Regina | May 3, 2011
At the preview for Roland Antiques’ sixth auction in their new space in Greenwich Village, I spotted an outstanding white hammock with a clearly Calderesque motif. It hung on the wall like a tapestry. I could see how a spreader bar would keep the soft structure taut. Since I have a thing for hammocks [...]
UAA Team | January 25, 2011
Number of Arts Organizations Continues to Increase Despite Poor Economic Climate Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, announced the first update to its National Arts Index today, the annual measure of the health and vitality of the arts industries in the United States. The 2010 Index offers the [...]
Regina | January 20, 2011
The New York Ceramics Fair is most intimate of the Americana Week shows. This year, with its move to the theater of the ornate and decidedly old-world Bohemian National Hall on East 73 Street, the show felt like it had come home. What I love about this show is that it makes the whole concept [...]
Regina | December 6, 2010
MIAMI BEACH, FL With 15 shows in Miami, the weekend proved to be a remarkable course in the new demographics of the art market. It seems as if everyone under 40 with some discretionary funds is buying art like it might go out of style tomorrow. Perhaps that’s an apt analogy because much of the [...]
Regina | December 3, 2010
Regina Kolbe is an arts journalist and President of PR To the Trade, a marketing firm specializing in arts and antiques. She writes The Art of Marketing the Fine Arts and The Art Release. Regina is currently in Miami covering the contemporary art scene. SOUTH BEACH, FL. Art Basel is looking like something of a [...]
Geo | July 9, 2010
If you think auctions have taken over in the antiques business, recent results from LiveAuctioneers.com will only stregnthen that position. The Manhattan-based Internet company that provides an online live-bidding platform and related support services to more than 960 auction houses worldwide, has released second-quarter statistics revealing a marked increase in sign-ups, site visits and page [...]
Hui | July 7, 2010
Just a quick notice: We have upgraded the website so that it is mobile phone-friendly now. The content is more concise if you are visiting the website from your Blackberry, Android, or iPhone: Only the titles, categories and tags are shown on the home page. Let us know if you have suggestions.
UAA Team | June 30, 2010
Three years ago this web site, Urban Art & Antiques came into existence. The first post was on a visit to the Butler Museum of American Art. Since then we’ve provided reports from museums, vintage markets, antique shows and antique malls. We’re also grateful for the contributors who have helped us over these three short [...]
Geo | June 18, 2010
I started to play around with a Google feature called Trends recently and noticed some troubling, well trends. Using the words Antiques, Collectibles, American Art, Auctions and Antique Show, there seems to be a universally downward spiral in searches being conducted. For example, using the word antiques, the peak seems to be in 2004, the [...]
Sophie Fuller | January 18, 2010
With the holiday season now over, it is safe to say that we have all recently spent some time browsing the stores of leading mainstream retailers, such as Williams Sonoma and Restoration Hardware, for example. Love them or hate them, I always make a point of spending some time observing the merchandising and marketing efforts [...]
