http://www.urbanartantiques.com antiques and art news, views and commentary Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:51:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/do-they-know-its-antiques-week-in-nashville/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/do-they-know-its-antiques-week-in-nashville/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:37:03 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=9072 The answer far too often is no. The large number of antiques-related shows on television about antiques are indication antiques are a growing part of the popular lexicon. Yet arriving in Nashville at the start of antiques week, I couldn’t find a local who knew it was antiques week. The driver of the hotel shuttle, [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/do-they-know-its-antiques-week-in-nashville/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/americana-and-its-new-york-home/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/americana-and-its-new-york-home/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:30:32 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=9044 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/americana-and-its-new-york-home/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/into-americana-week/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/into-americana-week/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:24:08 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=9017 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/into-americana-week/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/no-more-boundaries-new-yorks-latest-antiques-show-refuses-to-be-boxed-in/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/no-more-boundaries-new-yorks-latest-antiques-show-refuses-to-be-boxed-in/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:32:13 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8838 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/no-more-boundaries-new-yorks-latest-antiques-show-refuses-to-be-boxed-in/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/the-journey-of-antiquing-historic-handley/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/the-journey-of-antiquing-historic-handley/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:05:49 +0000 Lin http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8818 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/the-journey-of-antiquing-historic-handley/feed/ 1 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/sometimes-these-things-happen-the-buzz-about-grindr-art-r-mateo-diago-at-ro2/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/sometimes-these-things-happen-the-buzz-about-grindr-art-r-mateo-diago-at-ro2/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:12:59 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8800 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/sometimes-these-things-happen-the-buzz-about-grindr-art-r-mateo-diago-at-ro2/feed/ 1 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/nature-observed-the-coastal-california-pines-of-anne-c-weary/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/nature-observed-the-coastal-california-pines-of-anne-c-weary/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:42:11 +0000 Pearl http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8724 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.]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/nature-observed-the-coastal-california-pines-of-anne-c-weary/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/a-qa-with-philadelphia-antiques-show-chairwoman-gretchen-riley/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/a-qa-with-philadelphia-antiques-show-chairwoman-gretchen-riley/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:22:47 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8778 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/a-qa-with-philadelphia-antiques-show-chairwoman-gretchen-riley/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/photos-from-yesterdays-press-conference-on-the-changes-at-the-philadelphia-antiques-show/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/photos-from-yesterdays-press-conference-on-the-changes-at-the-philadelphia-antiques-show/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:40:12 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8759 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/photos-from-yesterdays-press-conference-on-the-changes-at-the-philadelphia-antiques-show/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/philadelphia-antiques-show-heads-for-1970/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/philadelphia-antiques-show-heads-for-1970/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:08:17 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8733 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 [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/philadelphia-antiques-show-heads-for-1970/feed/ 1