January 8th, 2010 
UAA Team 
We have compiled a list of the ten most searched in 2009. Not surprisingly “urban art” topped the list. Others in the top ten relate to some of the big art events of the year including the exhibition of Vermeer’s “Milkmaid” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The term “urban art” has a high bounce [...]
November 28th, 2009 Sophie Fuller 
If you remember the humble beginnings of e-bay way back in 1995, you will recall that it possessed all of the attributes of a secret club, occupied by a small group of antique aficionados. We all recognized others’ user names, were familiar with the kinds of things we bought, and a certain civility and comradery [...]
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Tags: 1stDibs, Artnet, Askart, auctioncentral, e-bay, News-antique 
1 Comment » October 18th, 2009 Hui 
A fun movie trailer to watch.
October 11th, 2009 Geo 
A cool October day and turkey chili and a corn bread muffin hit the spot as we made our first stop in the American Folk Art Museum the mezzanine cafe. At one time museum cafe’s were something to avoid, but now they rank as some of my favorite places to eat. As far as quality [...]
October 5th, 2009 Elizabeth 
It was an honor, as well as liberating, to be asked to write this review for William Cleveland’s, Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World’s Frontlines. From the Foreword to the last word, we are challenged by the angst and injustice of life while being compelled to view a group of ‘Defenders’ who often reveal [...]
August 28th, 2009 Geo 
There are many frames in the world that have been repainted with gold radiator paint. Sometimes it can be removed to reveal original gilding, but I have found this process to be somewhat frustrating. You have to move very quickly so the solvents don’t take the gold with the paint. Another option is to add new gold. [...]
August 9th, 2009 ewmiller 
Brooklyn’s Prospect Park contains a wealth of sculpture by eminent artists including Augustus Saint Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, Frederick MacMonnies and even Thomas Eakins. This ten minute video provides a short tour.
July 31st, 2009 ewmiller 
Antiquarians know well the ways in which communication has changed over the course of the last two centuries. From the day in 1844 when Samuel B. Morse transmitted “What hath God wrought” by telegraph, the tools we use to communicate have continued to evolve. Deluged by the onslaught of e-commerce, email marketing and now social [...]
July 29th, 2009 Geo 
It would seem some people avoid opening the front door for fear of a customer walking in. It’s a bit of an overstatement, but not so far off the mark for those who shy away from social media. Like the telephone, email, snail mail and just chatting on a street corner, social media is simply [...]
July 20th, 2009 Hui 
There is a tremendous sense of revelation and relief when Séraphine stands beside her two-meter long canvas. The dense and controlled decorative pattern of flora has a wilderness of jungles and labyrinth. When such clarity in flowers, leaves and fruits is multiplied in hundreds of folds, a simple tree grows and intertwines into a world that defies verbal even logic analysis. Thus the modern primitive, by avoiding the mind play of scholarly connoisseurship, reaches our heart in a direct and express way. But in my mind, the movie of Séraphine is not just about art or an artist. It is a hymn of extraordinary natures of human beings. Out of mundane looking and humble background is there unlimited possibility of beauty and novelty that redefine the boundaries of human capability. Here it is the art that teach us to tolerate and appreciate human differences. Only when we free our mindsets from the social rigidity of the artist identity and the traditional aesthetics of how paintings should look could we truly SEE the art and the world. [Read More...]
