September 21, 2010 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Another Crowd Pleaser The Original York Show
    September 21, 2010

    There just is not another place around that boasts the intense concentration of Americana that is seen at Melvin “Butch” Arion’s Original York Antiques Show and Sale. The 155th semiannual event, conducted over the Labor Day weekend, September 3-5, was once again a stellar event and a true crowd-pleaser.

  • Turning Wood Into Art The Jane And Arthur Mason Collection
    September 21, 2010

    One of the most interesting and exciting developments in the craft field in the late Twentieth Century was the development of lathe-turned wood objects as an art form. One of the world⁳ finest collections of contemporary lathe-turned wood has been assembled by Washington, D.C., lawyer Arthur K. Mason and his wife, Jane.

  • Ship Portrait Of appahannockDominates Skinner Americana Auction
    September 21, 2010

    When an unsigned ship⁳ portrait is the top lot at auction where it sells for $35,550, it is a pretty sure sign that the sale is replete with buying opportunities for everyone. Such was the case at Skinner⁳ August 14‱5 sale at the Marlborough gallery where good country offerings played to the gallery.

  • ebating Modern PhotographyAt Portland Museum Sept 30
    September 21, 2010

    In the 1930s, a small group of California photographers challenged the painterly, soft-focus Pictorialist style of the day. They argued that photography could only advance as an art if its practitioners exploited characteristics inherent to the camera⁳ mechanical nature. ⁄ebating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,†on view September 30⁄ecember 5 at the Portland Museum of Art, revisits this debate.

  • Ralph T Coe, Former Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum
    September 21, 2010

    Ralph T. Coe, the third director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City (1977‱982) and one of the nation⁳ foremost authorities on American Indian art, died Tuesday, September 14, in Santa Fe.

  • The New Bedford Museum Of Glass
    September 21, 2010

    The whaling industry that put this seaport town on the map spawned a number of ancillary industries: boat building, metalsmithing, cordage, sail making, candlemaking and carriage making, to name just a few. By the time the heyday of whaling had passed, few of these remained viable. A survivor was glassmaking, which actually underwent a rebirth in this historic town in the latter part of the Nineteenth Century. Glass has risen to the fore once again as the New Bedford Museum of Glass, under the direction of Kirk J. Nelson, opens its doors.

  • All Treats And No Tricks At Morphy Auctions’ Holiday Sale
    September 21, 2010

    Halloween came early to Morphy Auctions, which presented a holiday auction September 11, featuring choice candy containers, papier mache Halloween decorations and nodders. Several stellar Santa displays also made the auction’s “Top Ten.”

  • LA County Museum Of Art Presents Selections From Resnick Collection
    September 21, 2010

    The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents ⁅ye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection,†which features more than 100 paintings, sculptures and decorative arts from the collection of Lynda and Stewart Resnick, longtime patrons of the museum.

  • pectacular Maine Auction 3 Days At James D Julia
    September 21, 2010

    Touted as a ⁓pectacular Maine Three-Day Auction,†the sale at James D. Julia Auctioneers lived up to all expectations, and some even went as far as to term the auction ⁨istoric.†Commencing on Wednesday, August 25, with a session comprising more than 725 paintings, the sale concluded two days later with the hammer falling after an additional 1,000-plus lots crossed the block.

  • Joan Mir utch InteriorsOpens At Metropolitan Museum On Oct 5
    September 21, 2010

    During a trip to the Netherlands in spring 1928, the Catalan painter Joan Miró (1893‱983) purchased postcards from the museums he visited. Two Seventeenth Century Dutch genre scenes particularly caught his attention and served as the inspiration for a series of paintings he created that summer.

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