The Art Thief by Noah Charney
On Art and Connoisseurship by Max J. Friedlander
Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts by Nina Fletcher Little
Creating Picturesque America by Sue Rainey
Chinese Export Porcelain: East to West by Shirley Ganse
Andrew Carnegie by David NasawUAA 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Geo | January 29, 2010
The International Poster Center will offer more than 400 original vintage posters from the latter half of the 20th century in its second Modern Poster Auction. Featuring posters from around the world, this show explores the unbridled creativity that defined graphic advertising from the 1950s onward. All items are on view February 1 – February [...]
Geo | January 26, 2010
It took a while, but I finally was able to visit the Winter Antiques Show. The $20 admission cost seems like a lot to dish out, especially when re-entry costs another $20.
I’ve been to a number of high-end shows, among them the Armory Show and the Philadelphia Antiques Show and I expected something similar from [...]
UAA Team | January 25, 2010
The Right Angle: Fun first, passion second.
Regardless of the economy, the prospects for the antiques business would not look bright without extending its customer base to younger generations. But is there a sure-fire approach?
First of all, I strongly disagree that younger generations would not develop interests in antiques until they grow older. Most of [...]
Sophie Fuller | January 25, 2010
I’ve just returned from visiting several of the antique shows during Antiques Week in NY, where I was pleasantly surprised by the American Antiques Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion (see photo at link below). Having believed for some time that the ability to attract a new generation of collectors lies in adapting more modern merchandising [...]
Hui | January 23, 2010
On the second day of Antiques in Charlottesville strong sales of furniture were noted. This seemed to be a a very welcome and unexpected event. Some visitors came from yesterday’s NBC Channel 29 news. Here is a slide show of our photo coverage from the exhibition.
With the generous help from the dealers in Antiques in [...]
Geo | January 18, 2010
When Salem, Massachusetts merchant Elias Hasket Derby, the owner of the first New England vessel to trade directly with China, sent his son John off to college he would send him in style.
Derby hired John Cogswell, one of Boston’s leading cabinetmakers, to build John a chest on chest for his room at Harvard College. [...]
Geo | January 11, 2010
Will Paulsen, a renowned expert in period furniture and fine arts, will guide a group of his former students, who have taken his classes at the University of Virginia, through the exhibits at Antiques in Charlottesville. That event is taking place January 22-24, 2010 at the Holiday Inn at 1901 Emmet Street.
“It’s an up-close-and-personal tour,” [...]
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