Quilts Hold Value, Remain Popular, Says Dealer Marie Miller

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 [...]

Stairway to Cleveland: Who Shot Rock at the Brooklyn Museum

Geo | October 29, 2009

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There’s a lot of excitement surrounding an appearance and performance by Blondie at the Brooklyn Museum tonight for the opening of the show “Who Shot Rock & Roll.” I just returned for a preview of the show and have to say it is very well arranged and presented. (I wonder why they are using & [...]

Martha Stewart Visits the Brooklyn Flea

ewmiller | October 25, 2009

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“She’s over there, trying Pizzas,” my friend the clock dealer David Sokosh said when I arrived at the Brooklyn Flea in its Water Street location this afternoon. Martha Stewart was supposed to visit the Fort Greene location yesterday, but the rain kept her away. I half wondered if this was all an internet rumor to [...]

Jean-Michel Basquiat, RIP

Geo | October 24, 2009

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We had the opportunity to visit a few more of the graves of artists in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery today. Among them is the grave of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Placed in a row that looks as if it used to be a foot-path, we found momentos placed on the gravestone including a Basquiat stamp, a drawing, coins [...]

Mattise as a Printmaker

Geo | September 25, 2009

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The Baltimore Museum of Art is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition on the printmaking of Henri Matisse. On view October 25, 2009 – January 3, 2010, Matisse as Printmaker unites the BMA’s extraordinary collection of Matisse prints with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts, a non-profit arts organization, and the Pierre [...]

When Pots Became Art – Newark Museum Displays 100 Masterpieces

Hui | September 9, 2009

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Rookwood Pottery made by Carl Schmidt From Newark Museum: Artistic ceramics is not a new idea. After all, the finest decorated pottery in ancient Greece was both functional and artistic. The potteries in Renaissance Italy produced brilliant painterly vessels that were appreciated as art. Likewise, it is is hard to dismiss the brilliant enamel painting [...]

Whiskey Bottle Fetches More Than $30K at Auction

Geo | September 3, 2009

A medium chocolate amber California Clubhouse Whiskey bottle, made circa 1872-74 and one of only nine examples known, soared to $30,240 in an Internet and catalog auction held Aug. 10-21 by American Bottle Auctions (americanbottle.com). The bottle, highly prized by collectors, boasted a fancy monogram in the center, a gorgeous embossing pattern and a 9.5 [...]

Harbor and Home, Online and at Winterthur

Geo | May 20, 2009

Brock Jobe narrates a really well-produced online gallery tour of the Harbor and Home display at Winterthur. The exhibit closes May 25, 2009. Click and listen.