January 11, 2011 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Walters Exhibiting German Drawings From Its Collection
    January 11, 2011

    ⁇erman Drawings from the Walters†Collection†is on view at the Walters Museum of Art through February 13.

  • Irwin Mallow, NY Textile Executive
    January 11, 2011

    Irwin Mallow died Thursday, January 6. He is survived by his wife, Jan Whitlock, a specialist in American textiles and folk art.

  • he Deconstructive Impulse Women Artists At Neuberger
    January 11, 2011

    For years, the prevailing belief has been that following the identity-based artwork of the late 1960s and early 1970s, progressive women artists put aside their differences with men to help them reveal how the mass media and global capitalism control visual culture. A new exhibition, ⁔he Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973‱991,†organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, shows that the role of women artists has long been undervalued in accounts of that work.

  • Nagel Flies High With Chinese Art As Auction Brings 174 Million
    January 11, 2011

    The efforts of Nagel auction house on the market for Asian art are bearing fruit. This sector is on a high that simply does not seem about to end, with an outstanding total result of $17.4 million recently.

  • Meadows Museum To Present Recently Discovered Codices From Sistine Chapel
    January 11, 2011

    Beginning January 23, the only remaining set of codices from the Sacristy of the Sistine Chapel will be on display at the Meadows Museum as part of the exhibition ⁔he Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to Toledo. 

  • Guy Wiggins Leads Sale At Fairfield Auction
    January 11, 2011

    More than 450 lots went under the gavel late last year at Fairfield Auction. The gallery reported its largest attendance ever, with more than 250 in attendance and many more bidding by phone, absentee or Internet.

  • Designing Tomorrow America World Fairs Of The 1930s
    January 11, 2011

    Starting with the Crystal Palace Exposition in London in 1851, World Expositions or World⁳ Fairs have offered global platforms for nations to showcase their achievements. Housing displays from 32 countries among 100,000 exhibits in one enormous iron and glass structure, the expo attracted more than six million visitors and set the tone for future World⁳ Fairs by associating progress with innovative architecture, design and engineering. Significant fairs followed abroad and in the United States, including the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia and the World⁳ Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. The National Building Museum⁳ exhibition, ⁄esigning Tomorrow: America⁳ World⁳ Fairs of the 1930s,†on view through July 10, is the first show to consider the impact of all six fairs on the popularization of modern design and the creation of a modern consumer culture.

  • Christie Photographs Dept Closes Out 2010 With 162 Million Total
    January 11, 2011

    Christie⁳ photographs sale on December 13 achieved $920,688, led by Carrie Mae Weems⁳ untitled #2450 from ⁋itchen Table Series,†1990, three gelatin silver prints that went to an anonymous bidder for $35,000.



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