ewmiller | January 23, 2012
The primitive roots of much of what we think of as Americana makes New York City seem an odd place for it. Yet each January thousands of visitors descend on the city to take in the best in the category. Things have changed somewhat this year, gone is The American Antiques Show (TAAS), the once [...]
ewmiller | January 16, 2012
Americana Week has begun. Yesterday perhaps the first event of the week was a gallery talk at Keno Auctions ”American Still Life Painting in the 19th Century,” with Dr. William H. Gerdts. There’s a good deal of excitement and enthusiasm around Americana Week this year. The American Wing Galleries are re-opening at the Met and [...]
ewmiller | December 19, 2011
Following a decision by the Philadelphia Antiques Show to allow items in the show created as recently as 1970, comes a press release from New York’s Metro Show about a new mantra for collectors and designers: no more boundaries. According to the release “collectors, design aficionados, and art-insiders will be treated to an astonishing array [...]
Lin | December 18, 2011
The Texas town of Handley was established in 1876 and named after the confederate Major James Madison Handley. The city, a mere seven miles drive from downtown Fort Worth, was eventually annexed by cow town in 1946. Today, the small area called Historic Handley Village is famous for antique and furniture stores and other neighborhood [...]
ewmiller | December 18, 2011
The world we live in is often planned, pondered over and reviewed in our dreams while lying still, or sleeping in bed. Such a bed was placed as a nucleus in the new exhibit at RO2 Gallery in downtown Dallas. Around it hung messages of personal motivation and introspection. From there spun the web of [...]
Pearl | December 16, 2011
They reflected the superlative power of the artist to synthesize geographic and flora information; yet still there seemed to lack a kind of immediacy and emotional attachment. In a tightly controlled process for public picture making, by reigning subconscious and psychological state, Anne achieved a stunning degree of intellectual revelation of nature observed.
ewmiller | December 15, 2011
Big changes are underway at the Philadelphia Antiques Show, among them a move to Center City and the Philadelphia Convention Center and a decision to allow some newer objects into the show. This afternoon I spent some time on the phone with the Show’s Chairperson, Gretchen Riley, who tells us more of what to expect [...]
UAA Team | December 13, 2011
Famed for its wide array of decorative pieces and furnishings, the Philadelphia Antiques Show and Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced the Show will move to a new home in Center City Philadelphia –The Pennsylvania Convention Center. The change in venue invites fantastic updates to the 2012 Show, including a larger floor plan and a fresh, new logo to bring [...]
UAA Team | December 12, 2011
Reports from Philadelphia today highlighted a move for the Philadelphia Antiques Show from the Navy Yard to the Philadelphia Convention Center. But that’s not all that’s brewing. According to local media reports, the show will allow dealer’s to display merchandise as new as 1970, as long as the creator isn’t living. I had to read that [...]
Lin | November 30, 2011
On the night of Nov 19, PDNB Gallery hosted a book signing event for Keith Carter. A quarter century has passed since the first print of the book “From Uncertain to Blue”, the almost incessant visitor-line proves that the book provides freshness to new readers like me, or still resonates with those who have seen those [...]
