August 28, 2012 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Blue Heron Flies High At Thomaston Place Auction
    August 28, 2012

    A 100 lots into the first day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries†two-day sale, August 25′6, ⁔he Great Blue Heron,†an oil on linen by N.C. Wyeth (1882‱945), crossed the block with an estimate of $100/125,000.

  • yths & RealitiesUp At School Of Visual Arts
    August 28, 2012

    School of Visual Arts presents ⁍yths & Realities,†an exhibition that brings together 16 notable alumni who create powerful visual narratives that reflect a shared interest in exploring the porous boundary between actuality and illusion and in deconstructing the innate strangeness of the everyday.

  • Skinner Sells American Furniture & Decorative Arts For 2,621,000
    August 28, 2012

    ⁔he sale went very well; we had a good audience in house and lots of phone and left bids both days,†said Stephen Fletcher, director of Skinner⁳ American furniture and decorative arts department. The sale, running both Saturday and Sunday, August 11‱2, grossed $2,621,000, including the auction of the Private Collection of Cheryl & Paul Scott (reviewed in the August 24 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly).

  • San Francisco MoMA Will Present Contemporary Art From Six Cities
    August 28, 2012

    The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will host ⁓ix Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art,†which brings together artists from six cities that have become burgeoning artistic centers: Beirut, Lebanon; Cali, Colombia; Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Tangier, Morocco; and San Francisco.

  • Shipbuilding Family Treasures Cross The Block In Mystic, Conn
    August 28, 2012

    ⁉t was a perfect storm,†said a prominent dealer who came away empty-handed from Russ Antiques & Auctions†August 18 onsite auction of the contents of the Charles H. Mallory House.

  • Susan Tooth Leads Osona Nantucket Auction At 139,200
    August 28, 2012

    Spirited bidding across the board was witnessed at Rafael Osona⁳ Americana, fine arts and marine auction, August 4, as a stellar selection of materials crossed the auction block. Taking place in conjunction with the Nantucket Antiques Show, the event drew large crowds for the preview and again on Saturday morning for the auction.

  • erdinand Hodler View To InfinityTo Open Sept 20 At Neue Galerie
    August 28, 2012

    From September 20 to January 7, the Neue Galerie New York will present ⁆erdinand Hodler: View to Infinity,†the largest American exhibition ever devoted to this major Swiss artist.

  • Chrysler Drives To Top Lot At New England Auto Auction
    August 28, 2012

    The 35th annual New England Auto Auction, conducted on the grounds of The Owls Head Transportation Museum, got underway at 9:30 am on Saturday, August 25, with 168 four-wheel lots in the offering. The sale was approximately 75 percent sold and grossed $1.36 million.

  • Milford Antiques Show Boasts Large Audience & Nearly 100 Dealers
    August 28, 2012

    The Hampshire Hills Sports and Fitness Club was the site for Jack Donigian⁳ third summer show, just days before the popular Antiques Week nearby.

  • Little Compton Antiques Festival
    August 28, 2012

    The coastal scenery and the quaint and quiet towns that visitors pass through en route to the Little Compton Antiques Festival are wonderful, as is the setting for this unique show, the Sakonnet Vineyards. Set well back from the road on a rambling hillside, the winery attracts tourists of all kinds throughout season; however, antiques enthusiasts from throughout the region descended here over the weekend of August 3.



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