Hui | November 28, 2008
In the current Maine Antique Digest, an article by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond takes an honest view of commodifying antiques. The antiques marketplace seems to be struggling for an identity, and we have to be really careful that in that search we don’t give away the heart of who we are. Antiques are beautiful, [...]
Hui | November 24, 2008
No word than the nature dreamer can better describe Blakelock, whose poetic paintings are now exhibited in National Academy. “The Unknown Blakelock” brings some of the key works of Ralph Albert Blakelock from the museums and collectors of the country into the National Academy. The three moonlight paintings, one of the two major subjects that [...]
Geo | November 24, 2008
When you walk through the Met or the National Gallery, you might notice a number of names affixing painting labels quite frequently: Mellon, Morgan, Frick and Vanderbilt. One you don’t see as often is Charles M. Schwab. Yet one can only imagine that the 75-room French Chatteau on Riverside Drive in Manhattan was filled with [...]
Geo | November 22, 2008
I’m spending the morning watching auctions on ebay live, a service that is discontinuing December 31, 2008. My observation is some early American furniture is going for remarkably low prices. Chinese export porcelain is coming in inline with the estimate. One Item I noted went way above estimate is #1267 at Freeman’s, a Needlework mourning [...]
ewmiller | November 16, 2008
In the 20th Century there have been a number of approaches to painting industrial America. It took some time for artists to work their way up to the task, and some of the first attempts were corporate. In fact, the notion of corporate sponsorship remains in much of industrial art throughout the century. One place [...]
Geo | November 16, 2008
The Pier Antique Show, continuing through today in Manhattan, was one of the most enjoyable shows I have attended in some time. There I found a wide variety of merchandise, and knowledgeable dealers. One of the nicest things is when you come away from a show with new knowledge or new interest. I had valuable [...]
Hui | November 13, 2008
Westmoreland Museum of American Art (WMOAA) dedicates another exhibition “Scenic Views: Painters of the Scalp Level School Revisited” to the western Pennsylvania region starting from Nov 9 to Feb, 1 next year (see the Nov 2, 2008 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article “Profile rises for landscapes from Scalp Level School” by Mary Thomas about detailed information of [...]
Hui | November 11, 2008
Here is the information about Pier Antiques Show on Nov 15-16, 2008. And wear a good pair of shoe since there are 500 exhibitors.
Hui | November 10, 2008
The trip to Montclair Art Museum was quite smooth. There is no commuter train running on the weekends, but Decamp bus runs every hour from Port Authority, Manhattan to Montclair, NJ. It only took about 40 minutes by bus to get to the museum, which is situated almost at the top of a hill, with [...]
Hui | November 9, 2008
On the bus back from Montclair, NJ to the city, I happened to have a glimpse at one of the advertisement page on the current issue of “Art and Antique” magazine. What is featured is something unusual: an almost life-size bronze statue in the 22nd Dynasty. A lot of residence-cities of Third Intermediate have suffered [...]
