October 24, 2000 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • The Ancient Burying Ground
    October 24, 2000

    Historic graveyards peak in popularity around Halloween, but they are far more than a source of seasonal shivers up the spine. Open-air museums of intriguing history and evocative art, old burying grounds are rewarding places to visit anytime.

  • International News Briefs
    October 24, 2000

    Two teams of scientists have deciphered five pages of the only known copy of a 2,300-year-old Greek text by the mathematician Archimedes.

  • Memories of the Old Arctic
    October 24, 2000

    James Houston made his first trip to Cape Dorset, or Kingait, as the Inuit call it, in 1951. In the winter of 1957 he initiated what is now a world-famous print workshop.

  • Stella’s Gramercy Park Antiques Show Reviewed
    October 24, 2000

    A flood of decorators and dealers made up attendance on the first day, while a large retail crowd was noted during the weekend.

  • Onview.com Reports Some $1 Million in Sales over Two Weeks
    October 24, 2000

    The e-commerce site and portal specializing in fine art announced on October 13 that it made the largest private sale of a work of art ever by an Internet company.

  • Viewing the Online Landscape with AuctionWatch.com’s Jeff Smith
    October 24, 2000

    From his position Smith has observed the aftereffects of a volcanic explosion.

  • Chorus of Light
    October 24, 2000

    An exhibition of one of the leading private photography collections in the world – one that just so happens to be owned by Sir Elton John – will be shown to the public this fall in Atlanta, Ga., for the first time.

  • Art by the Book at Boston College
    October 24, 2000

    The John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections has unveiled a special assemblage of $35 million worth of rare books and illuminated manuscripts dating as far back as the Fifth Century.

  • Minneapolis Netsuke Exhibit Travels to Santa Barbara
    October 24, 2000

    At first, netsuke were found objects – a polished nut, a piece of root, or a shark’s tooth. Soon artists began to carve highly detailed and powerful masterpieces on a miniature scale.

  • Contemporary Realism at Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery
    October 24, 2000

    A second show at the new 57th Street location will feature solo exhibitions by artists Dennis James Martina and Daniel Tennant.



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