Hiroshige "[His work], more than that of any other Japanese woodblock print artist, appeals profound-ly and directly to the modern viewer, regardless of his or her knowledge of ukiyoe." Read More... The Evolving Market for Tech-Art Artists are flocking to computers to create new works - art schools offer more and more courses with computer applications in the fine art and design areas - and a growing number of museums are acquiring and exhibiting new media, including digital art. Read More... Ewolfs.com, after Disappearing from the Internet, Resurfaces in an Attempt to Satisfy Consignors The news comes as a surprise to many consignors, clients and onlookers, as the firm enjoyed a successful, $1.3 million debut in April 1999 and conducted several popular auctions the following year. Read More... Perceiving a New Threat to Dealers on the Internet, the President of the FADA Takes Matters into His Own Hands "We feel we are caught in the middle here," says eBay representative Kevin Pursglove. "[We] won't be in the position of referee." Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Using the Online Auction Bonanza to Your Advantage Online auction spending is heftier than ever, with sales amounting to $556 million in May - a sum that can also mean good news for dealers. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Oriental Rugs in a Global Context In "The Splendor of Antique Rugs and Tapestries," author and collector Parviz Nemati explains cultural influences and historic events relating to rug production. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: What to Do in the Wake of Eppraisals.com's Demise The enormity of the reproduction industry - from glass, ceramics and furniture to ivory and iron - makes identifying a reproduction from a photo a tremendous challenge. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Maria Dewing's Flower Power Reveals Itself in Museums and at Auction In the past few decades, new attention has been cast on the careers of artists who happened to marry male artists. Sometimes recognition tends to come late. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Proliferation of Reproduction Antique-Cut Diamonds on the Market These pieces are fueling the creation of reproduction antique jewelry which - in many cases - is not being disclosed as such. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Dealers Russ Pritchard, III and George Juno Indicted for Fraud Pritchard and Juno, who made an infamous appearance on the "Antiques Roadshow," now face a 13-count indictment for their involvement in a mail and wire fraud scheme. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Fiestaware's Hot, but don't Get Burned Designer Monthly, an online magazine published by the Sheffield School of Interior Design, is inaugrating a new series that will feature regular discussions of designer collectibles. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Stolen Items on eBay Intersting journeys, with some happy endings. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Artnet.com Suspends Online Auctions, may Partner with eBay Premier The fine art niche in online auctions has lost a small but important player as artnet.com announces it will discontinue its e-commerce operations, which included online auctions and a print store. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: After Christmas, the Best in Vintage Toys are Found Online Without the Lines and Bare Shelves of Christmas Past to haunt you, paying a few hundred (and then some) dollars for these items may seem like child's play. Read More... Anatomy Lesson: Learning about Art from the Horse's Mouth Four books by artists for those who want to know art from the inside out. Read More... Cover Stories Marguerite and William Zorach: Harmonies and Contrasts The remarkable degree to which this talented team nurtured and inspired each other throughout their synergistic union is the theme of a splendid exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art. Read More... Christopher Radko: How the Crash of '83 Led to His Revival of a Lost Art Replacing shattered heirlooms became a mission of paramount importance to Radko, but when he set out on his buying quest, he soon found that mouth-blown glass ornaments were next to impossible to find. Read More... William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent Any study of Beckford must divide its focus between the man and his collection. The flamboyant personal legend of the collector has tended to overshadow the objects that he gathered and, in many cases, had created as a patron. Read More... 'American Radiance': Folk Art Illuminated Ralph Esmerian's collection, which includes many of the icons of the folk art world, will now be "singing" in public as 432 objects join the holdings of the American Folk Art Museum. Read More... Alex Katz: Small Paintings One of the most innovative and versatile leaders of the return to figurative realism among late Twentieth Century American artists, Katz has attracted an enormous following among critics and the general public. Read More... The Art of the Timekeeper: Masterpieces from the Winthrop Edey Bequest With this major fall and winter exhibition, The Frick Collection introduces to the public a significant gift of clocks and watches from the estate of a remarkable collector and scholar. Read More... Remington, Russell, and the Language of Western Art This major loan exhibition, devoted to the two most celebrated and influential artists of the American West, is on view at the University of Oklahoma's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art through December 9. Read More... Life at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont's American Country Estate On September 1, Winterthur continued its 50th anniversary celebration with an exhibition exploring its history as a great American country estate between 1902 and 1951. Read More... Images of Contentment: John Kensett and The Connecticut Shore As this Mattatuck Museum exhibition demonstrates, Kensett (1816-1872) was recognized in his own time, as he is in ours, as an American Master, an artist who changed the way the American landscape was seen and painted. Read More... Picasso: The Artist's Studio The manner in which this controversial and highly productive artist used the studio as an artistic theme during his seven-decade career is the subject of this splendid exhibition, currently on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Read More... American Identities: A Reinterpretation at the BMA To expand and enhance the visitor's experience of American art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art has undertaken a major reinstallation of its American art holdings. Read More... Cedar Grove: The Thomas Cole National Historic Site A number of significant objects have been added to the Cole artifacts and artworks already in the collections, while earlier gifts to the society have been returned to Cedar Grove. Read More... Early Women Artists at the Guild of Boston Artists For the first time, a major regional organization of artists has mounted a retrospective show featuring works by women members prior to World War II. Read More... Collecting Connecticut's Artistic Heritage The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company will donate its extensive collection of American art to the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, giving state residents and visitors greater access to these important paintings. Read More... Valley Furniture, Valley Tools This Connecticut Valley Historical Museum exhibition features approximately 35 examples from the museum's permanent collection, including chests of drawers, tables, chairs, sideboards, desks and children's furniture made in this area. Read More... Jewels of Time: Watches from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute The aesthetic brilliance and exquisite craftsmanship of ornamented historical timepieces is featured in a major exhibition at the institute's Museum of Art. Read More... Picturing America The Newark Museum presents an entirely new experience of its American art collection - one of the most distinguished in the world. Read More... The Chipstone Foundation Makes Its Mark MILWAUKEE, WIS. — It is a curious fact that in Milwaukee one might dress differently for a visit to the art museum than for a trip to the concert hall, destinations that are a little more than ten blocks apart in this pleasant town of a million and a half people. This has to do with the tonic breezes that swirl up off of Lake Michigan and around Veterans Park, the waterside setting of the Milwaukee Museum of Art. Read More... Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective Thiebaud is such a gifted, appealing artist and has produced such an outstanding, diverse oeuvre over the course of his long career, that it is astounding to note that this is his first major retrospective on the East Coast. Read More... Joseph Lehn and Lehnware The Heritage Center Museum's display introduces visitors to Lehn's life and work and his gaily painted woodenware so sought after by folk art collectors today. Read More... The Peabody Essex Museum Reveals the Secret World of the Forbidden City This summer in New England there is the opportunity to stand before the authentic throne of the Ming and Qing emperors and to glean imperial treasures that rarely travel beyond the walls of the Forbidden City. Read More... Collaborative Efforts of a Skilled Sisterhood: The Baltimore Quilt Tradition The exhibition, on view at the Maryland Historical Society through September 9, brings together more than 40 examples of these complex compositions and documents them for posterity in a companion catalogue. Read More... Within these Walls: The Smithsonian's Unique Look at 200 Years of American History In this latest effort, the museum, from the doorstep of one house, highlights five ordinary families whose lives became part of the great changes and events of the nation's past. Read More... Rare Civil War Relic Rediscovered: The Lincoln Assassination Flag Long believed to have been lost, Civil War historians and Lincoln assassination experts have verified that The Connecticut Historical Society holds in its collection one of five flags that decorated the Presidential box at Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination. Read More... Seasons of Life: American Impressionism and Frank Vincent DuMond DuMond is hardly a household name today, but in his time he was an important figure in American art. A deft painter of landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and murals, he was also one of the great teachers in our art history. Read More... America's Great Art Rescue: The Program to Repatriate Nazi-Looted Art In recent years, numerous articles have focused on a handful of artworks that were not rescued and repatriated by Allied forces. The bigger story is that over five million art objects were recovered, researched and returned to the countries where they had been owned prior to World War II. Read More... Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence Bringing together over 200 works spanning the breadth of his long career, the Phillips Collection exhibition is the most complete assessment ever of Lawrence's artistic development and creative process and includes works that have never been exhibited before. Read More... Wilton's Heritage Project Takes Shape Over the last two months many antiques fans and readers of "Antiques and The Arts Weekly" have asked about the progress of the Wilton Historical Society's "Heritage Project." We have the report. Read More... Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People Spread throughout the spacious galleries of The Norman Rockwell Museum are more than 70 of the artist's original oil paintings and all 322 of his Saturday Evening Post covers. Read More... Light and the Industrial Age Shine at the Carnegie Museum of Art The exhibition brings together more than 300 scientific and historic objects, as well as the works of major painters and other artists of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, for the first time. Many have never been exhibited in the United States. Read More... Pendleton House in Providence Since 1906, RISD's museum has housed one of the best and oldest collections of American decorative arts, installed in what many consider the first American wing, Pendleton House. The Georgian-style mansion is an alluring blend of fact and fiction: part impenetrable fortress, part decorator showcase, part historic house museum. Read More... The Bicycle Takes Off: From Boneshaker to Boom Early bicycles with lyrical names like "Phantom," "Star," and "Rover" evoke the age-old yet elusive quest for a practical human-powered vehicle in this exhibition created by the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. Read More... Painted with Thread: American Embroidery as Art Embroidery is an aesthetic act. Texturally lush and evocative works of art have been painted, not with oils or watercolor, but with thread. It is a medium that pleases the eye but also challenges perceptions about art. Read More... Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent Kent's combative views on political and social issues of the day often got him into trouble and overshadowed his artistic achievements, but today he is recognized as one of the finest realists of Twentieth Century American art. Read More... A Re-Creation of Georgia O'Keeffe's First Exhibition in the South WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Georgia O'Keeffe, who has achieved a kind of enduring iconic status among American art lovers, is usually associated with New Mexico and to some extent New York City. Often overlooked is the fact that she lived for several years in Virginia and had an interesting exhibition at Williamsburg's College of William and Mary in 1938. Read More... Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architect's Other Passion The first major exhibition devoted to Wright as collector, teacher, and dealer of Japanese art and the pivotal influence Japanese aesthetics had on his work is on view at Japan Society Gallery. Read More... American Folk: An MFA Blockbuster In this nationally significant show, masterpieces from the museum's collection are sprinkled among another 140 of the MFA;s worthy works and 60 examples from private collections. Read More... The Cos Cob Art Colony In a welcome display of inter-museum cooperation, two Connecticut institutions and a New York City museum are sponsoring complementary exhibitions this spring that highlight Connecticut's important but somewhat overlooked art colony. Read More... American Art at Yale NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Yale University Art Gallery prides itself on being the best teaching museum for American art in the country. But while its collections of American paintings, furniture, and silver are well known, the origins of its contents and the equally interesting history of their display are less familiar. Read More... Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries Both an overdue reminder of Stieglitz's pivotal role in the development of American art and a showcase for key artists he nurtured, this rewarding exhibition may well be the most important art-historical display in any American museum this year. Read More... From the Sun King to the Royal Twilight at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art This extraordinary selection of approximately 80 works from the collection of the Musee de Picardie, Amiens, will open in California on April 24. Read More... Alice Neel at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Alice Neel at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Read More... Fanciful Flowers: Botany and the American Quilt The language of flowers developed by American quiltmakers during the Nineteenth Century is in full bloom at The Textile Museum. Read More... Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty: Faces of a Nation The evolution of two central symbols in the American identity is the focus of this exhibit at the Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages. Read More... Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s Although his art was generally celebrated, Homer's unconventionality also stirred tremendous controversy and brought harsh criticism from some of the art press. This exhibit, on view through May 6 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, explores Homer's pivotal role in shaping a national art. Read More... Gauguin's ‘Nirvana': Painters at Le Pouldu, 1889-90 Organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum, this exhibition reassembles more than 40 interrelated paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture by Gauguin, de Haan, and others from collections around the world. Read More... Gerome and Goupil: Art and Enterprise at the Dahesh Museum of Art Gerome and Goupil: Art and Enterprise at the Dahesh Museum of Art Read More... Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre? The first New York exhibition of Salomon's work is on view at The Jewish Museum through March 25. Read More... Women Designers in the USA: Diversity and Difference at the Bard Graduate Center This brilliantly conceived show covers miles of artistic ground, from the personal creativity of pieced quilts and Native American baskets to professional pursuits such as architecture and Hollywood costume design. Read More... The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture Opens For years the New-York Historical Society has been able to exhibit only small portions of its vast museum holdings at any one time. Freed from the confines of off-site storage, nearly two-thirds of the collection - some 40,000 items - have found a new home at the Luce Center. Read More... One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth Timed to coincide with this year's presidential election campaign and arriving in the nation's capital during presidential inauguration week, “One Nation" is both intriguing and thought provoking. Read More... Lions & Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern and Inn Signs The Dew Drop Inn and the No Tell Motel may be the stuff of ribald humor, but for sheer interest nothing surpassed the hostelries of early America. Every town had an inn, every inn had a sign, and every sign dangled some colorful enticement to tarry awhile Read More... Auction Watch Ruhlmann Desk, Poppy Lamp Dominate New York Twentieth Century Design Sale Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann's elegant and highly functional designs are expressions of the Modernist vision. The gallery offered a rosewood, ebony and nickel-plated desk he designed for the Parisian architect André Granet. Read More... Rare Atlas Lamp Carries the Weight of a World Record in Maine The lamp had reportedly at one time been part of the fixtures of a large Springfield bank and because of its outstanding nature may have originally been made by Handel for an exposition. Read More... Early Chest-on-Chest Finds an Eager Market at Pook & Pook On the long addendum sheet was a superb Philadelphia Chippendale Gostlowe-type figured mahogany chest-on-chest, circa 1775. "The estate wanted it sold - right away," said Ron Pook. Read More... German Gallery Reports World Record for Rare Typewriter Strong prices for early technical antiques were noted at Auction Team Breker's specialty sale, including a new world record for the first typewriter that was produced in series, the 1867 Malling Hansen Writing Ball, which sold for $84,000. Read More... George Luks Painting Headlines Phillips-Selkirk Missouri Sale The firm held its final auction of the year with a collection of Continental and American paintings offered to a packed house at 7447 Forsyth Boulevard in Clayton. Read More... Sports Memorabilia Tops $4.6 Million in Illinois The two-day auction, featuring 833 lots, included a number of record prices. Read More... Marble Auction Internet Bidder Wins $41,975 Lot Active bidding on "Population Portrait IX," crafted by studio glass artist Mark R. Matthews, highlighted the event. Matthews produced six such jars in 1994. Read More... $5.5 Million Bid for Boulle Armoire in New York Lands a Third Place Price for French Furniture The sum, according to Phillips, is actually the second highest ever achieved at auction for a piece of furniture by Andre-Charles Boulle. Read More... Osborne Shepherding Scene Wins Canadian Hearts and a $640,000 Bid Waddington's five-day sale in Toronto featured decorative arts and antique furniture, with 2,000-plus lots ranging from single consignments to entire estates. Read More... Beatle's Album Sells for $35,165 at Lelands.com The 36-year-old Help! LP was autographed by all four members (John Lennon twice, front and back) and a rare find. Read More... A 'Masterpiece' of Illinois Folk Art Fetches $835,750 at Sotheby's "At any other time, this painting would have easily gone over a million. I didn't think I had a chance at all," buyer Barbara Pollack stated. It had been estimated at $1.5/2.5 million. Read More... You Had to Be There This mantra applies to the masterfully orchestrated, 300-lot auction of the Hegarty toy trove, which harks back to the hobby's signature windfalls of yore: the Atlanta Toy Museum, Bernard Barentholtz, Leon Perelman, F.H. Griffith, Dick Keats, Stanley Sax, Lillian and Bill Gottschalk, and Carol Anderson. Read More... Pair of Italian Neo-classical Pier Tables Hotly Contested in Washington, D.C. Furnishings from Europe, Asia and America appealed to a wide range of tastes at Weschler's, with highlights in American silver, books and letters, Chinese Export porcelain and Italian furniture. Read More... Guyette & Schmidt's Latest Proves Demand for Decoys Remains on Solid Ground The top lot was a rare pair of woodducks, circa 1880s, by the Peterson Decoy Factory of Detroit, Mich., which fetched $66,000. A Canada goose by Sam Soper of New Jersey brought $46,750. Read More... Prints Break the $2 Million Mark for Swann Galleries "Despite economic instability, the print market remains strong, as [this] sale demonstrated," commented gallery specialist Todd Weyman. Read More... Cigar Store Indian, Pennsylvania Long Gun Headline York Town Sale The event was held in the old Main Building of the York Fairgrounds. Four hundred eighty-three bidding numbers were issued for the 1,300 catalogued lots offered, with additional uncatalogued lots, resulting in a gross of $411,000. Read More... Cottone Offers Estate, Museum Collections in Mount Morris, N.Y. In attendance were more than 700 eager buyers who seemed oblivious to the rain, wind, sleet and cold that accompanied the on-site sale. Some 1,500 lots of railroad, auto and firefighters' memorabilia, along with a variety of other antiques, were sold. Read More... London Dealers Purchase "Junk Shop" Jar for $1.09 Million No other Chenghua doucai jar has ever been offered at auction and no other jar with the rare tian mark is known to remain in private hands. Only 12 other Chenghua doucai jars inscribed with the tian mark are currently recorded in the world, all of which are in museum collections. Read More... Wristwatch Record Set in Geneva by Phillips Muscling in on Antiquorum territory, Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg finds a place in auction history with a Patek Philippe rarity. Read More... Christie's Offering of Post-War Art Realizes $25.2 Million Andy Warhol's "Holly," 1966 a nine-panel portrait of art dealer Holly Solomon, and Willem de Kooning's 1951 drawing "Women," from the artist's seminal series exploring the female form, shared top honors, each realizing $2,096,000. Read More... Bidders Find Historic Firearms Irresistible at Maine Auction Nearly 1,200 lots across many popular categories were offered, among them a selection of shotguns from well-known manufactures. Read More... Buddy 'L' Motor Coach Outdistances the Competition in $1.7 Million Inman Auction Although the sale's inventory contained fewer lots from the Buddy 'L' archive than the $2.5 million Inman sale of last March, it still attracted a full house of eager bidders, intent on buying from the prestigious factory cache. Read More... Mixed Results for Impressionist and Modern Art in New York City Christie's offering of The Collection of Rene Gaffe, a group of 25 lots of Modern and Surrealist art, realized $73,325,775 and was 100 percent sold. Read More... Rago Lalique Sale Demonstrates the Mettle of Glass According to Nicholas M. Dawes, the Lalique specialist who organized the auction, "We had more bidders than lots offered, and were swamped with telephone and internet bidding." Read More... Deer Compote Highlights Pennsylvania Majolica Offerings The consignment from the Lieb estate accounted for 50 percent of the lots, 95 percent of which were sold. Strawser described "a very good crowd" filling the hall at the Alderfer Auction Center. Read More... New York Bidder Snags Top Axminster Rug at Doyle The carpet had been in the same family for more than a century, and once graced the living room of a grand apartment on Quai Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland. Its large, square size indicates that it was most likely made to order. Read More... Tiffany Wisteria Floor Lamp Lights Up $3 Million Fontaine Auction The lamp reached $324,800, while In the furniture category, a Wooton desk set a new world auction record when it fetched $123,200. Read More... Confederate Officer's Sword Draws $54,625 in New Orleans The sword, forged by Alexandre Henri Dufilho, a New Orleans sword maker, brought a record price at auction for a Confederate object. Read More... Virginia Gallery Hosts Annual American Glass Sale A yearly pilgrimage for many, the auction topped $400,000 and "produced numerous record highs for items in the upper three and lower four figure ranges. It's good to see that scarce pieces in the middle market are finally gaining the respect that they deserve." Read More... Boston Sampler Leads Solid Americana Sale at Skinner Sally Jackson's large sampler was an exceptional example of needlework and in astonishingly fine condition. The successful bidders were Carol and Steve Huber. Read More... Painting of Trinity Church by Guy Wiggins Steals the Hearts of Bidders in Connecticut The painting features the church, New York's oldest parish at Broadway and Wall Street, very near the site of the former World Trade Center buildings in lower Manhattan. Read More... Swann Sells Priciest Lot Ever in Record $1.4 Million Auction Photographs auctions in New York began at the gallery, where the top item of the week, a nearly complete set of Edward S. Curtis's magnum opus "The North American Indian," with magnificent photogravures printed on delicate Japanese tissue, sold for $607,500. Read More... Henry Ford Museum Purchases Rosa Parks Bus for $492,000 at MastroNet Officials at the Michigan museum confirmed their purchase of the bus on which Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat more than 45 years ago, sparking the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Read More... Bids Are in but the Jury Is out on Early Philadelphia Chest at Christie's Philadelphia Museum of Art curator Jack L. Lindsey believes that because the top was glued to the secondary wood, it popped off over time. "It looks like whoever tried to repair it cut four to six inch windows and used the cut-throughs as anchors for the glueblocks. That failed as well, so the piece was a little weird." Read More... Sotheby's Offering of the Crawford Collection Gets a Thumb's Up from Americana Buyers The results were not all the York Avenue auction house had hoped for. Still, rare items in fine condition attracted ample attention and some brought prices that would be considered robust even in a bull market. Read More... Butterfields Hosts Varied and Successful Auctions at Los Angeles, San Francisco Locations Butterfields and Los Angeles Modern Auctions' first offering of Twentieth Century decorative arts brought more than $1,000,000 as a standing-room-only crowd vied against Internet bidders. Read More... All-Cane Firm Reaps More Records in Massachusetts The gross of $353,749 was the third highest ever for Tradewinds and the fourth straight sale that has exceeded $350,000, despite uneasy economic times. Read More... Americana the Beautiful: The Pursuit of Exceptional Items in New York City The annual fall Americana sales in New York got underway last week against the stark backdrop of war abroad and terrorist reprisals at home. Strain was evident in the general sales. Read More... Shakespeare's 'First Folio' Sets World Record Dated 1623, it was one of only five complete copies in private hands and fetched the highest price ever paid for a work by Shakespeare at auction and a world auction record for any Seventeenth Century book. Read More... Mahantongo Valley Chest Leads Pook & Pook Sale The rare and important circa 1830 pine Pennsylvania chest of drawers featured a molded frieze over a case with two short and three long graduated drawers. Read More... Violin Plays to the Tune of $38,000 in Detroit DuMouchelles Art Gallery Company auctioned an array of antiques, fine art and collectibles from across Michigan at its September sale. Read More... Market for Watches and Clocks Proves 'Stable' at Antiquorum "There was much concern in the moment preceding the auction, but overall the auction proved that watch collecting provides an excellent alternative to investing." Read More... Doyle Reports Strong Results for Estate Jewelry Despite having been rescheduled from an earlier date, the sale was characterized by extremely heavy telephone bidding and strong competition from a crowded salesroom, with many lots reaching beyond estimates. Read More... Unusual Dropleaf Table Headlines Record Nadeau Sale Connecticut furniture from the estate of well-known Hartford conservator Paul Koda (1905-2001), plus weathervanes deaccessioned by the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, drew a standing-room-only crowd to the gallery's latest auction. Read More... Operating in the Auction World with Dr. Bob Baker The OPM owner's Westhampton Beach storefront is called "Circa Something Fine Art and Antiques." Baker is also an appraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read More... Second Cohen/Fontaine Event Reaps $500,000 Total The sale's top lot was a brooding and lush oil by Emil-Soren Carlsen, depicting flowers in a sunlit Chinese bowl, which fell within estimates at $24,725. Read More... Stein Auctions Stroh Brewing Company Collection for $358,869 The Stroh collection featured antique German stoneware, Creussen and Faience drinking vessels. Read More... Pennsylvania Sale Topped by Bebe Bru in Top Hat Dressed in a black waistcoat and tails, gray pants and an unmarked top hat over his original fur wig, the doll brought $23,100, well over book value. Read More... New York Scene Highlights Winter Associates Auction The Guy Wiggins oil of a New York snow scene, complete with an American flag, generated interest from all over the country and sold for $23,100 to an audience member who battled live, phone and absentee bidders. Read More... On the European Scene: Sotheby's Auctions in Scotland Set World Records A staggering eleven world records tumbled for works by Scottish artists during the sale of Scottish and Sporting Paintings and Sculptures. Read More... Dog Painting is Champion of Julia's Latest Samoset Sale Dating to 1922 and descended from the original purchaser through the estate of Doris McGlaughlin, the signed and dated 30 by 40 inch oil on canvas came on the block in a period gold gilt frame and reached a final price of $57,500. Read More... Family Curiosity Brings $36,000 at Fairfield The Native American ball club was consigned by a Connecticut family who had held onto it for decades without any knowledge of its significance. Read More... Gagnon Landscape Brings $44,850 at Skinner The painting was won by a Toronto collector. "Gagnon is considered one of Canada's foremost Impressionist painters, and I own one other painting by him. It was a sketch done for a much larger canvas that is now in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa." Read More... Small-Town New York Auction Draws a Crowd of 500 People traveled from 11 different states to bid on items from the Nelson and Phyllis Spencer estate in the small Norman Rockwell-type community just two hours south of both Buffalo and Rochester. Read More... Gleanings from Cape Estates Rouse Bids at Snow The auction hall was filled to capacity at the beginning of the sale and prices remained steady throughout, with the serious customers remaining until the very end. Read More... Wilkinson Clock Highlights New Jersey Estate Auction Several pieces of furniture from a Metuchen estate accumulated during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire drew spirited bidding. Read More... New England Buyer Pays $100,000 for Massachusetts Table in South Carolina SUMMERTON, S.C. — Wingfield's Auction Company, 103 Main Street, experienced a strong sale on July 15 with the top lot, a Salem, Mass. dressing table, fetching $100,000. Read More... English and French Furniture Lead Winter Associates Sale PLAINVILLE, CONN. — On July 23, a standing-room-only crowd packed the Winter Associates, Inc. gallery. Highlights included a period French Regence beechwood fauteuil a la reine (armchair) with caned seat and back that sold for $1,540. (est $900/1,200) and a circa 1805 Massachusetts inlaid card table which sold for $3,025 against a $900/1,200 estimate. Read More... Surprising Results for Philbrick Cup Plate Collection POMFRET CENTER, CONN. — Collector's Sales & Services held a July 17 sale of Eugenie Philbrick's Cup Plate Collection that brought successful results. Read More... Marine and China Trade Items Sail Away to $4.8 Million in Portsmouth Aggressive bidding by collectors on China Trade views were the norm. Read More... Dolls Headline Toy Auction at Skinner The doll portion of the sale proved particularly strong, grossing nearly $200,000, and selling almost 90 percent of the lots. Read More... Art Nouveau Images in Great Demand among Swann Galleries' Vintage Posters "There will always be a market for high-end, turn-of-the-century work by recognized masters such as Alphonse Mucha," said Nicholas Lowry, president and poster specialist. "In general, higher end pieces sold more consistently than lower end. It is easier to sell a $5,000 poster than a $500 poster." Read More... Erratic Prices in New Hampshire Suggest a Still-Booming but Nervous Market "There's no lack of retail interest. The only difference I saw was that dealers weren't inventorying. There wasn't a frenzy of buying for the Antiques Week shows," said Ron Bourgeault. "That's fine with me. Bargains keep buyers coming back." Read More... Kaminski Reports Marblehead Vase, Watercolor on Ivory Records Selling for $37,000 was a miniature watercolor on ivory by Laura Coombs Hills of her instructor Mrs Alice J. Morse, who taught Hills at the Museum School, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Read More... Back-to-Back New England Sales Make for a Decoy Extravaganza The week-long decoy events included a separate two-day mid-week auction conducted in Maine and an end-of-the-week sale taking place back on the Cape. Read More... Monahan Collection Puts Hearts under the Hammer at Northeast Dealer Arthur Liverant was wearing his heart on his sleeve when he bought back a Connecticut six-board blanket chest that he and his late father, Zeke, found in a local home and sold to the Monahans in 1987. Read More... Record Sales for Western Art Achieved at Coeur d'Alene Of particular interest was a 1921 oil painting by American sporting artist Philip R. Goodwin, which, after failing to bring $5 at a garage sale, fetched $55,000 at the gallery. Read More... 500 Lots at Fontaine's Topped by Table Lamp The Pittsfield gallery's two-day summer auction, featuring a catalogued session and discovery night, grossed $2,625,000. Read More... Healthy Bid for Queen Anne Highboy at Garth's The audience was in a fun mood, giving a round of thunderous applause after auctioneer Tom Porter sold a large tin cookie cutter in the shape of the Statue of Liberty for $2,475 and exclaimed, "God Bless America!" Read More... Chandelier Dazzles Bidding Audience in Washington, D.C. The Tiffany wisteria laburnum leaded glass piece, circa 1899-1920, once belonged to Senator Edward W. Brooke and featured a shade representing a rare combination of the wisteria pattern and coloration in the laburnum form. It is one of the most technically intricate shades produced by Tiffany. Read More... Works by Pittsburgh Artist Headline Eclectic Pennsylvania Auction While Pennsylvania buyers snapped up treasures from the first three days of the sale, Internet buyers from eBay Live Auctions and iCollector.com provided some bidding rivalry during the last two days of the event. Read More... Embroidery Fetches Top Bid at Eric Nathan "Charles Embree Rockwell lived and died in the same place, was born in the same bed he died in, and the estate contained many generations of property," said Nathan. "It was very unusual to have a sale with such a historic point of reference, and the local people really turned out and supported it." Read More... John Elliot Clock Ticks to $16,000 in Pook & Pook Sale The circa 1770 silvered brass face bracket clock, with a repeating three-train movement in a Japanned case, was bid to one increment above its low estimate. Read More... On the New York Scene: Twentieth Century Decorative Arts Total $2.7 Million at Christie's Fittingly, the winner of Tiffany's 'Thomas Lynch window,' coming in at $391,000, was the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greenburg, Pa. Read More... Ohio Vintage Poster Art Auction Sets Records The VPAA's 9th annual movie memorabilia event offered 618 lots and realized over $311,000, with a pass rate of 12 percent. Read More... On the London Scene: Da Vinci ‘Horse and Rider' Drawing Fetches $11 Million The drawing is a preparatory study for Leonardo's first great composition, the large unfinished panel, "The Adoration of the Magi," now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Read More... Slot Machine Tops Julia Summer Auction at $57,500 The offering of country store memorabilia, toys, and dolls was fueled by a zero percent seller's commission offered on "high-value items.". Read More... Creel Catches Record Price at Massachusetts Fishing Tackle Sale The single-owner creel, purchased in 1950 and never used, came with its original 1950 "Established 1857" catalogue. Read More... Virginia Sale Yields Rare $75,000 Dutch Chest This Shenandoah Valley example, with an untouched surface, had never passed out of its consigning family before the auction and was the star lot of the event. Read More... Rare Highboy with Eighth-Generation Provenance Reaches $55,000 at Willis Henry It was the first time the lot had been offered since the Eighteenth Century. "It came from a place three doors down from us," said Willis Henry. Read More... We are Amused: Alice in Auctionland and Other Victorian Tales A recent Sotheby's London "Alice" sale was as touching as it was expansive and, not unexpectedly, broke some new records of its own. Comprising photographs, books, papers and personal items, it was keenly sought after by private collectors and museums. Read More... Rare Tiffany Lantern, Grant Wood Drawing Bump Jackson's Latest Total to $1.12 Million The auction featured works and collections from a variety of consignors, and attracted more than 600 bidders - including Internet participants - representing 41 states and 15 countries. Read More... Historic Bowie Family Items in San Francisco Event Fetch $475,000 Butterfields Auctioneers offered the property, which was handed down directly from the famous Bowies - two brothers whose names are respected within Texas history and whose exploits popularized a weapon commonly known as a Bowie knife. Read More... Record for Whale Oil Lamp Set in Maine When James D. Julia recently brought the whale oil lamp collection of the late William A. Sevrens to auction, it seemed that whale oil lamps were suddenly seen in, well, a new light. Read More... Online Auction of Kennedy Memorabilia Totals $177,353 Sloan's noted thousands of hits on its Web site, and reported that the most of the bidding action took place in the last three hours of the event, resulting in nearly 100 percent of the lots finding buyers. Read More... Sotheby's Offering Proves Cels Really Sell The line-up of more than 300 lots was part of Jeff Lotman's personal 22-year collection and was composed of animation created from 1928 through the late 60s. Read More... Zaharis Clock Collection Led by Rare Munger Creation at Cottone The clock stood 45 inches tall on impressively carved paw feet and was purchased by a Pennsylvania collector for $57,750. Read More... Autographed Sports Memorabilia Highlights Some 1,000 Lots in Illinois The most recent event hosted by the sports memorabilia and collectibles firm MastroNet, Inc., through its Mike Gutierrez Auctions division, generated over $1.3 million. Read More... On the New York Scene: Single-Owner Collection of Perfume Bottles Included in Belle Epoque Sale Collectors vied heavily for the top lot, an Art Deco cameo glass bottle in orange with gilt-stylized flowers and a cloisonne-mounted stopper, which achieved $8,050. Read More... World Record Windsor Auctioned in Bronxville, N.Y. The American sack back Windsor armchair dating from the last quarter of the Eighteenth Century brought $120,000 plus 15 percent buyer's premium on June 17 at Greenwich Fine Arts Auction Associates. The high bidder was Woodbury, Conn. antiques dealer David Schorsch. Read More... On the New York Scene: Tiffany's ‘Thomas Lynch Window' Returns to Pennsylvania via Museum Buyer Two determined bidders pushed the final price to almost double its estimate at Christie's. Read More... Quilt Set Garners $15,400 at Copake Textile Sale The star lot of the day, the Nineteenth Century album quilt with its scarce matching crib quilt descended from The Hurst Family. Read More... Presentation Is Everything: Rare Table Reaps $1.2 Million for Small Massachusetts Auction House At Ken Miller & Son, Inc. a circa 1760-70 mahogany Chippendale porringer flip-top game table brought a hammer price of $1.2 million. All the major players were represented as previews of the table reached a feverish pitch. Read More... On the New York Scene: Records for Latin American Art Abound A bidding battle ensued between two phone bidders over the highestselling lot for Sotheby's, an early portrait by Frida Kahlo, "Portrait of Cristina, My Sister," from 1928. The work finally sold for $1,655,750 to an anonymous bidder, well above its high estimate of $1.2 million. Read More... William and Mary Chest Brings $189,500 at Skinner The chest was one of nine known examples of furniture from the Symonds shops (1670-1700) of Salem, Mass. It has become the fourth joined chest to be identified. Read More... Rare American Rifle Stars in New Hampshire Sale The top hammer rifle at J.C. Devine was made in 1853 and production was very limited, with only two or three other specimens known today. Read More... Northeast's Spring Sale Joins Holdings of Well-Known Dealers The gallery several highly specialized collections together to create an auction that started with Sandwich glass, ended with Georgian silver, and grossed $2.9 million. Read More... Beneficial Bedfellows at Bertoia: Folk Art and Toys Bring $1.5 Million in New Auction Facility The sale featured tin toys, mechanical banks, comic character toys, pressed steel, Christmas ornaments, early games, doorstops, and fine folk art. Countless items prompted high levels of interest from the crowd of seated collectors and phone bidders. Read More... Ambassador's Estate Yields Cellaret Record at Washington, D.C. Event Weschler's recent auction of European and American Furniture and Decorations ended on a high note, with the final lot of the sale, a Chippendale walnut cellaret, bringing a record price for an American southern cellaret at auction, $98,050. Read More... Roseville Pottery Grosses $700,000 in New Jersey The two-day sale, which generated interest from collectors and dealers alike, was also the largest and highest-grossing Roseville sale held anywhere to date, according to the gallery. Read More... Medieval Sculpture Reaches New Heights at Sotheby's The first work by Tilman Riemenschneider to be offered at auction set a record when it sold for $2.97 million, purchased by the Peter Moores Foundation for exhibition at Compton Verney, England. Read More... Record Literary Manuscript Purchased by Indianapolis Colts Owner A sum of $2.4 million elevated the "On the Road" scroll to its top position. Read More... Spencer-Churchill Property, Worth Gown Highlight Doyle New York Offerings The important 1888 court dress offered at the firm's couture, textiles and accessories auction set a new world auction record of $101,500 for an antique dress. Read More... Northeast's Latest Remembers Old Friends After a Friday night featuring 400 lots of American ceramics and Currier & Ives prints, auctioneer Ron Bourgeault continued on Saturday with the inventory of the late Fred Johnston, a well-known dealer from Kingston, N.Y. Read More... Giltwood Eagle Soars to $77,000 at Pook & Pook Emblazoned on the sale catalogue's front cover, the eagle sold well above pre-auction estimates due to its rich Philadelphia history. Read More... Remington Gun Cane Heads Record Tradewinds Sale Nancy and Henry Taron founded Tradewinds Antiques as a firm specializing in canes. In 1993 they presented their inaugural cane sale, and became the first American firm to offer a series of specialized cane auctions. Read More... World Records Abound in New York Contemporary Art Auctions Preliminary reports saw Christie's sale realizing $22,589,350, far exceeding the overall pre-sale high estimate of $17.1 million, and Sotheby's reaping $45,312,400. Read More... The Curvaceous and Compelling Brings $66,125 at CRN A Boston Hepplewhite wing chair opened at $10,000, and a half a dozen bidders were in the chase at $40,000. After $50,000, two phone bidders jousted for the masterpiece. Read More... No Fireworks, but Plenty of Progress at Phillips If anyone ever doubted the inevitability of Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg entering the upper echelon of the auction world, those doubts would have been put to rest by the Impressionist and Modern Art Sale held May 7 at their brand new auction facility. Read More... Prendergast Creation Heads Doyle Modern and Contemporary Prints Sale American historical manuscripts also commanded high prices, including two autograph letters by General George Washington, relating to the War of Independence. The sale was marked by strong prices throughout, with 99 percent of the 360 lots sold by value. Read More... Gifford Canvas Leads $1.7 Million Shannon Event The firm has done exceedingly well, and it is no surprise that Shannon was mighty pleased with his latest fine art auction: The three-and-a-half-year-old Milford, Conn. firm set a new record for sales at $1,738,000. The sale was solid across the board, and there were some very pleasant surprises. Read More... Doyle Writes Another Chapter in the Hadley Chest Story It's not often a Hadley chest turns up for sale anywhere, let alone at auction. Coveted by collectors for more than a century, these icons of Connecticut River design are among the most recognizable and romantic of all American furniture forms. Read More... Randy Inman Sets Buddy ‘L' Records Farmers in plaid shirts and baseball caps sat elbow-to-elbow with Manhattan businessmen and chic Europeans as astronomical prices on prototypes, samples and production models from the Buddy ‘L' Toy Company Archive tallied $2,475,253. Read More... Massachusetts Heron Brings $57,750 in Illinois When Guyette & Schmidt, Inc., conducted their annual spring decoy auction, they were in for a surprise. Read More... Millet Canvas, Louis XV Commode Draw Top Bids in Rhode Island A vertical canvas by Jean Francois Millet, having dimensions of 26 by 18 inches, "The Rape of the Sabines," brought $28,750. The buyer of the oil on canvas under glass was dealer James McGrath of Scituate, Mass. Read More... Tiffany Silver and Gold Headline Massachusetts Estate Auction A small private collection of 14-karat gold serving pieces, Tiffany sterling and other gold and silver were offered together with furnishings and accessories drawn from local homes. Read More... Sotheby's Sale of MoMA Photographs A Record $4 Million NEW YORK CITY — In a packed salesroom at Sotheby's April 25, photographs from The Museum of Modern Art brought $4 million, establishing a new record for a single-owner sale of photographs in New York. Read More... Tiffany Silver and Gold Headline Massachusetts Estate Auction Tiffany Silver and Gold Headline Massachusetts Estate Auction Read More... SOTHEBY'S SALE OF MoMA PHOTOGRAPHS A RECORD $4 MILLION NEW YORK CITY — In a packed salesroom at Sotheby's April 25, photographs from The Museum of Modern Art brought $4 million, establishing a new record for a single-owner sale of photographs in New York. Read More... Rare Highboy Tops Most Successful Nadeau Auction Ever The single-session auction grossed $950,000, an impressive yet bittersweet amount, according to auctioneer Ed Nadeau, falling just shy of "that elusive seven-figure mark." Read More... World Record Jewelry Points to Confident Market in New York City At Rockefeller Center, a rectangular-cut Burmese gem of 62.02 carats set a new auction record for a sapphire when it sold for an astounding $3,031,000. Read More... Hockey, Beatles Memorabilia Spurs $2.1 Million Total for Lelands.com The event featured the separate catalog of Guy Lafleur's hockey memorabilia from his Hall of Fame career, an auction segment which fetched $431,000. Read More... Surprise Leading Lot in Sale of Photographic Literature at Swann An oversized platinum copy print of Alvin Langdon Coburn's "Near Hollywood, California," 1911, sold to a dealer for $23,000, reflecting the growing interest in this photographer's work. Read More... Unusual Owl Weathervane Flies to $25,000 in Connecticut The bullet-ridden copper vane, circa 1880, had been refused by well-known New York and Massachusetts galleries as it had not met their minimum requirements for consignment. Read More... Enthusiastic Bidding for Fine Art at Braswell Estate Sale Offerings represented a mix of artists and styles. Oliver Rhys' oil on canvas "Fisherman's Daughters" exceeded its high estimate, selling for $20,000. Read More... Antoni Clave Painting Heads Doyle Twentieth Century Auction The sale featured Modern and Contemporary paintings, as well as a range of decorative arts, including furniture, art glass, pottery, rugs and lighting fixtures by master designers of the Post-War and Modern eras. Read More... Online Sale of Rare Paperweight Leads to a $22,750 Record The sale featured a group of weights formerly in the collections of Robert Boyett, a third-generation collector and a film, television and theatrical producer, and the New-York Historical Society. Read More... Versace Collection Exceeds $10 Million at Sotheby's Over the telephone, in the salesroom, and through commission bids, collectors and Versace devotees from around the world - Spain, Argentina, Australia, France, England, the U.S., the Middle East and, of course, Italy -competed for his prized possessions. Read More... Maine Auction Produces World Record for Ames Sword A sum of $109,000 was paid for a carefully documented Civil War presentation sword once owned by Major General Jesse Lee Reno. It is believed to be the third most expensive sword ever sold at auction. Read More... Sandberg Watch Collection Grosses $13 Million in Geneva In many cases lots made three, four and even eight times their estimated prices. Among the most enthusiastic participants were several museums: the Jaquet-Droz Museum, Breguet Museum, Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva's Musée de l'Horlogerie, and the Friedberg Museum of Germany. Read More... Teco Is Still Tops In Decorative Arts Sale OAK PARK, ILL. — When a Teco vase estimated to bring $10/20,000 sold for $69,000 at the February 11 Treadway/Toomey auction, the price was like a mirror reflecting a marketplace on the rebound. Read More... Modern Masters Highlight Rachel Davis Works On Paper Sale SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO — Rachel Davis Fine Arts' Works of Art on Paper auction was held at the Shaker Heights gallery on Saturday, March 10. Salvador Dali used the legendary battle of St George as the subject for his 1947 etching, published by the Print Club of Cleveland. Two phone bidders vied in as heated a conflict as St George had endured, on ultimately succumbing to a triumphant bid of $12,650. Read More... Nutting Chest Sells for $5,600 at Ivankovich Auction FT. WASHINGTON, PENN. — A #916 Wallace Nutting curly maple chest of drawers was the top-selling item in Michael Ivankovich's March 9 and 10 Wallace Nutting and early Twentieth Century print catalog auction, selling for a strong $5,610. Read More... Record for Asian Work of Art Set at Christie's In the March 20 sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, a ritual bronze wine jar, fenglei, from the late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty, sold to a private collector for $9,246,000. Read More... More than 1,000 Lots Offered Live and Online at Alderfer In modern silver, a Georg Jensen six-piece tea set - overall 206 troy ounces - made a strong $25,300. A second, 81-piece lot of Jensen flatware in the "Cactus" pattern brought $6,050. Read More... Animated Competition for Wooden Club at Miami Sporting Art Sale The extremely rare, mid-Eighteenth Century club was the top lot of the auction, realizing $132,000, and is one of the only three such clubs extant. Read More... Webster of London Bracket Clock Timely Top Lot in Massachusetts Highlighting the clock section of the Downer sale, the piece bore elaborate mermaid and putti brass décor in high relief throughout. Standing 22-inches tall, it was purchased by a collector for $9,800. Read More... Pennsylvania Dower Chest Reaches $62,700 at Pook & Pook With more than 500 registered bidders, the auction house grossed just over $1.5 million dollars during the two-day event. Read More... Internet ‘School of Paris' Auction Benefits Learning Institutions In this sothebys.com event, 55 paintings sold for a total of $164,220, exceeding the low estimate of $125,800. In all, 80 percent of the works sold. Read More... Library of English Poetry Attracts the Trade to PBA Pacific Book Auction Galleries conducted its two sales on the Thursday before the San Francisco International Rare Book Fair, a decision that brought in many dealers from around the world. Read More... Dargate Estate Offerings Garner Record Bids for icollector.com The event attracted more than 1,000 unique users who competed for approximately 85 percent of the items available. Read More... Rare American Print Becomes Colorful Top Lot at James D. Julia The top lot at the James D. Julia Winter Estate Auction was a print, titled "A Display of the United States," by Amos Doolittle of New Haven, Conn., and dated 1791 fetched $20,125. The work maintained colorful watercolor highlights and was in very good condition with only a few minor defects. Read More... Rare Camera Sets World Record in London LONDON, ENGLAND - A new world record of $220,000 (£146,750) was recently set at Christie's South Kensington's first Camera and Photographic Equipment auction of the year with the sale of the Phantom photographic unit, designed by the eccentric British MP, Noel Pemberton Billing. This price smashed the previous record of $83,000 (£55,750) set by Christie's in 1995. Read More... C.M. Russell Canvas, Seymour Writing Desk Lead Americana Offerings at Northeast Furniture and fine art were favorites among some 1,300 lots offered during four sales in Manchester March 3-4. Read More... Sotheby's Contemporary, Young Art Auctions Reflect Firm's Internet Trend In the past, the gallery has held annual February Contemporary Art auctions in its New York salesrooms. The firm presented its recent Contemporary sale, however, on the Internet, accompanied by an exhibition in New York. Read More... Sporting Breeds Lead Annual Dogs in Art Auction At Doyle New York and Bonhams & Brooks' third such event - coinciding with the Westminster Kennel Club's Dog Show at Madison Square Garden - a painting by Thomas Blinks of two English setters on a moor won "Best in Show," fetching $96,000. Read More... Marathon Americana Offerings at Skinner Find Vibrant Market Estimates were conspicuously absent from all lots catalogued for the Peter Brams Collection. Only 34 lots failed to find buyers, for a total of $1.34 million. Read More... Jose Maria Velasco Painting Sets Online Record at eWolfs "Valle de Mexico" (1892) is a later and smaller version of Velasco's most famous painting of 1877 depicting a panoramic landscape, which is now Mexico City. Read More... A $19,800 Strike by New Jersey Collectors Wins Rare Indian Bowling Game The papier-mâché and wooden nine-pin bowling game was made in Nineteenth Century Germany and sold to collectors Kendra and Allan Daniel. Read More... Britains Command Auction of Lead Soldiers and Military Miniatures in Miami Selling 98 percent of its lots and drawing bands of conventioneers from the concurrent Florida Toy Soldiers and Action Figures Show, Sloan's offering of Lead Soldiers and Military Miniatures enjoyed strong results. Read More... Christie's Auction of Items from the Private Collections of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and Family totals $2,675,943 and Sets Several Records The first session consisted of manuscripts, books and photographs and was arguably the most fascinating in terms of political and Presidential material. The highest price achieved was for a sepia-toned photograph after the oil painting of Franklin Roosevelt by Frank O. Salisbury. Read More... ‘Grungy' Clock Elicits $51,750 from Massachusetts Dealer at Gustave White The rare late Eighteenth Century tall-case clock, with silvered dial inscribed "Barzillai Davidson, Norwich," and an untouched cherry case, was the sale's top lot. Read More... Bidders Lured by Angling Library at Pacific Book Auction Galleries From an important private collection, many of the books in the sale were extremely scarce and fueled bidding wars in the room and on the telephone. Read More... Hollywood Memorabilia Popular Overseas and Online Christie's second James Bond sale, conducted in London February 14, totaled close to $900,000 and was 99 percent sold. More than 800 bidders and onlookers filled two salerooms at the gallery, while14 telephone lines were installed to take international bids. Read More... Natural History Offerings Bring $475,000 in San Francisco and Online Butterfield's auction, which featured 189 lots, comprised items relating to dinosaurs, fossils, gems and minerals, as well as space memorabilia from a NASA employee and meteorites from the Asteroid Belt. Read More... A Full House and a Few Surprises in Washington, D.C. Weschler's auction of European and American Furniture and Decorations accommodated a record number of first-time bidders and collectors vying against a coterie of dealers from around the country and abroad. Read More... From Chagall to Clowns in eWolf's ‘150 Years of Style' How does one describe an art and antiques auction that includes prints by Marc Chagall, pottery by Picasso and…35 paintings of clowns? Read More... Duncan Phyfe Dressing Table Tops Postponed Rhode Island Event It was the first time in 25 years that Martone's Auction Gallery had to delay an auction due to bad weather, but the rescheduled sale still produced a standing-room-only crowd. Read More... Painting Discovered on Antiques Roadshow Fetches $63,000 in New York Doyle's Paintings and Drawings Specialist, Alan Fausel, discovered the Old Master creation while on tour with the program in Sacramento, Calif. Read More... Furniture, Folk Art and Toys Gross $670,000 at York Town The Pennsylvania firm's most recent event brought more than 540 registered bidders despite rain, snow and ice. Read More... Miniature Gatlin Gun Surprises Bidders in New Hampshire Three hundred and fifty people in the gallery and 175 absentee bidders led to fast and furious competition in Bedford. Read More... Civil War Hat Highlights New York State Auction The Otego sale offered over 300 lots of Civil War and military-related items, with a Kepi hat as a surprise highlight. Read More... For Americana, History Sells Old surfaces and American history reigned at Christie's offering of Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts. Read More... Old Master Paintings at Sotheby's Total $32.2 Million Highlighting the auctions was a Hans Hoffmann painting, “A Hare in the Forest," which sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum for $2.6 million. Read More... Illinois Cyberspace Sale Offers Baseball Cards in a League of Their Own MastroNet, Inc.'s recent Ron Oser Enterprises auction topped $2 million, representing the largest sale ever conducted by this MastroNet division. Read More... eHammer Enjoys Its Internet Niche With so many online auction sites to choose from, sometimes just knowing where to click can bring a new perspective to your search. Read More... Americana Week Kicks Off with the Daniel Folk Art Collection When all was said and done, 541 lots came to the auction block at Christie's, grossing a total of $2,408,299. Read More... New Record for American Silver Achieved at Sotheby's Eleven historically significant lots sold for nearly three times the presale estimate of $1.3 million, bringing $3,027,875. Read More... Miniature Portrait of George Washington Stands Tall among Pre-Inaugural Auction Offerings The half-length, approximately two-inch-tall portrait sold to an anonymous phone bidder for $1.2 million. Read More... Clocks Highlight New Jersey, New Hampshire, Internet Events At a Craftsman-Lambertville Arts and Crafts auction, a rare L. & J.G. Stickley tall case clock soared to over five times its high estimate of $60,000. Read More... Carriages and Coaches Attract Six-Figure Bids in Pennsylvania Attending the auction were more than 1,100 registered buyers from Europe, Canada and the United States. Various consignors provided 209 catalogued carriages, coaches and sleighs - as well as a private coach house collection -which comprised the first day's sale. Read More... Laffal Collection of ‘Outsider' Art Auctioned by Slotin In the two-day sale a lively crowd numbering more than 200 came to acquire a piece of the nearly 800-lot collection. Seven operators settled in to handle phone bidders, and more than 250 people from all over the country left absentee bids. Read More... Stickley Sideboard Highlights Pioneer New Year's Event Bruce Smebakken, the gallery's owner, stated that the crowd was standing room only and the phone banks full for several items, with most interest on the sideboard, possibly due to its early, circa 1904 design. Read More... Estate Sale Yields Fine Art, Furniture Gems in Wellesley, Mass. Two works by famed Filipino artist Fernando Amorsolo headlined the Downer Auction Gallery event, which grossed just short of $500,000. Read More... Estate Sale Yields Fine Art, Furniture Gems in Wellesley, Mass. Two works by famed Filipino artist Fernando Amorsolo headlined the Downer Auction Gallery event, which grossed just short of $500,000. Read More... Bills of Sale Confirm Early Date of Beekman Family Furniture In a welcome story of a risky deal gone right, the discovery of bills of sale and other important evidence has confirmed the arguments of a leading scholar and rewarded the American furniture dealer who bid with conviction at Sotheby's. Read More... Internet Fine Art, Furniture and Decorations Auction Goes to the Dogs The most entertaining category was the “bronze and ceramic dogs and other animals," where, according to the site's results, every last canine figurine found a home - all 63 lots. Read More... Maryland Sale Notes Cortes Oils on the Rise The starring lot was “Paris Street Scene" by Cortes, signed lower left, which brought $46,000 from a member of the trade. Read More... Ben Austrian Barnyard Scene Brings $20,075 in Western New York The oil on canvas depicting chickens and a scarecrow sold to a Lancaster-area buyer on the phone and was the day's top lot. Read More... American and European Paintings Auction in Philadelphia Funds Scholarship The first and third floor galleries at America's oldest auction house saw some of the largest crowds ever for Alasdair Nichol's third fine art event. Read More... ‘Radio Days' Michigan Event Features Two Collections The Historic Opera House was the setting for Stanton's auction of antique radios, radio tubes and parts, radio advertising and vogue picture records. Read More... Great Finds for Buyers at East Coast Jewelry Sales Collectors from around the world bid for selections that captured the spirit of the Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco and Modern eras. Read More... Trade Talk Piers to Reopen for Shows in Late January Stella has acquired the dates January 26 and 27 for a 300-dealer antiques show to be on Piers 88 and 90. Read More... Pauline Eblé Campanelli, 58, Artist and Antiques Writer Artist, writer, craftsperson, gardener, and antiques collector, Campanelli pursued her interests with dedication and enthusiasm. Read More... New Orleans Museum Unveils Meissen Porcelain Gallery With 346 pieces, the collection is one of the most comprehensive groups of Meissen figures in an American museum. Visitors will find delightful figures of mythology, Italian comedy, country life, court life, birds and animals. Read More... International News Briefs Art Institute of Chicago sues Dallas trading firm for allegedly defrauding it of millions of dollars....The last of seven stolen Rockwells are returned....Reputed mob associate accused of peddling phony art pleads guilty. Read More... Antiquarius 2001 With a new layout, a new show manager and a dozen changes in the dealer roster, the show kicked off its 44th edition with a gala preview party to benefit The Historical Society of The Town of Greenwich. Read More... Wilton Holiday Antiques Marketplace Spotlights 130 Dealers Exhibitors showcased country and period formal Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century furniture, folk art, prints and maps, ceramics, textiles, silver, jewelry, Oriental rugs, American Arts and Crafts period, American Indian arts and vintage holiday items. Read More... Shaker Museum & Library Plans a Move to Mount Lebanon Shaker Village The museum has chosen New York architectural firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners to study plans to move the museum from its present location to New Lebanon, N.Y. Read More... The New York International Antiquarian Fine Art Fair If they didn't already know it, the managers of the fair learned first hand the complexities of show business in their first outing at Madison Square Garden. Read More... Sandy Smith's Modernism Celebrates a Century of Design "I believe people needed to reconnect with each other," Smith stated. "Many major museums came and - considering all factors - this was a phenomenal show." Read More... Professional Show Managers Speak with One Voice The Professional Show Managers Association (PSMA) wishes to let the public know that the trade show business is alive and well in America. Read More... International News Briefs A. Alfred Taubman: 'Dumb' and 'hungry' or scheming genius? The jury will decide....A horror show of smashed artifacts in Kabul Afghanistan....Sotheby's makes history with its Paris debut. Read More... A Small, Eclectic Show Produced with Aplomb At the Boston International Fine Art Show this year, exhibitors traveled from Calgary, Canada, as well as London and Wimbledon, England. It was not unusual to see Japanese or European art coming from dealers in the United States, or for that matter, to see a British gallery with American artists on their roster. Read More... Chipstone Foundation Unveils New Ceramics Journal It is for the large, diverse, and worldwide fraternity of ceramics lovers - dealers, collectors, curators, archaeologists and potters themselves - that Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisc., has created "Ceramics in America." Read More... The Delaware Antiques Show: Expanding a Force in the Mid-Atlantic Area Long before television's "Antiques Roadshow," there was the antiques roadshow in Delaware. Actually, it was really the Delaware Antiques Show making the rounds of venues. But now all that is in the past. Read More... An Exposition of Twentieth Century Design in Illinois Now in its 12th year, Winnetka's Modernism Show proved to a highly successful outing for its 52 exhibiting dealers. Read More... London's Colnaghi to Close, Private Dealership to Open under the Direction of Jean-Luc Baroni Baroni announced that, on January 1, after a period of 20 years with Colnaghi, he will be leaving to establish a private dealership under his own name. Baroni had entered into a joint venture with the gallery in 1982 to establish a new drawing department. Read More... Connecticut Museum Puts on a Shining Show in Its Silver Anniversary The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion is home to a well-supported annual antiques show in which 27 jury-selected antiques and fine arts dealers set up in the open spaces of the mansion, creating an unmatched opportunity to display fine works of art. Read More... International News Briefs Christopher Davidge and Diana D. Brooks take the stand against A. Alfred Taubman....The American Association of Museums issues guidelines regarding conflicts of interest....Israel Sack will sell inventory at Sotheby's....Declaration of Independence returns to Rhode Island. Read More... The Greater York Antiques Show Jim Burk, manager, noted "We had the best gate ever on opening day despite the warm weather that could have made people head off in different directions." Read More... Sotheby's Announces Nine Month and Third Quarter Results For the first nine months of 2001 the company reported total revenues of $225.2 million, compared to $254.7 million for the corresponding period of 2000. Net loss was $41.3 million. Read More... Sacred Heart Show Enjoys a New Location in Chicago Everyone was thrilled with this new location, especially the dealers, since the exhibit space was so much more spacious, trucks could be driven right into the building, and show attendees could view their antiques in a more relaxed setting. Read More... International News Briefs Sotheby's A. Alfred Taubman is charged....Yahoo! is absolved of French ruling in an American court....Guggenheim plans layoffs....Sir Ernst Gombrich dies. Read More... New York Show Updates In good spirits and with great resolve, show managers shuffle schedules and venues to make sure the shows will go on. Read More... The Luce Foundation Awards $150,000 to The Connecticut Historical Society The foundation made the award to the society for its groundbreaking exhibition and reference work on furniture of the Connecticut Valley made in the Eighteenth Century. Read More... Art Basel Miami Beach Is Postponed One Year The current situation in the United States forces the show management to refrain from carrying out the show, originally scheduled for December 13-16. Read More... International News Briefs The Winter Antiques Show is postponed a day and moved to the Hilton New York....Ireland's National Gallery discovers a Rembrandt in its midst....Buyers of an Andrea del Sarto "copy" get the real thing....George M. Kaufman dies. Read More... Larry Aldrich, Founder of the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Aldrich remained actively involved with the museum and was looking forward to its expansion and renovation. The institution's board and staff are committed to carrying forward his vision of championing the work of emerging artists. Read More... USArtists: Going Strong Despite tight security on October 18, opening night of the 10th anniversary of USArtists, the gala remained a social highlight of Philadelphia's fall season, and red dots on big-ticket items were bountiful. Read More... The Most Threatened Historic Places in Connecticut This year's list, according to Christopher Wigren, editor of "Connecticut Preservation News," focuses on Hartford and surrounding towns, although these places can stand for similar ones across the state. Read More... Meeting Yesterday and Today in an Aisle near the Sea Recent events seemed to point towards a "gamble" and made Atlantic City a fitting venue. Many dealers approached the show as if they had wandered onto the casino floor and found themselves at the $100 blackjack table, asking if the risks were worth the payoff. Read More... New York Shows Continue to Suffer September 11 Fallout The tragedy continues to take its toll on the country, altering many things that were once taken as routine. The antiques business in New York has changed dramatically due to the emergency uses in many of the prime exhibition spots. Read More... North Carolina's Mint Museum Antiques Show Is a Buyer's Market, with Style The antiques offerings were sometimes breathtaking, and always top quality. But, as anticipated - despite an air of optimism on the dealers' part - everybody seemed to be holding their breath, waiting to see if the black-tie crowd would be buying. Read More... Extraordinary Private Collection of Scottish Art to Open to the Public The Fleming Collection consists of works by many of Scotland's most prominent artists, from 1800 to the present day, and will be housed in a newly converted space in Berkeley Street, London. Read More... Rhinebeck Antiques Fair Ends Silver Anniversary on a Gold Note During the weekend of October 13 and 14, about 8,000 shoppers packed the fairgrounds to peruse the offerings of more than 190 dealers. Read More... Cancelled: The Triple Pier Antiques Show Due to enhanced security measures at Javits and the extremely narrow window the venue was permitting for set up, Stella Show Mgmt. was forced to cancel the event, normally held at the Passenger Ship Piers in Manhattan. Read More... SOFA Chicago at Historic Navy Pier The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art: SOFA Chicago 2001 returned for the eighth year to Chicago's historic Navy Pier from October 5 to 7. Since there are always large crowds at SOFA, this year's exposition featured an expanded floor plan with larger aisles and additional open areas for seating. Read More... The Comforts of Caramoor With a light crowd of serious buyers, the 43 exhibitors could give their full attention to people in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. Many sales made Caramoor one of the top shows ever for them. Read More... The Fall Hartford Antiques Show "Our expectations were low, given the events that took place in this country on September 11 and the subsequent national mood. But the American flag, as well as America's colors - red, white and blue - were prevalent at the show, along with the sentiment 'Buy American.'" Read More... The Modern Show at Madison Square Garden Originally residing at the 69th Street Armory at 26th Street and Lexington, Gramercy Park Modern has become a tour de force, sculpted by an experienced management team. Read More... The Small Event with a Popular Following: The Washington Connecticut Antiques Show For those living in Litchfield County and blessed with any kind of a social bone in their body, the place to be was Bryan Memorial Town Hall, the site of this 15th annual event. Read More... Moving Beyond Expectations in Vermont "Dealers really put on the best show they could and it was our contribution to try to make things better in light of the events of the recent past." Read More... 43rd Annual Hinsdale Show Emphasizes the Dealer The 29 exhibitors had additional room to spread out and were housed on one floor. Instead of a theme to promote the show, the antiques and the dealers were the primary focus, which proved highly beneficial for sales. Read More... The Trade Meets to Discuss the Future in New York City The tone of the morning was one of solidarity and strength as representatives of many organizations searched for solutions that will bring event and show business back to the city. Read More... And the Show Does Go On: The Wilton DAR Antiques Marketplace In the wake of the tragedies of September 11, management had the difficult decision of whether or not to cancel the show. Bringing together a loyal family of dealers and clients, the majority of those who attended and exhibited at Wilton were happy that "the show went on." Read More... Still Reveling in Rustic at the Adirondack Museum Antiques Show Close to 6,000 people attend this one-day show and visitors come from all parts of the country. This year there was a slight drop in those who travel by air, but attendance climbed in spite of it. Read More... 19th Annual McHenry County Show Enjoys Strong Following Fifty-seven dealers were delighted to see eager antiquers lined up to enter the show on opening morning. Attendance continued to be strong during this two-day event, and numerous exhibitors reported exceptionally good sales. Read More... The York Antiques Show Enjoys Its 37th Year It was interesting to note that only about a third of the exhibitors were Pennsylvania based - the dealer list showed the majority being from the Eastern seaboard. Read More... Redwood Library Acquires Day Book of Newport Cabinetmaker What Newport authority Ralph Carpenter has dubbed the "Bergner Codex" is a recent gift to the historic Redwood Library on Newport's regal Bellevue Avenue: Jonas Bergner's day book. Read More... Stella Dispels Sale and Cancellation Rumors "It is definitely not true," states Leanne Stella in response to multiple rumors circulating about her 30-year-old company. "Stella Shows has definitely not been sold and the shows at the Piers have not been canceled." Read More... International Shipping Problems Force Exhibition Postponement at the Newark Museum "Art & Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt" will be delayed until October 17 due to problems caused by the recent attacks on the United States. Read More... The Trade Reacts to the Infamy of September 11 We stand in unanimous support of our nation's leaders, and pray that they are granted wisdom and strength in doing what is necessary to strike at the heart of hatred. Read More... Dealers and Collectors Alike Reap the Rewards of Farmington Farmington Antiques Weekend on September 1 and 2 brought together about 11,500 shoppers and 495 dealers from all over the Northeast - as well as a few dealers from the South and the Midwest - for a few magnificent days of enterprising commerce. Read More... Brimfield 01010: The Address where Antiques Come to Be Seen "Brimfield," a suspense novel by Michael Fortuna, tries to delve into the magic of the event, but this celebration of free trade needs to be experienced. No book or collection of words can convey the mass influx at May's Thursday 9 am opening or the 6 am adrenaline rush at J & J's field on Friday. Read More... International News Briefs Lawsuit against Wildenstein & Co. over Books of Hours will proceed...Pending sale of Norman Rockwell paintings is disputed in court...Switzerland judged a trade center for looted assets from Nazi Germany, a new study finds. Read More... Parker Harris in Partnership with Penman Fairs Parker Harris, whose clients include the Jerwood Foundation, Hunting PLC, the Singer & Friedlander Group PLC, and the Laing Group PLC, have successfully won the contract to market and publicize four of Penman Fairs' events. Read More... Betty Krulik to Head American Art at Phillips Previous to her tenure at Spanierman Gallery, Krulik was the head of the paintings department at Christie's East in New York. Read More... Phillips Names Head of New Photography Department The company has chosen Joshua Holdeman as director and plans to introduce sales of photography twice yearly beginning in spring 2002. Read More... Important Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts Primary Materials Given to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts A valuable collection of more than 350 pieces of printed materials relating to American and British Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau has been donated to the library by retired Twentieth Century art curator Frederick R. Brandt. Read More... Christie's International Auction Sales Total $974 Million for the First Half of 2001 LONDON — Christie's International has announced worldwide auction sales totaling $974 million for the first six months of 2001, January 1 through June 30. Read More... Author, Lecturer, Historian John Blivins, Jr, Dies at 60 WINSTON-SALEM, NC —Old Salem Inc. reports the death of John Bivins, Jr., who died August 16th in Manchester, VT, after a long illness. He was 60. John served as director of restoration and curator for Old Salem from 1968 to 1975 and then as director of publications from 1980 to 1990. Read More... Thomas Cole's 'Cedar Grove' Lovingly Restored CATSKILL, N.Y. - The charming Nineteenth Century house where landscape artist Thomas Cole lived has been lovingly rescued from disrepair and the ravages of time by a group of dedicated community volunteers. Read More... Major Photography Acquisitions for Amon Carter FORT WORTH, TEX. — The Amon Carter Museum has acquired several important photographs that add depth and continuity to what is already a major collection of American photography. Read More... International News Briefs The FBI conducts a criminal investigation into posthumous prints created from Lewis W. Hine negatives....Sotheby's A. Alfred Taubman gears up for his defense....The Maine State Museum receives $1 million from an anonymous donor. Read More... Capturing the Hustle and Bustle of Antiques Week in New Hampshire The event, which produced healthy sales across the board, has gained national attention - for very good reason. Read More... Coca-Cola Finds Lost Rockwell Painting The company now possesses three of six original artworks it commissioned from Rockwell between 1928 and 1935. It is still actively searching for the other three originals. Read More... Despite the Heat, Nantucket Is the Place to Be for Antiques in August Nevermind the slower economy and sluggish market - as well as a torturously hot facility. Hundreds of patrons flowed through the show, purchasing tables, paintings, ceramics, and more as they went. Read More... Bruce Museum Names New Executive Director Peter C. Sutton, noted Northern Baroque art scholar and former director of the Wadsworth Atheneum (1996-2000), will assume the role on August 31. Read More... Sotheby's Holdings, Inc., Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results "[This year] stands as a time of transition for Sotheby's," said William F. Ruprecht. "In light of last year's Department of Justice investigation, Sotheby's [has] largely satisfied its settlement liabilities." Read More... International News Briefs Egypt brings yet one more artifact home to Cairo, this time from the Met....National surge in the number of museums focusing on black culture and history....Art patron Lillian Kiesler dies. Read More... Rhinebeck Antiques Fair Leads the Way with Strong Sales Jimi Barton and his entourage of talent took the Dutchess County Fairgrounds by storm and embraced the best New England show this summer, as 170 dealers vied for market share and found buyers weren't thinking about the economy. Read More... Two Internet Antiques Sites Expand Their Horizons on the World Wide Web Collector Online introduces an advanced set of imaging tools and GoAntiques hooks up with Lycos. Read More... International News Briefs Phillips wins the Smooke collection....eBay and AuctionWatch finally make a deal....Rare Erte jewelry missing from shipment to museum. Read More... The Economy Weighs in at July Brimfield Change, the word many uttered when describing Brimfield, probably bests explains the "pulse" of the event. It may not have the strongest beat, but it certainly is still with us and will need to adjust to a new set of parameters. Read More... The Field Museum Licenses Digital Reproductions of Audubon's Quadrupeds Only weeks before Kenyon Oppenheimer approached the museum about the Quadrupeds, the museum received an entire Quadruped folio in pristine condition, a gift from one of Chicago's founding families. Read More... International News Briefs Works taken by Soviet troops during WWII are returned to Germany in a 'tale of intrigue worthy of Hitchcock'....Manhattan antiquities dealer indicted for possessing stolen Egyptian artifacts....FBI aids search for missing Gerard Dou painting. Read More... Bonhams & Brooks Joins Main UK Operations of LVMH's Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg Before you faint from an attack of the acronyms, LVMH"s newest addition will be known simply as Bonhams. Read More... First Museum Dedicated to an American Ceramist and African-American Folk Art Will Open in 2004 During the week of July 9, the trustees of The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Miss., unveiled Pulitzer Prize-winning architect Frank O. Gehry's model for a museum that showcases the cultural legacy of American artists of the Southeast. Read More... The Amon Carter Museum Announces an October Reopening The Fort Worth, Tex. museum, housing one of the nation's finest collections of American art, has almost completed its two-year, $39 million expansion. Read More... ‘Americana at the Piers' Cancelled for 2002 "Many dealers are enormously disappointed," said Irene Stella, "and Stella Show Management Company will reinstate this event when the time and place are right." Read More... The Olympia Summer Antiques Fair The pound, at a 15-year low that same day, coupled with economic skepticism and a decrease in the American presence, greatly affected this season's event. Read More... Trade-to-Trade Selling Keeps International Book Fair at Near Record Level London's Antiquarian Book Fair, while not as visually compelling as the city's major antiques events, is nevertheless one of most stimulating entertainments on this planet. Read More... Special Report: An Antiques Tour of London with Laura Beach England being England, Grosvenor House, the most traditional of London's five major June antiques shows, still reigns supreme. It enjoys royal patronage, attracts those who are so seriously wealthy that they are household names, and even exhibitors at rival fairs say it contains the very best in the specialties it represents. Read More... English Themes in Illinois The Lake Forest Academy Antiques Show's 38 dealers set up their exhibits in the former home of the Armour family for the event's 40th annual presentation. Read More... New and Improved A perfect day for an outdoor antiques market brought large crowds to the Ann Arbor Market, now owned and managed by Nancy and Woody Straub of Panacea, Fla. Read More... Krause Publications Acquires Atlantique City Megafairs The deal brings the world's largest indoor art, antiques and collectibles show into the fold of one of the world's leading publishers of hobby periodicals and books. Read More... International News Briefs A Gainsborough is stolen from Ireland's Russborough House - again....Fine doubled for notary caught trying to sell an Amber Room panel....Museum volunteer who pilfered historic documents in Massachusetts surrenders to authorities. Read More... A Tented City Covering Many Treasures Although heavy rain and storms were expected at the Wilton Outdoor Antiques Marketplace, a fast-and-furious downpour was the worst it got over the two-day stretch. Fans, as well as the after-rain calm, kept the tents (and dealers) cool. Read More... The New York International Tribal Antiques Show It was not only a pleasure to peruse the museum-quality architecturals, sculpture, textiles and jewelry at the event, but also a privilege to speak, once again, with the event's dedicated exhibitors. Read More... Litchfield County Antiques Show Celebrates Second Year We thought this was going to be a typical summer show - and found that some very serious things sold. Read More... International News Briefs Two hundred smuggled works of art found in a Brooklyn apartment return to Azerbaijan....Springfield Museum of Fine Arts gives back its da Ponte....James Parker, Met curator, dies. Read More... June Means Acres of Antiques at Farmington The passing of the torch at the Farmington Antiques Weekend has gone smoothly for the most part, with Jenkins Management making their debut June 9 and 10. It was Farmington as usual - with just a few changes. Read More... New York State Bill Proposal May Threaten Dealers Dealers would be required to keep, in a bound book, a written record of every transaction - both on the buying and selling end - for every item valued over $50. Read More... International News Briefs The Jewish Museum offers a $25,000 reward for its missing Chagall....The Art Museum at Princeton University reaches an agreement to keep an Italian Renaissance painting illegally auctioned in 1941....Collection of rare English pottery is donated to Colonial Williamsburg. Read More... The Brandywine River Museum Show Marks its 30th Year The venue is a unique showcase for American art, a Civil War-era gristmill converted into a modern museum famous for its N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth collections. Read More... What's in a Name? In anticipation of a major expansion and to underscore a spirit of growth, the Museum of American Folk Art is changing its name to the American Folk Art Museum. Read More... International News Briefs Chagall painting disappears from important New York exhibition....Rare Dewing folding screen is sought in Kansas City....The Mohegans donate $10 million to the unfinished National Museum of the American Indian. Read More... DMG World Media Purchases IFAE Fairs for over $18 Million The Palm Beach International Art & Antiques Fair, Art Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Town & Country International Exposition, and the Texas International Fine Art Fair are under new ownership. Read More... Art Chicago Reels in 32,000 Visitors on the Navy Pier Connoisseurs, museum curators, enthusiasts and collectors crowded into the event, presented by Thomas Blackman Associates in Festival Hall. Now in its ninth year, Art Chicago places the Windy City at center stage in the international art trade. Read More... Promoters, Dealers Await the Seventh Regiment Armory Restoration The facility, at Park Avenue and 67th Street, is heavily used by the art and antiques trade and provides an indispensable venue in the heart of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Read More... International News Briefs Art dealers, broker charged with money laundering....Ownership of Parrish-Tiffany mosaic is challenged....Harmsen collection of Western and American Indian art is donated to the Denver Art Museum. Read More... The Spirit of Rhinebeck Runneth over in 25th Anniversary Show The poignancy of the event, coupled with the spirit that surfaces each May, July and September, resulted in a weekend-long celebration of the legacy that Bill Walter left behind, through the guidance of Jimi Barton. Read More... Bush-Holley Historic Site Recreates Art Colony-Era Period Rooms From 1890 to 1920, the boarding house run by the Holleys played a major role in the development of American Impressionism. The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich has just opened four newly refurbished rooms to the public. Read More... Texas Museum Announces Important Marsden Hartley Acquisition "American Indian Symbols," one of the paintings in the "Amerika" series created in Berlin, Germany, by this important American modernist, is the last major painting in the series to have remained in private ownership. Read More... International News Briefs Old Master slated for sale at Christie's is returned to dealer's sole heir....Museum of Fine Arts, Boston launches $425 million capital campaign....Barnes Foundation wins court order and hits the road. Read More... The International Fine Art Fair: A Civilized Look at What's for Sale from the Last Six Centuries The packers had their work cut out for them at the eighth annual fair - much of the over half billion dollars worth of art had to be shipped to new addresses. The event had an excellent year, with several million-dollar sales consummated during its six-day run. Read More... Harvard Art Museums Acquire 30 Contemporary American Works Among the highlights are the first drawings by Johns, Lichtenstein and Kelly to enter the art museums' collections. Also included are important groups of drawings by Marden and Shapiro, and a drawing by Serra. Read More... International News Briefs Rare Mickey drawings fail to bail out debt-ridden museum....New York gallery owner declares his innocence in France....Jane Fonda takes a self-taught art tour in Alabama. Read More... May Chapter of Brimfield Closes on a Stellar Week Thousands descended in waves onto antiques-laden fields, anchored by the larger openings of Brimfield Acres North, Faxon's Midway, Heart-o-the-Mart, May's, and J&J Auction promotions. Read More... Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Releases First Quarter Results The company reported total revenues of $57.5 million, compared to $54.8 for the same period a year ago. Net loss for the first quarter was $22.5 million. Read More... GoAntiques Launches Channel Syndication Program Both strategic partnerships involve the sharing of GoAntiques' website content on the affiliates' sites. By clicking on the "antique shop" tab on the OldHouseWeb.com site, or the "shopping tab" on InteriorWorld.com, buyers may shop over $83 million in art and antiques inventory. Read More... International News Briefs Austrian government to be sued over Nazi-looted Klimt paintings....Robert Rauschenberg recovers from a fall....More fraudulent offerings on eBay lead to charges against New York man. Read More... International Antiques and Fine Art in Chicago Seventy-six prestigious dealers showed at this vetted fair, which incorporated the Antiquarian Book Fair and Prints/Chicago. Read More... Large Crowds Noted at the Windy City's Antiques and Garden Fair Now in its second year, Stella Show Management Company of New York joined forces with the Chicago Botanic Garden for this premier Midwest garden event. Read More... The York Toy Show: Where You Can Sometimes Get It Wholesale Sometimes it's more fun to attend a down-to-earth event like the York Toy Show - it's big enough to offer variety, small enough to feel friendly, and best of all, vigilantly keeps the focus on quality vintage toys and a few closely related categories. Read More... Ex-chairmen of Sotheby's, Christie's Indicted A federal grand jury in New York indicted the former chairmen of the world's two largest auction houses on price-fixing charges. Read More... A Herald of Spring: The Southport-Westport Antiques Show One of the most outstanding shows of the Northeast celebrated its 37th anniversary just as spring truly began to emerge. Read More... The 25th Annual Westchester Glass Show Wins over Purists and Neophytes The appreciation of fine glass has become an art in itself. When knowledgeable collectors do get together, dealers bring out their finest, as they did for the Westchester Glass Club. Read More... Trade News from around the World eBay Inc. announced April 24 that it has expanded its Live Auctions tool with the addition of new product categories and support for 17 monetary currencies which, according to the firm, "will open the doors of traditional auction houses to [our] marketplace and enable trade internationally between bidders and auction houses." Read More... The Spring Pilgrimage to Atlantique City ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — For the past 16 years, thousands of collectors make the spring or fall pilgrimage to Atlantique City for the world's largest indoor antiques and collectibles show. This 24th show, stretching over 10 ½ acres in the Atlantic City convention center, brought new and old collectors in hefty crowds throughout the weekend. Read More... Bedford Spring Antiques Show BEDFORD, N.Y. — The 16th annual Bedford Spring Antiques Show lived up to its reputation as an exceptional small country antiques show once again this year. Collections represented included those of the Eckhart, Talbot, Reimer and Wallace families of Bedford. Read More... International News Briefs Japanese museum admits a star in its collection is stolen....Suspects plead guilty to fraud on eBay....Pierpont Morgan Library returns looted items to rightful owners. Read More... Two Events in Chicagoland Showcase Antiques and Native American Art Dolphin Promotions, Inc. presented both shows with a single admission ticket price. Unfortunately, attendance and sales were not what they should have been for two significant antiques venues. Read More... The Lancaster Heritage Antiques Show The fourth Lancaster Heritage Antiques Show, managed by Jim and Donna Burk, brought together 71 dealers with something for everyone. Read More... Keeping up with the Joneses Online? You May Be Missing Some Great Deals A new study indicates that instead of seeking out unique and esoteric items, the thrill for auction hunters seems to be acquiring what everybody else has. Read More... International News Briefs Judge gives final approval to settlement for Christie's and Sotheby's....Priceless baseballs returned to the Hall of Fame...Hopi pottery still missing from San Diego museum. Read More... An Antiques Round-up in Philadelphia From the 40th annual Philadelphia Antiques Show to the Navy Pier to Center City, we have the scoop on all the hoopla. Read More... Arts of Pacific Asia Continues to Carve Its Niche Stepping into the show was stepping into a world of order and timeless beauty with objects from several centuries BC up to the early Twentieth Century. Read More... Antiques de Luxe: The Palm Beach International Art & Antiques Fair As the Florida winter season draws to a close, fair organizers David and Lee Ann Lester can look back with satisfaction on the firm foundation established by this high-end venue and the addition this spring of a mid-range Palm Beach Town & Country Exposition. Read More... International News Briefs Sweden's stolen Renoir is found....Prado believes its two most famous works by Goya are not his creations...Giuliani appoints a "decency commission." Read More... Sales, Attendance Boost the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show A number of Hartford's 64 exhibitors said a notable increase in knowledgeable, serious buyers helped make this year's Connecticut Spring Antiques Show one of the best in recent memory. Concerns about the battered stock market seemed nil as shoppers stocked up on furniture, which sold particularly well. Read More... Triple Pier Steams Away in New York City Some 1,200 dealers left in the show's wake reeled in the energy of thousands of visitors over two separate weekends. Read More... Buying Steady At Wilton Despite Wall St. Woes WILTON, CONN. — First we stopped opening our financial statements. Now many of us can barely bring ourselves to pick up the Wall Street Journal. The stock market's recent declines have been so dramatic that dealers, worried that the panic may spread to art and antiques, have been anxiously taking the pulse of their trade. Read More... Antiques in Alexandria Grows Up ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The Antiques in Alexandria committee presented their Fifth Annual Antiques Show in early March, and all indications are the Lady Alexandria has continued her climb to success. In fact, the Lady has passed through her infant stage and is now ready for the maturing process. Read More... International Newsbriefs Santa Fe art dealers say buyers tend to become more conservative in their tastes during periods of economic uncertainty. Traditional, representational works continue to sell well, while contemporary, avant-garde works move slowly. Read More... Buying Steady at Wilton Despite Wall St. Woes BUYING STEADY AT WILTON DESPITE WALL STREET WOES Read More... Antiques in Alexandria Grows Up ANTIQUES IN ALEXANDRIA GROWS UP Read More... International News Briefs Rare painting stolen from the Hermitage....Christie's East moves to Rockefeller Center....Portland Museum of Art receives $4 million....Dealer gifts Beekman armchair to the Met. Read More... Decorative Arts and Antiques in Boston The Boys & Girls Clubs' annual show attracted more than 600 guests to the benefit preview, which featured a Moroccan theme. Throughout the weekend, another 1,500 people visited the event. Read More... Ninety Dealers Offer Works on Paper in New York International exhibitors featured a wide collection of watercolors, prints, photography, Old Master drawings, posters and illustrated books, and brought a large number of purveyors to the spacious expanse of the armory. Read More... A Mix of Antique and Contemporary at London's Spring Olympia A 40/60 mix of new to old, the event has vetting, but unlike the other two fairs, no cut-off dates. This can lead to compliments from those searching for dramatic design and criticism by the purists looking for traditional period antiques. Read More... International News Briefs Phillips muscles into the market with Renoirs from a Sotheby's board member....eBay makes more strategic alliances....Gift to Smithsonian saves George Washington portrait for the public. Read More... ‘Active' Start to TEFAF Maastricht In 24-hours, 41 private jets bringing collectors from all over the world landed at Maastricht Airport. Dealers have commented that more museums are attending this 14th edition of this fair than have ever visited in the past. Read More... The Art Show: Collectors and Dealers Meet on Common Ground A walk through the Art Dealers Association of America's showcase exhibition gave a glimpse of a cross-section of the country's - and especially New York's - more conservative art market. Read More... More than 8,000 Antiquers Attend Winnetka's 32nd Annual Show At this, the largest antiques show in the nation produced entirely by volunteers, sales were strong across the board. Read More... Trade News from around the World Aiming to eliminate idolatry from Afghanistan, troops from the Taliban religious militia used explosives and rockets March 3 to destroy two soaring statues of Buddha. Militia officials told Amir Shah of the Associated Press they had already eliminated two-thirds of the country's statues. Read More... VMA Acquires African-American Art RICHMOND, VA. — Two major works by African-American artists - one an Abstract Expressionist and the other a Realist - have been added to the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Read More... Artnet Relaunches Database Product In its first major improvement in two years, the database's new features were suggested by a wide range of heavy users over an extended period of time. Read More... Tadao Ando to Design the Calder Museum Plans for a new museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia to display the achievements of three generations of the Calder family of sculptors took an important step forward. Read More... International News Briefs Judge gives tentative approval to civil lawsuit settlement for Sotheby's and Christie's....Smithsonian must produce $20 million for George Washington portrait or compete at auction....Terra Museum controversy heats up. Read More... True To Forum Between the 53rd Williamsburg Antiques Forum's week of lectures on legendary antiques-world personalities and its exhausting social whirl, who could be blamed for concluding that behind every great object is a collector, curator or dealer worth gathering? Read More... Gramercy Park Antiques & Fine Arts Show The President's Day weekend may had an effect on the overall gate, as reported by many exhibitors, but sales were consistent and dealers appreciative of a strong Stella management team. Read More... The Fate Of Fakes "You see the same artworks showing up again and again, sometimes three or four times." - Lynne Chaffinch, program manager for major art thefts at the FBI. Read More... International News Briefs Calder family chooses a home for museum....Paul R. Jones gives 1,000-piece collection to the University of Delaware....National Civil War Museum opens. Read More... Outraged Mayor Creates Another Sensation for the Brooklyn Museum of Art Rudolph Giuliani and the Brooklyn Museum of Art are butting heads once again after a February 15 press conference at City Hall, where the mayor blasted the BMA's current "Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers." Read More... Architects Selected for Wadsworth Expansion and Renovation The team of Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos were among more than 50 candidates and four semifinalists considered during a year-long international search. Read More... Whitney Museum Reveals Plans for Its 2002 Biennial A national network of advisors will offer their expertise to the curators, with an eye toward representing the broadest possible spectrum of contemporary American art. Read More... International News Briefs Courtroom yields more good news than bad for Sotheby's....Barnes Foundation seeks $3 million for the crumbling Ker-Feal....Yale's Courbet is back in the spotlight. Read More... From the Outside Looking in Perhaps the reason the Outsider Art Fair is so much fun is that it is so full of narrative - there is never a dull moment with so many stories about so many artists. Read More... Two Major Antiques Web Sites Merge GoAntiques, Inc.'s acquisition of Antique Networking, Inc. may soon create the largest online antiques business. Read More... Robert Douglas Hunter and Fleet Galleries Open at CMFA Together the spaces are dedicated to the presentation of special exhibitions and represent the first part of the $1.5 million Phase II construction project to be opened during the course of the millennial year - also the CMFA's 20th anniversary year. Read More... International News Briefs Sotheby's plea deal accepted....Corcoran Gallery receives $30 million from AOL executives....New chair endowed at Colonial Williamsburg. Read More... A Bright Addition to Antiques Events in New York This year's Ceramics Fair, mounted at the National Academy of Design, was in most respects better than the last. Not only was the quality exceptionally high, but the show has clearly struck a chord with collectors, who packed into the borrowed space at Fifth Avenue and 89th Street throughout the weekend. Read More... As A Barometer For Antiques Business, The Winter Show Points To Good Year Ahead The show, now in its 47th year, has become so exquisitely diversified that to wander through its gilded aisles is to pass from culture to culture, epoch to epoch without ever really coming to rest. Read More... Collectors Bask in the Spotlight during Americana at the Piers Showgoers of all kinds lined up at Piers 90 and 92 for the event, an annual highlight of New York City's Americana Week. Read More... International News Briefs Possible Nazi ties to a Courbet owned by Yale....Sotheby's disputes claims of auction mismanagement....Stolen Beringhaus painting found in Cleveland. Read More... On the Antiques Trail at the Other Armory A good number of those who attended the preview opening of the Winter Antiques Show were back on the trail the next morning when Stella's Antiques at the Other Armory opened. Read More... Pamela Cunningham Copeland, 94 A distinguished collector of American furniture and Chinese export porcelain, Copeland donated a significant portion of her ceramics collection to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. Read More... The Luce Foundation Becomes the Smithsonian's Latest Fairy Godmother The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced January 24 that the Henry Luce Foundation has made a $10 million gift to establish the Luce Foundation Center for American Art. Read More... International News Briefs MoMA acquires prized photographs by Thomas Walther...C. Malcolm Watkins dies...FBI returns some 200 antiquities to Greece....Auction house pulls Nazi items from live sale. Read More... Americana Week Crowds Flood the Winter Antiques Show The lobby of the 7th Regiment Armory was filled to capacity by 5 pm, the entry time for the "Philanthropist" category at $2,000 per person. Read More... Sorting through the Offensive at Yahoo! After months of litigation and new policy statements, the Internet giant is still shuffling to explain Nazi-related items on its Web site even while cleaning up its act. Read More... An Upbeat Atmosphere in Washington, D.C. Optimism in our nation's capitol lent itself to a strong show during the first week of this new year - one which will hopefully set the tone for the coming antiques season. Read More... International News Briefs The Guggenheim to collaborate with the State Hermitage and Kunsthistoriches museums.....Two men charged in Renoir, Rembrandt paintings theft.....Another stolen item is found on eBay, this time from a dealer's collection. Read More... Sotheby's to Record Restructuring Charge of Approximately $14 Million The charge, which will impact the company's auction segment, will consist principally of severance-related and facility-related costs. Worldwide headcount will be reduced by approximately eight percent, principally in the European, North American and Internet auction businesses. Read More... Henry S. Coger, Dealer “Leigh and I bought a great stoneware crock with a eagle flying over a radiating sun from [him] at the Bennington show," noted Leslie Keno, a senior vice president at Sotheby's. “Henry had wonderful taste in objects and a lot of style as a person." Read More... Show Manager Hal McLane Dies For the past 28 years McLane expanded his love of antiques and managed a number of shows for the Kiwanis Clubs in New Canaan and Greenwich, as well as events in Norwalk, Darien and other towns in Connecticut. He is fondly remembered by many as a “dealer's manager." Read More... International News Briefs Sentencing of Diana Brooks postponed...Indian artifacts a target for looters along the Missouri River...M.H. de Young Museum prepares for demolition. Read More... Collector Patsy Griffith Dies The Dallas Museum of Art has been given a collection of Art Deco sculpture, paintings, furniture, and decorations from the Griffith estate. The bequest also includes three paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe. Read More... Yahoo! Yields to Pressure from Human Rights Groups Company officials claim the new monitoring policy was not a knee-jerk reaction to the French ruling but a response to complaints by users. Read More... Displaced Historic House Makes Its Move Preparation for this move began last fall, when the 7,000 plus items in the collection of the Wilton Historical Society went into storage off site and work began to prepare Fitch House for its physical relocation. Read More... International News Briefs A Rembrandt and two Renoirs are stolen in Sweden...Defrauded buyers, bogus email and great finds on eBay...Ronald G. Pisano dies. Read More... Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Important Acquisitions Among them are two major Chinese Tang dynasty sculptures: a pair of tomb guardians dating from the late Seventh to early Eighth Century. Read More... EU Pushes England toward Resale Royalties Like dandelions, the issue of resale royalties for fine artists just keeps coming back. And like dandelions it keeps spreading, having done so most recently from continental Europe to England, with the United States potentially poised to take on the issue — again. Read More... Gallery Hopping Season of Light Eline Barclay has returned to the Albert Shahanian Fine Art for her biennial exhibition at the gallery with "New Paintings from Coastal Maine and the Hudson River." Read More... A Study of Contrasts: Nancy Hagin's New Work at Fischbach Each year, Hagin spends the autumn and winter painting in acrylic in New York; in the summer months she resides at her Columbia County country home, where she works in watercolor. Read More... Bianco Exhibits Past and Present Examples of American Impressionism The show combines works of the early classic painters of the region with those of contemporary artists. Their interpretive renderings of lush landscapes, still lifes, and portraits emphasize the tradition of Impressionist painting that began in Bucks County in the early 1900s continues to thrive today. Read More... Florida's Morse Museum Shows Off Its Art Nouveau "Art Nouveau in Europe and America: From the Morse Collection" features some 75 objects and represents the largest exhibition ever of Art Nouveau objects from the museum's permanent collection. Read More... African Gold in Moscow, by Way of Houston A dazzling African gold exhibition from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is on view at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, marking the first full exhibition exchange between the two institutions since they formed an international partnership in October 2000. Read More... Endearing Details "[Richard] Baker, a New Yorker who has spent time in Boston and Provincetown, Mass., marches to his own drummer, ignoring most of arts breaking developments. But what can be a prescription for academicism has allowed Baker to hone his vision to the point where he can say just about what he means to say." Read More... Paintings That Made Themselves Ricco/Maresca Gallery will present a retrospective exhibition of works by William L. Hawkins, from private collections, never before shown to the public. Read More... A Passion for Renoir The centerpiece of the exhibition at the High Museum is Renoir's "At the Concert" (1880), on loan from the Clark Art Institute for the first time in more than ten years. Renoir often painting scenes of men and women at theatrical and musical events and "At the Concert" is considered one of the most significant of these works. Read More... Inheriting Cubism The National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden are among the museums contributing loans to this Hollis Taggart exhibition. Read More... Ursus Exhibits Joan Berg Victor's American Vision From February 11 to March 9, Ursus Prints will present its second solo exhibition of drawings by Victor, whose work has appeared in numerous public and private venues. Read More... Art Deco and Streamlines Modern in Dallas The Dallas Museum of Art is featuring the second in a three-part series of exhibitions featuring approximately 75 objects from the museum's Twentieth Century design collection. Read More... The Rigorous and Representational In this Salander-O'Reilly exhibit, Tom Goldenberg's 12 new landscapes, inspired by Northern Dutchess County, N.Y., were made with hand-ground pigment suspended in linseed oil, and scaled in size from cabinet pictures to one painting six-and-a-half by eight feet long. Read More... Maine: At Home and Abroad The Wiscasset Bay Gallery has opened the holiday season with contemporary Maine art and American and European paintings. Read More... The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Explores Worlds of Wonder and Desire The museum is presenting the first comprehensive showing of its rich holdings in South Asian painting, tracing the evolution of Indian painting from the Twelfth to the early Twentieth Century. Read More... Painted Ladies from the Court of Charles II Head to Yale in January Focusing on women of prominence and influence within the court - from royal brides and daughters to mistresses and actresses - the exhibition considers the ways in which these women were portrayed and their reputations, both during their lifetimes and in later centuries. Read More... California Smalls K. Nathan Gallery of La Jolla will have a special showing of small paintings by three of California's premier plein air painters - Brian Blood, Ray Roberts and Daryl Millard - from December 1 to 8. Read More... Magnum Photographers Document September 11 at the New-York Historical Society The society is embarking on an historical project to assist New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds in remembering, mourning, understanding and moving forward from the tragic events of that day and the aftermath. Read More... Pewter, from Tavern to Tabernacle, Explored in California This Long Beach Museum of Art exhibition, the first of its kind to be presented in this country, explores the diverse subjects and techniques used by European artisans to embellish pewter in the early modern period. Read More... Great Things in Small Packages: It's a Spanierman Kind of Christmas The gallery's Christmas show will feature 80 American and European vintage paintings, eight-by-ten inches or less, through December 31. Read More... American Paintings from the Heckscher Museum on View at Berry-Hill The Heckscher is known for its strength in both Nineteenth and Twentieth Century work and has been referred to as "one of the primary small museums of the country...with an international reputation for its fine collection and exhibitions." Read More... Realism, with a Surrealist's Touch Scott Prior has spent nearly 25 years exploring the emotional and formal possibilities inherent in his landscapes and scenes of domesticity, creating surreal images from middle-of-nowhere places. Read More... At the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Circus Takes the Center Ring "The Circus In Twentieth-Century American Art," on view through January 6, includes works by George Bellows, Alexander Calder, John Steuart Curry, Charles Demuth, and Walt Kuhn. Read More... The Speed Art Museum Has a Brush with History The exhibition, drawn from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, includes images of American statesmen, artists, inventors, writers, educators and scientists dating from the Eighteenth Century to the present day. Read More... Of the Newest Fashion: Celebrating 50 Years at Hirschl & Adler The exhibition will showcase masterpieces of Neo-classical furniture, silver, lighting, metalwork, porcelain and glass produced in the United States or made in England or France expressly for an American clientele from 1810 to 1840. Read More... Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Exhibit Puts Life in Perspective Colonial Williamsburg will present a compelling display of scenic carvings created by the late itinerant Arkansas artist Rupert P. Kreider (1897-1983) begining November 22. Read More... Glass behind the Iron Curtain The Corning Gallery will look at Czech design with an exhibition celebrating art's role in a cry for freedom, drawn from the permanent collection at the Corning Museum of Glass. Read More... A Cozy Way to Walk in a Winter Wonderland The Cahoon Museum of American Art is welcoming the holidays with landscapes that might adorn a Christmas card, created by nearly 70 artists of the past and present. Read More... Boston College Gets Its Irish Up Most materials featured in "From the Easter Rising to the Rise of the Irish Republic: Thomas & Kathleen Clarke and their Era," at the Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections through January 2002, have never before been on view in the United States. Read More... Henry Tooth and Bretby Art Pottery Exhibited in England Exceptional pieces from the Bretby Art Pottery in Derbyshire, founded in 1883 by Henry Tooth, will be on show at The Country Seat. Read More... Telling Tales The Dahesh Museum, which specializes in art of the Nineteenth Century, will host its first exhibition devoted entirely to images of religion and religiosity by artists trained in the academies of Europe. Read More... Mirror with a Memory The daguerreotype, the world's first successful photographic process, is celebrated at the Nelson-Atkins, Kansas City, Mo., through January 6, 2002. Read More... Town and Country Views of American Life, 1830-1960 Debra Force Fine Art's fall exhibit features paintings, watercolors and drawings that explore the inspiration American artists have drawn from their native surroundings. Read More... In the Presence of Spirits The Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, provides the first opportunity for many rare masterpieces of African art to be on view in the United States, featuring approximately 125 objects. Read More... Possession Obsession The Warhol Museum presents a rare opportunity to reunite approximately 300 objects from Andy Warhol's personal collection - sold at the 1988 Sotheby's auction - in order to examine one of the least-studied aspects of his oeuvre: collecting. Read More... Empire of the Sultans The only New York-area showing of this major exhibition, which highlighs the rich artistic heritage of the Ottoman Empire, is on view at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences beginning October 27. Read More... Exuberant Americana on Display in Manhattan: Three Durst Buildings to Host Quilt Exhibits The Durst Organization plans to brighten up the holiday season with an exhibition of both classic and contemporary American master quilts. Read More... Still Lifes and Interiors in the Spotlight at Wm Baczek The gallery will feature a two-man exhibition of recent paintings by Larry Preston and Mark Zunino through November 18. Read More... An Overview of 110 Years of American Art at Spanierman The exhibition includes works by Cecilia Beaux, Frank W. Benson, Albert Bierstadt, William Merritt Chase, Jasper Cropsey, Arthur B. Davies, Arthur Wesley Dow and John Henry Twachtman. Read More... Jerome Blum's Journeys into Color Beginning October 25, Hollis Taggart Galleries features Blum's brilliantly hued compositions from his many travels to exotic locales. Read More... Horse Tales A new exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art demonstrates the varied ways in which the image of the horse has infused our culture through more than 150 objects on view. Read More... One Woman's Work Celia Thaxter (1835-94) is best known as the island poet and avid gardener of Appledore, a rocky, windswept island several miles off Portsmouth, N.H., where she entertained such artists and writers as Childe Hassam, John Greenleaf Whittier and Sarah Orne Jewett. Read More... Balancing Natural Beauty at The Cooley Gallery The Cooley Gallery will exhibit more than 50 paintings by Ralf Feyl, including nocturnes, winter and coastline scenes. Read More... Sheep and Slant-Sixes At Three Rivers Gallery, Charlie Hunter's interpretation of the Vermont landscape is simultaneously affectionate and pointed. Read More... Two Distinguished Private American Collections Unveiled at Vance Jordan The show will feature 20 astounding works owned by Libby and Bill Clark of Hanford, Calif., and 12 from the collection of Gail and John Liebes of Los Angeles, Calif. Read More... Dream Street An exhibition of work by W. Eugene Smith, one of the Twentieth Century's greatest photographers, will be on view at Carnegie Museum of Art beginning November 3. Read More... An American in Paris Cincinnati Art Galleries' exhibit of paintings and drawings by Edgar Yaegar features 50 of the artist's works from the 1920s through the 1990s. Read More... A Holistic Approach to American Art The Birmingham Museum of Art reopened its American Art Galleries with a striking installation fully integrating the museum's collection of American painting and sculpture with American decorative arts. Read More... Newhouse Travels to Signac's Ports of France This group of watercolors, which come from the collection of Gaston Levy, a French collector who founded the Monoprix stores in France, have never before been seen in New York. They will be on view by appointment at Jill Newhouse beginning October 15. Read More... Bingham's 'Election Series' Comes Home to St. Louis Bank of America has donated three major paintings by celebrated Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham to the Saint Louis Art Museum. The works are valued at $45 million. Read More... Cultural Origins of Japanese Design Explored at Japan Society "Traditional Japanese Design: Five Tastes" features 140 utilitarian objects including lacquer, ceramics, metalwork, basketry and textiles in five areas of aesthetic "taste" that developed between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Read More... The Timeless Landscapes of Gary Fifer Albert Shahinian Fine Art is featuring one of the region's most talented plein air painters in a long-awaited solo exhibition. Read More... Still Life in Tivoli Still lifes and landscapes rank among the most time-honored forms of artistic expression, and in this two-person show Marie Cole has chosen to update the still life tradition, while Mary Untalan's oil paintings explore Hudson River landscapes. Read More... Holbein to Hockney: Great British Paintings from American Collections On September 27 the Yale Center for British Art will bring together for the first time nearly 80 of the best British works of art in the United States today. Read More... Impressions of the Wild John Swatsley, a prominent and award-winning wildlife artist, will have a major one-man show at the Gregory James Gallery beginning October 6 and running through November 25. Read More... Original Furniture Designs by Wendell Castle on View in Arizona Often described as the most influential furniture maker in the country, for over 40 years Castle has challenged the establishment by creating one-of-a-kind chairs, tables, mirrors, clocks and chaises that are as often described as visionary sculpture as furniture. Read More... Reflections from the Fire A 30-year retrospective of the pottery of Brother Thomas will be on display from September 21 through January 6 at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts. Read More... The Kennedys through the Eyes of Mark Shaw Most of the pictures at Driskel Vintage Photography appear in the recently revised "The John F. Kennedys (Rizzoli)," and were considered by Shaw to be his finest work. Read More... National Gallery Features First-Ever Loan Exhibition of Aelbert Cuyp's Masterpieces WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first-ever international loan exhibition devoted to the masterpieces of Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) is on view at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, October 7, through January 13, 2002. Read More... Fire and Light: 3,000 Years of Glass Artistry at the Newark Museum NEWARK, N.J. — The exhibition "Fire and Light: 3000 Years of Glass Artistry" opened on August 15 at The Newark Museum. The exhibit, comprised of more than 100 objects, pairs pieces from the museum's own renowned Eugene Schaefer collection of ancient glass with those of three private collectors — the Allaire collection, the Schefler collection and the Simon collection — and will be on view until January 20. Read More... Bruce Museum Examines the WPA's Prints of American Life GREENWICH, CONN. — The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science presents "Prints of American Life: WPA Works on Paper from the Webster Collection" from September 1 through November 25. Read More... Familiar Faces on View in Palm Beach The exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art offers an entertaining examination of one of the visual arts' most popular and accessible genres. Read More... Lush Botanical Paintings by Beverly Duncan Offer a Harvest Preview At Ursus Prints, Duncan's subtle and brilliantly detailed paintings of simple horticultural subjects are inspired by the environment of western Massachusetts. Read More... Noel Fine Art Reveals Women in Watercolor Hank Virgona is especially adept in his depiction of female sensuality, working with the watercolor medium for the last 45 years. In line, color and tone he captures some of the many singular facets of his subjects. Read More... Cooley Gallery Takes an Intimate Look at American Works on Paper Often relegated as a "secondary" medium, the perception of works on paper is changing as their popularity grows. However they are categorized, these creations have a spontaneity and intimacy that make them sought after by all levels of collectors. Read More... Focusing on the Figure in Southern California This summer the Santa Barbara Museum of Art gives well-deserved prominence to the achievements of figurative painters and their struggle for acceptance in the Southland. Read More... Movement as the Theme of Modernist John Marin Richard York Gallery's show will feature a selection of oils, watercolors, and drawings demonstrating how the artist conveyed the dynamic energy of the American landscape in his compositions. Read More... Remarkable Showing of Bruegel's Drawings and Prints on View in September at the Met Among the most innovative and influential artists of his age, Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a remarkable draftsman and designer as well as a painter. Read More... Arnold Desmarais and Coastal Environments Explored at Addison "Oil has the strength to create the intensity of hue and, more importantly, the shadows that tell my story," said Desmarais of his work. Read More... Shards of Color The sun-dappled work of Gordon Peers, 1909 to 1988, will be exhibited in Providence, R.I., from September 18 to October 26. Read More... Sculptural Medals from the Speed Art Museum The 52 medals featured were issued by the Society of Medalists between 1930 and 1962, including works by leading American sculptors such as Paul Manship, Frederick MacMonnies and Lorado Taft. Read More... Process on Paper This special display, drawn entirely from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts' permanent holdings and organized to complement the Thomas Eakins retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, reveals the critical significance that drawing played in the artist's work. Read More... The Eye of Modernism The exhibit, in Santa Fe, N.M., brings together a stunning collection of 64 works on paper by American artists, dating from the 1890s to 2000, each of which has been considered part of the Modernist movement that spanned the Twentieth Century. Read More... Expanding on a Legacy An exhibit of American art from the Montclair Art Museum, presented by PaineWebber, examines the development of the museum's renowned American and Native American collections. Spanning 300 years, the collection features masterpieces of the Hudson River School, Realism and Abstract Expressionism. Read More... Portraits of Native America The Peabody Essex Museum will mount a landmark exhibition of Edward S. Curtis's work, featuring more than 60 original prints drawn from its collection, considered the finest museum compilation of Curtis prints anywhere. Read More... Wit and Wine A new look at ancient Iranian ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation at the Brooklyn Museum of Art is the first major exhibition of its kind in over a decade. Read More... Nantucket Gallery Showcases the Work of Clementine Hunter The granddaughter of slaves, Hunter (1886-1988) lived to the age of 101 and spent her life on a Louisiana plantation. A self-taught artist, she is considered by many to be America's Black Grandma Moses. Read More... Power and Glory Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century paintings from the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy, will be presented at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts September 15 through December 9. Read More... Music for Your Eyes Paintings and sculpture created by musician and record producer Herb Alpert will be on view at the Tennessee State Museum. Read More... Snowdon Photography Retrospective at Yale Organized by London's National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition will run through September 2 and features more than 180 works by this remarkable photographer. Read More... Ansel Adams at 100 The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents an aesthetic reappraisal of Adams as an artist and working photographer by bringing together 114 of his finest photographs, represented by exemplary prints drawn from important public and private collections. Read More... Art and Home More than three dozen important Dutch paintings from the Seventeenth Century, as well as works on paper and a wealth of significant decorative objects, will be on view at The Newark Museum beginning September 30. Read More... A ‘Retro-Modernist' Turns to Still Life Long celebrated for his urban landscapes, Paul Weingarten's still lifes are now featured at Salander-O'Reilly. Read More... Celebrating Summer Gardens Crane Collection explores the season with a new exhibition of garden scenes, featuring English, French and American paintings from the Nineteenth Century to the present. Read More... Rare Michelangelo Drawings and Other Treasures on View in Atlanta The High Museum's exhibition encompasses 47 objects from the Casa Buonarroti, Michelangelo Buonarroti's familial home in Florence, Italy, and includes 24 drawings by the Italian master himself, nine of which have never before been exhibited in the United States. Read More... Britain's Portable Empire Examples of British campaign furniture, costumes, paintings, and decorative objects, are the centerpiece of an innovative exhibition to open at the Katonah Museum of Art this summer. Read More... The Illinois State Museum Explores ‘The Land around Us' This showing of landscapes from the museum's collection includes 47 works from painters, printmakers, and photographers. Read More... Journey to the Southwest Virginia True epitomized the pioneer spirit of the United States in the early Twentieth Century, and at Zaplin Lampert Gallery, it is evident that the West would kindle the best work of her career and her most productive time as an artist. Read More... ‘A Century of Design' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art The fourth in a series of exhibitions exploring Twentieth Century design around the world, the presentation features important objects by such celebrated designers as Tadao Ando, Ricardo Bofill, Sir Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Shiro Kuramata, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, and Robert Venturi. Read More... Neuberger Offers First Comprehensive Overview of Works by Marisol The exhibition will feature over 20 sculptures drawn from museums, galleries and private collections around the country. Some of the works never have been displayed in the United States. Read More... Pucker Gallery Makes ‘Fine Choices' for Its Summer Exhibition Over the past 34 years gallery's summer show has become a forum to display the diversity spirit and inspirations of their various artists. This year they turn their focus to the artistic object as a source of beauty and interest. Read More... PainWebber Showcases Esther Bubley and the ‘Golden Age' of American Photography Featured are approximately 135 vintage black-and-white prints from Bubley's estate, as well as six color images recently printed from her original transparencies, presenting a broad spectrum of works spanning her career as an industrial photographer and a chronicler of everyday life. Read More... Santa Barbara Museum of Art Tells the Story of American Illustration Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, the show features over 80 works by the great artists of American illustration, tracing the evolution of this art form. Read More... Thrown, Molded, Dipped and Glazed It may sound like a bad college weekend, but in this important Chester County Historical Society exhibition visitors can learn about the development and production of three types of ceramics associated with the region: earthenware, porcelain, and majolica. Read More... The Smithsonian's American Impressionist Treasures Travel to Maine On view at the Portland Museum of Art from June 21 through October 21, these late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century works depict dreamy landscapes and garden scenes and lush portraits of women as objects of beauty, symbols of ideals and subjects of changing societal and cultural roles. Read More... Photography Exhibit in Boston Documents Our Changing Social Scene Among the well-known photographers represented at the Institute of Contemporary Art are Diane Arbus, Brassai (Gyula Halasz), Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Helen Levitt, Danny Lyon, Roger Mertin, John Pfahl and Garry Winogrand. Read More... A Midsummer Night's Dream The works on view at Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery are as varied in medium as they are in subject, with summer vistas the common thread uniting them. Read More... American Illustrators in the Spirit This summer the American Illustrators Gallery will exhibit original artwork by Norman Rockwell, Howard Chandler Christy, J.C. Leyendecker, Edward Penfield, Gerrit A. Beneker and J.F. Kernan, among others. Read More... 'Degas and America' Makes Its Way to the Midwest This long-anticipated exhibition is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore more than 75 Degas works - the jewels of collections from across America - including paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures. Read More... The Fragile Dewdrop and Other Tales on View at Hirschl & Adler One of two Hirschl & Adler summer exhibitions, "The Fragile Dewdrop" is a presentation of a-day-in-the-life vignettes from the gardens of New England to the piazzas of Venice. Read More... Monhegan Summers Spanierman Gallery will open, on July 9, an exhibition of the work of the landscape painter, portraitist, muralist, and art teacher, who is best known for his dynamic images of Monhegan Island: Abraham J. Bogdanove. Read More... From the Sea around Us The Roger King Gallery of Fine Art, in newly expanded space, will feature the work of many of the masters of Nineteenth Century marine art, such as Clement Drew, Charles Gifford, James Hamilton, John Hill and Antonio Jacobsen. Read More... German Paintings and Nineteenth Century Spirit Showcased in Washington, D.C. One of the most significant presentations - in terms of range and quality - of Nineteenth Century German painting ever to be shown in the United States will be on view this summer at the National Gallery of Art. Read More... Moderne Gallery Examines the Designing Nature of George Nakashima The show focuses on the contribution made by Nakashima through his unique approach to the interaction and juxtaposition of the "natural" and "design" elements of his furniture. Read More... Crazy in Alabama: Quilts on View through September 2 The exhibition presents a colorful explosion of 20 crazy quilts made during the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century and first decade of the Twentieth Century. Read More... Painting Quickly in France The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has assembled dozens of groundbreaking works - and taken a closer look at what was most daring about a revolutionary art movement - in this exhibition. Read More... Quester Features the Recent Paintings of David Bareford Bareford is an acclaimed artist in the American Impressionist tradition, whose canvases are richly painted and embrace the plein-air tradition. This year's show will include Herreshoff yacht racing paintings, seascapes and beachscapes, as well as landscape paintings. Read More... Wind and Dazzle This Vose Galleries exhibition will include more than 100 new examples of Charles S. Hopkinson's work, most of which have been preserved in the artist's family until this time, including several graceful oil portraits. Read More... Images of Audubon in Boston It has been more than 20 years since an Audubon show of this magnitude has been mounted in a Boston gallery, and some of the artist's most beautiful images will be on display. Read More... Telling Tales with Classical Images at the Dahesh Museum of Art Classical images and myths have served as inspiration, a gauge to measure success and an imaginative ideal. Even today, the deconstructed column and pediment in postmodern architecture remind us of the enduring vitality of antiquity. Read More... Fraktur Treasures Featured in Pennsylvania The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center will present this groundbreaking exhibit to celebrate the completion of its new facility in May. Of the works included, at least 80 have never been shown in an interpretive public exhibit. Read More... Nineteenth Century Landscapes Decorate Rhode Island Gallery Bert Gallery features two exhibitions for the upcoming summer season, "Rural Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Landscapes" and "Bricks and Mortar: Architectural Memories," both featuring historical New England artists and exploring the high level of artistic craft in the Rhode Island area. Read More... Clark Offers Drawings and Paintings in Two Solo Efforts Two shows at Clark Gallery feature new work by Martha Jane Bradford and Antonia Munroe, and will run concurrently through June 14. Read More... Bronzes by European Masters at the Portland Museum of Art This exhibition will highlight some 40 sculptures by more than 20 artists working in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries. Read More... Noel Fine Art Features Poetic Photographs of Italy This series encompasses places that photographer Michael Gesinger has visited in the past several years: Venice, Siena, Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Gubbio, Tuscany, Spoleto, Florence, Assisi and parts of southern Italy. Read More... Bermuda and the British Isles Shine in Connecticut Bermuda has long been a favorite subject for Pamela Riley Abear to paint, having spent many years since childhood visiting the Island. Read More... The Symbolism in Chinese Robes GREENWICH, CONN. — The Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences presents "Golden Dragon, Flaming Pearl: Symbolism in Chinese Robes of the Qing Dynasty," an exhibition featuring Chinese robes from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, from May 5 through July 8. Read More... Site-Specific Virgil Marti Work Continues Series at the Pennsylvania Academy PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — A new site-specific work by the Philadelphia-based Virgil Marti will be on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, June 15 through September 2. Read More... Combining Popular Culture and Elements of Design BOSTON, MASS. — An exhibition of new works by Laura Owens, one of the artists credited with the rebirth of contemporary painting, will open at the Gardner Museum on June 1, and remain on view through September 16. Read More... The Road to Aztlan: Art from a Mythic Homeland at LACMA Ancient and contemporary works investigate the art and culture from the American Southwest and portions of Mexico, an area rich in mythological folklore and metaphorically referred to as Aztlan. Read More... The Collectors' Eye: Works by Giorgio Morandi in London The show will comprise 12 oil paintings from four private collections in Florence, most of which are not normally on view to the public, together with the ten drawings and 18 etchings from the Estorick Collection. Read More... Ship to Shore The Crane Collection Gallery presents classical marine paintings of clipper ships and schooners by well-known Nineteenth Century artists such as Antonio Jacobsen, William P. Stubbs and John Hughes. Read More... Drawn from the Masters: The Art of Architectural Plans in Chicago ArchiTech will present an exhibition and sale of original plans by Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root, featuring the original drawings of Chicago's legendary Rookery Building and other structures by Burnham and Root and its successor firms. Read More... Wedgwood Fairyland and Other Lustres in Long Beach "Imps on a Bridge" surveys Wedgwood lusterware production over a 125-year period, 1815 to 1940. Featured in the exhibition is the work of Twentieth Century designer Daisy Makeig-Jones. Read More... Spanierman Exhibits Animal Natures in Bronze One of the foremost animaliers working in the United States today, Dan Ostermiller carries on a tradition extending back to Edward Kemeys, Frederic Remington, and Anna Hyatt Huntington, all of whom played vital roles in the development of a native school of animal sculpture. Read More... Blending Tradition with Innovation through Textiles Using textiles as her paint, Yorinks employs a variety of techniques including quilting, applique, collage and photo transfers. The Charles Michael Gallery show will include about 50 of Yorinks' works - among them a number never before exhibited. Read More... Artist's Firm Grounding in Modernism Spans Six Decades at Cincinnati Gallery From a drawing of a face that could have been done by Matisse to an abstracted bullfight evocative of Picasso and sun-drenched abstracted figures on a Greek beach, Paul Chidlaw was a master of line and color. Read More... Treasures from the Hermitage Land in Toronto, Inuit Art Travels to St. Petersburg The Art Gallery of Ontario joins forces with one of the world's greatest art institutions as the only venue for "Treasures from the Hermitage Museum, Russia: Rubens and His Age." Read More... Gifts for the New Millennium Unveiled in Minneapolis A new exhibition at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts will launch visitors on an art odyssey across time and cultures to the far corners of the earth. Read More... Berry-Hill Pays Homage to the Square The first exhibition devoted to lower Manhattan's historic Washington Square consists of approximately 90 works illustrating the transformation of the neighborhood from one that catered almost exclusively to affluent New Yorkers to one which became famous as a Bohemian artists' enclave. Read More... Forbidden Art Of Postwar Russia GREENWICH, CONN. —In the exhibition "Forbidden Art of Postwar Russia" at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, over 70 works by Soviet underground artists who dared to challenge the Communist government's monopoly on artistic expression are on view from April 28, through July 29. Read More... Forbidden Art of Postwar Russia FORBIDDEN ART OF POSTWAR RUSSIA' AT BRUCE MUSEUM Read More... Worcester Museum Features Lewis Wickes Hine WORCESTER, MASS. —Although best known for his early Twentieth Century portrayals of child laborers and immigrants at Ellis Island, the important American documentary photographer Lewis Wickes Hine produced a significant, yet less recognized body of work during the 1930s. The exhibition, "Lewis Wickes Hine: The Final Years" is open through June 1 at the Worcester Art Museum,. Read More... Skidmore's Tang Museum Opens Mapping Show SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An ingenious show of rare antique maps and contemporary artwork opened at Skidmore's Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, March 3. The show, which is the Tang's third since its October opening is entitled "The World According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations: Mapping Art and Science." Read More... The Nobleman of Stone The Birmingham Museum of Art will present jade objects used in ceremonies in the palace (musical chimes, scepter), writing implements for scholars (ink stones, brush holders), and personal ornaments. Read More... For Jose Escofet at Hollis Taggart, Life Abounds Escofet, drawn increasingly into the world of flowers, specifically explores how they grow and share a patch of soil with other living plants and insect life. Read More... Adelson Features Peter Reginato's Free-Floating Forms in Solid Steel Reginato's work ultimately concerns equilibrium: questioning and achieving the perfect balance between buoyancy and bulk, bright hues and subdued tones. Read More... Prints, Photographs and Rare Books Mingle in New Ursus Location The new shop maintains an emphasis on new and out-of-print art books and catalogs, with a particular focus on contemporary art. Read More... Light Is The Key Ingredient in the Latest Corning Glass Display Translucency will be revealed at The Corning Gallery when "Immaterial/Material" marks the sixth exhibition in the new 2,500 square feet space. Read More... Maxo Vanka's Gift of Sympathy at The James A. Michener Art Museum Vanka's vibrant pictorial sense, drawn from a combination of the Old Masters and the early Moderns, flowered in numerous paintings and drawings. Read More... Works by Marine Artists Showcased on Cape Cod It was this environment and its people that drew important artists of the early Twentieth Century to the region to initiate what has become the oldest artist colony in the country. Read More... Annual Landscape Exhibition Opens at Wm Baczek In North Hampton, Mass., eight artists working in a variety of media will participate in this year's show. Read More... French Pastels in the Spotlight NEW YORK CITY — Through April 14, Wildenstein will hose an exhibition of pastels dating from the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries by some of the greatest names in history of French art, among them Jean Marc Nattier, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Elizabeth Louis Vigee Le Brun, Camille Pissaro, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard. Read More... Art for the Great Estates GREENWICH, CONN. — "Art for the Great Estates: The Bruce Museum's First Decade" illuminates the early history of the Bruce Museum, the marketing of contemporary art at the time, and the genteel tastes of wealthy patrons in the years surrounding World War I. On view at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science through May 27, this exhibition brings back to the museum some of the outstanding paintings and sculptures first shown there between 1912 and about 1922. Read More... American Cut Glass at The New Orleans Museum NEW ORLEANS, LA. — At the New Orleans Museum of Art through June 24, "Simply Brilliant: American Cut Glass, 1890-1915, from the Permanent Collection" will be shown in the Decorative Art's Gallery, featuring glittery, diamond-like glass wares that reveals one of the great eras of American luxury glass production. Read More... American Cut Glass at The New Orleans Museum The New Orleans Museum of Art Shows Off American Cut Glass Read More... A Mirror of the World For the first time, a representative selection of highlights of Martin Bodmer's famous collection of world literature will be shown outside its Swiss ancestral home. Read More... Grand Intuitions A gathering of 18 monumentally scaled sculptures by Alexander Calder - most of them unseen in public for decades or never before exhibited - will rise from the fields and hillsides of the Storm King Art Center. Read More... Women and the Sea The Mariners' Museum reveals the role of women on the water in its new temporary exhibition. Read More... As American as Folk Art In their quest for a vernacular which allows them to identify with the US, and thus be identified as American, many artists who have come from abroad have often turned to folk art as a source and inspiration. Read More... From the Cupboard to the Country Artist Marja Lianko's American and European dual identity serves as an intruiging foundation for much of her work at Pepper Gallery. Read More... An Artist's Solitary Journey in Scotland David Findlay Jr Contemporary will exhibit 24 works by Jeffrey Blondes, including oil paintings as well as works on paper, in the artist's third solo showing at the gallery. Read More... Landscapes of Air, Earth, Fire and Water The Fischbach Gallery, New York City, will feature recent realist paintings by Emma Tapley and Paul Rickert beginning March 8. Read More... The Art of the Cross A new show at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, through April 29, brings together a group of crosses remarkable for their workmanship and variety of design. Read More... Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents Rare artifacts and documentary materials illustrating Tibetan society and history will be on view for the first time in New York at the PaineWebber Art Gallery, drawn from the unrivaled Tibetan collection of The Newark Museum. Read More... Mapping the Territory of the West at The New York Public Library "Heading West" traces the evolution from an imagined and imaginary territory to a concretely defined and mapped area through approximately 175 maps, atlases, photographs, and books. Read More... From the South Side Wayne Miller focused on the African-American community of his hometown on the South Side of Chicago, eager to create photographs that would depict what he refers to as "universal truths." These images are on view at Lee Gallery beginning in March. Read More... Reflections of New York 2001 Hirschl & Adler Galleries will feature the first ever exhibition of Alexander Creswell's work in the United States through April 14. Read More... Reopening of the Cone Collection Heralds the Baltimore Museum of Art's New Design On April 22, the BMA will unveil the most ambitious redesign of the galleries housing this famed assemblage of Post-Impressionist and Modern art in nearly 50 years. Read More... Filling the Sky Mary Ryan Gallery features a sequence of 12 digitally altered photographs by Ward Davenny, reconstructed landscapes from photographs and videos taken by the artist over a period of several years. Read More... Surrealism, with an American Attitude Chicago's McCormick Gallery will feature the work of 35 prominent artists beginning March 23. Read More... The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Legacy Included are 110 works from the extensive Stieglitz collection at George Eastman House, the majority personally given to the museum by his wife, Georgia O'Keeffe. Read More... The Baltimore Quilt Tradition Colorful, exquisite, inventive and rarely seen by the public, the Maryland Historical Society's collection of Baltimore album quilts - the world's largest - is being prepared for exhibition. Read More... Celebrating American Modernism with Quita Brodhead Comprising more than 40 paintings from private collections and the artist's personal holdings, the exhibition resulted from the Hollis Taggert Gallery's ongoing exploration of American modernism. Read More... Ralph Fasanella's America The Fenimore Art Museum stages a major retrospective on the life and work of this beloved folk artist. Read More... Rossetti in the 1860s This Clark Art Institute exhibition takes its subtitle from the culminating work in a series of idealized paintings, “The Blue Bower" (1865), one of the most sumptuous of all Pre-Raphaelite portraits. Read More... Carved, Incised, Burnished and Gilded As the James A. Michener Museum points out, it is not only the Pennsylvania Impressionists painters whose work has gained prominence, but the talented and creative minds and hands of the Bucks County framemakers. Read More... Tang Earthenware Sculpture on View at PaceWildenstein Fourteen pieces of Tang earthenware sculpture will be featured in this annual exhibition staged by Eskenazi, which will coincide with The International Asian Art Fair. Read More... A Singular Vision The Steve Turner Gallery presents the work of Richard Mayhew, one of the best-known African American artists working today. Read More... National Tour of Edmondson Sculptures Moves on to the High Museum This is the first exhibition of Edmondson's work to tour nationally - the last retrospective appeared 19 years ago. Read More... St Louis Art Museum Prepares for Van Gogh “Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard" features nearly 70 paintings and works on paper by the famous artist and his contemporaries. Read More... American Realism, Past and Present John Pence Gallery's group show of works by 25 artists will include 70 works ranging in size from seven-foot canvases to miniatures, and will feature a panoply of landscapes, still lifes, interiors and figures. Read More... Redemption Songs This groundbreaking exhibition, which represents some of the finest “intuitive" artists of Jamaica, bears the fruit of research and study by guest curator Randall Morris. Read More... Sight-Seeing The Fogg Art Museum explores the ways in which photography was enlisted to negotiate Western viewers' real and imaginary encounters with the Middle East during the medium's first century. Read More... Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College will mount an exclusive showing of the works of this acclaimed artist from February 5 through May 21. Read More... Space 2001 The Bruce Museum showcases life and travel in outer space as conceived by the visions of artists, photographers and writers, and through the contributions of scientists and astronauts. Read More... Re-presenting Representation This Corning Gallery exhibition encompasses some 50 paintings, sculptures and works on paper, almost all of them made within the past decade. Read More... Improvisations, both Jazz and Visual This mighty production at the Katonah Museum of Art, two years in the making, showcases the work of 18 well-known Twentieth Century artists whose improvisation, color, rhythm and virtuosity continue to electrify audiences everywhere. Read More... Voices in Cloth First made in the Eighteenth Century, story quilts present visual narratives that parallel the art of storytelling. Read More... Broken Brushwork and Palpable Atmosphere The Cooley Gallery will exhibit, from January 22 to February 24, select paintings by a member of the original Old Lyme Art Colony, William S. Robinson. Read More... In with the Old at Jack Kilgore & Co. Approximately 30 pictures will represent the full range of painting explored in Netherlandish Art of the Golden Age. Different genres of historical, religious, landscape, portrait and still life painting will be shown. Read More... Egypt Eternal in Toledo “Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum," an exhibition comprising more than 145 objects selected from one of the foremost collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world, premieres at The Toledo Museum of Art on March 1. Read More... The Affordable Face This year Lawrence Steigrad's winter exhibition presents portraits as bridges into the past, humanizing an historical moment that otherwise can feel quite remote. Read More... Tradition Renewed Pucker Gallery will host its first exhibition of works by Welsh potter Phil Rogers, who, with a collection of shapes, glazes and decorations, pays homage to a rich history of ceramic traditions. Read More...
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