Amy G | September 2, 2010
Once upon a time, gatherings of geeks would come together to celebrate the art form that they loved – comic books. Fans, some costumed as their favorite characters, would stream into the hall, excited to see their favorite creators. You could buy sketches from your favorite artist, or talk over a plot line with a [...]
UAA Team | August 26, 2010
After more than a solid year of dominating Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Art Auctions, Pin-up and Glamour Art, while still performing superbly, was forced to cede the spotlight on Aug. 17 to classic Pulp Art, as several icons of the genre burst into the spotlight, led by Hugh Joseph Ward’s The Evil Flame, Spicy Mystery Stories [...]
Geo | August 21, 2010
Heritage Auctions was set up like a contemporary painting gallery this afternoon for the release of Texas Traditions: Contemporary Artists of the Lone Star State by Michael Duty & Susan Hallsten McGarry The walls of the front gallery at Slocum Street were lined with works by the 36 artists featured in the book. When we [...]
Hui | August 8, 2010
I first have to apologize that in a previous post we reported our first visit to the Buchanan Antiques Market, which we just found out was actually Continental Show on the same weekend. We learned this from our yesterday’s visit to the real Buchanan Market, a monthly event held in either the Market Hall or [...]
Geo | August 7, 2010
It was seventy percent public relations and thirty percent art, but the thirty percent kept me long enough to take a quick look at thirty or so objects on display in the Dallas Galleria. I had missed the opening for the Red Bull-sponsored Art of Can, but no matter I imagine the energy drink was [...]
UAA Team | August 2, 2010
Quilt dealer Marie Miller called to give us an update on the Vermont Antiques Dealer’s Association show. This was the first year for the show in Woodstock, Vermont, moved from its former location in Manchester, Vermont. Miller says she has done the show every year and met with success this year selling an array of [...]
David Sokosh | July 29, 2010
I attended the New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan on Friday, which was the first day of this four-day event. It was my first visit to the show, which is in its fourth year. I was excited to go to the exhibition because of my interest in antique [...]
UAA Team | July 6, 2010
A major exhibition of works by the Glasgow Boys, the group of highly influential and internationally-renowned Scottish-based artists who on occasions enraged Victorian Britain, is to be held at The Fleming Collection in London September 14 to December 18. Most of the 50 paintings on show will come from The Fleming Collection’s own holdings but [...]
UAA Team | July 4, 2010
2010 marks Santa Fe’s 400th Anniversary, making it the second oldest city and the oldest capital in the U.S. The Native Americans first called this spot by a river home thousands of years before the Spanish discovered the area. America’s expansion West brought more influences as East-coast artists came to town in search of new [...]
UAA Team | June 24, 2010
This year Master Drawings London celebrates its 10th anniversary. The inspiration of Crispian Riley-Smith, the event proved an immediate success when first launched in 2001. Many of the galleries taking place this year have participated each year since its inception. Master Drawings London is a collaborative event in which London’s leading drawings specialists join together [...]
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