Art Dealers Association of America swung open the doors of the Seventh Regiment Armory for The Art Show that began a four-day run on February 23. Good times were had by all and good sales were recorded all around the floor during yet another outing of the highly popular Modern Show produced by Stella Show Mgmt Co. Longtime antiques dealer Albert H. "Sandy" Dow Jr died Thursday, January 19, at his home. Helen Farr Sloan, patron of the arts, educator, artist and widow of artist John Sloan, died December 13, 2005, at the age of 94. Jackson's International recent record auction of important American and European fine art and antiques was well attended with registered buyers from more than 16 countries and 37 states. An unsigned marine painting of "The Frigate USS Congress at Sunset" brought an exceptionally robust $457,000 at Skinner's March 3 sale of American and European paintings. John P. "Jack" Bittner, who started one of the first cataloged antique tool auctions in the United States, died January 18 at his home. When Rose Hill Auctions recently announced it was offering Twentieth Century design items, bidders turned up from all over to vie for the choice lots crossing the block. Soon to become a rite of spring, the New-York Historical Society will open its multimedia exhibition "Audubon's Aviary" March 17; it will be on view through May 7. The galleries at Green Valley were awash in a rainbow of colors as the firm recently hosted its annual winter glass auction. Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers' recent auction grossed $1.34 million dollars and marked the debut of the firm's online auction research tool. Longtime NHADA Antiques Show exhibitor, Pauline "Polly" M. Gatz, 74, died at her home on February 25. A William Morris Hunt harbor scene set a record this week at Grogan & Company's auction when it was hammered down at $392,000. When the story of Twentieth Century design is finally sorted out, Bauhaus-influenced designs will look like so many dull-hearted companions compared to the adrenalin charged works of Ettore Sottsass. Last weekend's 36th Annual Bedford Hills Antiques Show had the air of a long established and much appreciated show. Works on Paper, a show that is truly defined by its name, provided the art community yet another prime opportunity to view stellar works of art either on or constructed of paper. Amid a raging snowstorm March 2, the 69th Regiment Armory became a lush gardenscape befitting its hosting the preview party for the Gramercy Park Garden Show. With two up-market antiques shows to choose from in February, the well-heeled Florida enclave of Palm Beach has emerged as a important destination for dealers and collectors. Gleanings from area estates drew a full house for a recent Carl W. Stinson sale that offered material ranging from the Eighteenth Century to the present. A Romare Bearden painting set a mood of excitement and an auction record when it achieved $104,500 at Ron Rhoads Auction recent event at the Kimberton Fairgrounds. The third sale of cameras from the collection of the late James A. Collins, Jr, conducted by Everard and Company, brought a total of $708,000. John and Maureen Boyd of Boyd Auctions like to begin the new year with a special auction and it was a pair of paintings that was the highlight of the sale. Wendy Weber Verstappen, 68, who traded under the name of Heron House Antiques and Interiors, died at her home on March 2. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present "Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic," an exhibition that surveys seven decades of the artist's achievements, from March 29 through July 16. The James A. Michener Art Museum announces "An Enduring Gift: The Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest Collection" on view March 18 through July 2, filling three galleries. The exhibition, "White on White (and a little gray)," on view March 28-September 17 at the American Folk Art Museum, highlights America's fascination with neoclassicism. Sotheby's Holdings, Inc, the parent company of Sotheby's worldwide auction, private sales and art-related financing activities, recently announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005. The intense, angst-filled and often perplexing images of Edvard Munch, the troubled and enigmatic Norwegian painter and printmaker, have long fascinated Americans. On April 1, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage will premiere a major traveling exhibition tracing the shared roots of Jewish and Christian values and practices. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the royal wedding, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present "Fit for a Princess: Grace Kelly's Wedding Dress," on view April 1-May 21. Many items in the exhibition "Bauble, Bangles and Beads," exhibit at Yale University Art Gallery through July 23 are on public view for the first time. The Harvard University Art Museums will present "American Watercolors and Pastels, 1875-1950," at the Fogg Art Museum April 8 to June 25. Brent and Derek Johnson's spring edition of the Greenwich Antiques Show brought shoppers out of their houses into the Civic Center for two fine days of antiquing. Heart of Country Antiques Show was greeted by large, free-spending crowds at its most recent gathering, February 23-26. Music Valley Antiques Market, the second of the three big Nashville shows during Heart of Country Week, was a great success, according to the promoters. Show promoters said last month's Tailgate Antiques Show at Fiddlers Inn had its best statistics since the late 1990s and early buying was at a new high. George Ferrell has been in the business and conducting auctions for 39 years, as of last month, so he was not surprised by the good prices he recently received for some excellent antiques. Sandwiched between two major antiquarian book fairs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, PBA Galleries presented an auction of rare books and manuscripts on February 23. A folk portrait attributed to Sheldon Peck was the top lot at Duane Merrill's recent sale when it sold for $84,700. The hall was packed with eager buyers for Northfield Auctions' first sale of the year with quality high-end lots selling well, said auctioneer Paul Gorzocoski. Imagine an antiques show as Cirque du Soleil and you get a sense of the New York Design Fair, which wrapped up its 2006 edition at the Seventh Regiment Armory on March 13. Fresh-to-the-market items commanded strong prices at Copake Auctions' recent cataloged Americana sale, featuring the contents of a Hudson River museum and more. The Charleston International Antiques Show, which returned to the Carolina Yacht Club ballroom on the city's historic waterfront March 17-19, was a lively affair. When you see the likes of Jeffrey Arnstein pulling out the drawers of an early Nineteenth Century Hepplewhite chest at a dealer's booth to examine the joinery, you realize that you are not at a run-of-the-mill antiques show. Key West is the place to be at the end of February for the mild weather as well as the Key West Antiques Show, which made a strong showing its second time around. Corning Museum of Glass officials are feeling as if they won the lottery these days thanks to a hefty bequest of contemporary studio glass valued at $9.5 million. Pioneering folk art collectors Ellin and Baron Gordon have donated an unparalleled collection of Twentieth and Twenty-First Century, self-taught American folk art to Old Dominion University. Litchfield County Auctions' online auction on iGavel was one of several very successful auctions that kicked off 2006 for the online website. John Moran Auctioneers kicked off 2006 by setting new world records for two artists at its recent sale of Californian and American paintings. Unsigned, in need of cleaning and with a puncture wound, Antonio Jacobsen's oil on canvas ship portrait "Fetching the Mark" still managed to fetch a world record price of $281,000 at Skinner's recent Americana sale. The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art presents the exhibition, "The American Arts & Crafts Home: 1900-1915," with several icons of the Arts and Crafts movement taken from The Two Red Roses Foundation collection. The Museum of Modern Art has installed a gallery devoted to the pre-World War II works of Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), in its painting and sculpture galleries on the fifth floor. This year's ADA Award Of Merit Winner, to be honored at a ceremony April 8 in Philadelphia, is publisher R. Scudder Smith, a veritable icon in the antiques industry. |
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