Into the Dallas Museum of Art

ewmiller | March 8, 2010

One of the things I’ve been looking forward to in the Dallas Fort Worth area is visiting the museums. The first of these was the Dallas Museum of Art. I didn’t quite know what to expect, of the museums in the region the one I had heard the most about was the Kimbell Museum in [...]

Titian’s Monumental “Diana” Paintings to Travel to U.S. for First Time for Exhibition at High Museum of Art

Geo | March 1, 2010

The High Museum of Art, in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), will present an exhibition of 25 masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance—12 paintings and 13 drawings—that will include two of the greatest paintings of the Italian Renaissance, Titian’s “Diana and Actaeon” and “Diana and Callisto” (1556–1559). The two monumental paintings have never [...]

A Gaggle of Interests, February 28, 2010

UAA Team | February 28, 2010

In this series, the UAA team will list some of the interesting items that we have found in auctions, antique shops, shows or eBay. We neither own the items or, in some cases, have the capability of examining the items in person. It mainly serves as an inventory record of what interests us (not necessarily [...]

Watching Concept Auction: The Guy with the Fly

UAA Team | February 20, 2010

Would you like to see a fly resting on your shirt? Probably not. Think again.
Americana continues to perform well at auctions, and today was no exception. Estimated at $300 to $600, we had a hunch this portrait of a young man with a fly on his shirt would bring much more. It closed at $4,000 [...]

The Art of Black History Month

UAA Team | February 19, 2010

Black History Month gives reasons, if one were to be needed, to celebrate the art of African-Americans and provides an overview at New York’s galleries and auction houses. Two of those exhibits are being held at Swann and Babcock Galleries. The one artist that has a prominent position in both exhibits is Edward Mitchell Bannister.
Known [...]

African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766 – 1916

Geo | February 15, 2010

Bitter brutality and cruel caricature alternate with respectful revelations and positive portrayals of the status of African Americans. It may be said that all portrayals become betrayals in revealing the motivations and prejudices of their creator, and the images in this exhibition offer telling insights into the prevailing notions of the period. Each work [...]

A Gaggle of Interests – Feb 7, 2010

UAA Team | February 7, 2010

In this series, the UAA team will list some of the interesting items that we have found in auctions, antique shops, shows or eBay. We neither own the items or have the capability of examining the items in person in some cases. It mainly serves as an inventory record of what interests us (not necessarily in [...]

Lost O’Keeffe Finds $225,150

Geo | February 6, 2010

A recently rediscovered work by Georgia O’Keeffe, Alligator Pear in White Dish, sold for $225,150 at Skinner Auctions recently, well above its estimate high of $150,000
Included in her Catalogue Raisonne, Volume II, and evidenced by a photograph her husband Alfred Stieglitz took, the painting had been considered lost since the mid-1950s when it was last [...]

The Texas in My Mind

Geo | February 4, 2010

In a few short weeks I’ll be relocated to Texas and far from the Met, Guggenheim, New York Historical Society, Newark Museum, Winter Antiques Show and all of the other art and culture haunts that have come to know me in New York City.
It will be a change for sure, but look forward to discovering [...]

Ma Weidu on Collecting Chinese Antiques

Sun | January 28, 2010

Fifty-three-year-old Ma Weidu (or Weidu Ma in western tradition as Ma is his surname) began his collection in the 1980s. At that time, people rarely collected antiques and he just called what he bought “small old items”. The first antique he collected is a porcelain hanging panel, for which he spent 1,600 yuan, or over [...]