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Sand Quilt, 2013, Pigmented sand and acrylic on canvas, 48"x60"

Going Horizontal: Turning Painting On Its Side Opens at Studio Vendome, April 25-June 2

Released: April 25, 2013

Going Horizontal: Turning Painting On Its Side, the first exhibition featuring the work of a seven artists known as The Horizontalists will open at Studio Vendome at The Philip Johnson Urban Glass House, 330 Spring Street (between Washington and Greenwich Streets) in SoHo on April 25th through June 2nd. The exhibition is mounted by ArtEmergence.com, an art-consulting agency for emerging artists, in collaboration with RediscoveredMasters.com. An open house reception will be held on Saturday, May 11th at Studio Vendome, at which time the artists will be present to discuss the...

Thai Stone Buddha Head, Angkor Province, Sold for $11,250 in Rago's Great Estates Auction

The Mid-Market Struts Its Stuff in Rago’s Big $1.8 Million April Auction Weekend

Released: April 24, 2013

Rago Arts and Auction Center’s 2200 lot three-day marathon auction on April 19, 20 and 21 brought home a solid $1,792,141 for the auction house and its consignors. The three day sale included a Great Estates auction on Saturday and two days of Rago Unreserved: an auction of art and furnishings on Friday and an auction of jewelry, silver and fashion on Sunday. “The five top lots of the Estate auction were Asian, Russian, African and the bidding reflected this – there was lots of international interest in this sale. We saw support from both dealers and collectors,” said Mir...

Courtesy of International Poster Gallery

War and Peace: TASS Agency Posters from the Soviet Union 1941 - 1946 at International Poster Gallery

Released: April 23, 2013

BOSTON, MA - International Poster Gallery (IPG) proudly presents “War and Peace: TASS Agency Posters from the Soviet Union 1941 – 1946, a one-week only show and sale of extremely rare News Agency “window” posters from the Soviet Union, on view May 1- May 7, 2013. Posted daily in shop windows of Moscow after the German invasion in 1941, TASS posters were intended to rally support for the war, and later the post-war, effort. The gallery is offering its complete collection of 45 large format, intricately hand-stenciled TASS posters, many never before exhibited in the U.S. International ...

Garden Sculpture & Antiques Fair: 1750–2013 at The New York Botanical Garden, April 26–28, 2013

Released: April 22, 2013

From Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28, 2013, The New York Botanical Garden hosts its 21st annual garden ornament show, newly titled the Garden Sculpture & Antiques Fair: 1750–2013. Visitors can enjoy the Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The country’s original, largest, and most important venue for authentic garden antiques has been expanded this year to include antique through contemporary sculpture and furniture for the garden, and garden-related art for the home. More than 30 leading exhibitors plus contemporary artists specializing in garden sculpture will offer thei...

Chicken in front of early 19th century clock escapement raises the question, "What does time look like?" Is it cyclical like the chicken-and-egg conundrum or linear like the steady beat of a clock?

Time and Time Again: How Science and Culture Shape the Past, Present, and Future

Released: April 17, 2013

Time: We find it, keep it, measure it, obey it, rely on it, waste it, save it, chop it and try to stop it. We organize our lives around it, and yet, do we really know what time is? Drawing upon collections in Harvard’s scientific, historical, archaeological, anthropological, and natural history museums and libraries, this exhibition explores the answers given to that question in various ages by different world cultures and disciplines. Themes include time finding from nature and time keeping by human artifice. Visitors will explore cultural beliefs about the c...

WITH HER EXUBERANT ROOM-SETTING SPOTLIGHTING THE SPRING SHOW NYC COLLECTION, DESIGNER BRETT BELDOCK INJECTS AN EXTRA DOSE OF STYLE TO THE THIRD EDITION OF THE ART & ANTIQUES FAIR

Released: April 22, 2013

Art enthusiasts, antiques collectors and taste-makers can all look forward to feasting their winter-weary orbs on a vibrant room-setting that features the Spring Show NYC Collection. Ochestrated by Brett Beldock, and in tribute to the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), the Spring Show NYC opening-night beneficiary, the special installation incorporates numerous works of art and decorative objects with animal-motifs that the renowned designer gathered from the participating dealers. A donation of $25 will be made to the ASPCA® for any ite...

Palm Beach Show Group Unveils Inaugural Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewlery Show April 24-28, 2014

Released: April 19, 2013

(CHICAGO, IL)—Backed by substantial momentum, the Palm Beach Show Group proudly announces the seventh addition to its portfolio of fine art, antique and jewelry shows: The inaugural Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, set to take place next Spring at the Navy Pier—April, 24-28, 2014. The Chicago Show will feature the finest and most prominent exhibitors showcasing their impressive collections of fine art, antique and estate jewelry, Asian antiquities, sculpture, textiles, American and European Silver, furniture, contemporary art and more. This prestigious sh...

Pair of Flintlock Pocket Pistols Inlaid with Gold and Silver by John George Lacy, London, circa 1810-1814

The Curator’s Eye Delivers Sales and Clients to Dealer Richard Kahn

Released: April 17, 2013

The Curator’s Eye recently had a conversation with Richard Kahn of Kahn Fine Antiques and Works of Art, based in Chatham, Massachusetts, about the results and experience delivered to his business by The Curator’s Eye (http://www.CuratorsEye.com/). The discussion covered sales and how The Curator's Eye can help dealers save time and money with the high levels of service and control that the platform provides. Three New Sales and Six New Significant Client Relationships In Just 18 Months Kahn says, “As a dealer constantly trying to expand business the added exposure from The Curator’s ...

Lawrence Fine Art to Showcase Works by Scarlett, Pinajian and Tschacbasov at Chicago Antiques and Fine Art Show

Released: April 17, 2013

Lawrence Fine Art (www.lawrence-fine-arts.com) will showcase works by artists Rolph Scarlett, Arthur Pinajian and Nahum Tschacbasov at the Chicago Merchandise Mart Spring Antiques and Fine Art Show April 26-29. "This show dovetails nicely with two important retrospectives we are mounting this spring," said Gallery Director Howard Shapiro. "The first show 'Rolph Scarlett: Beyond Geometrics' explores Scarlett's vast reach beyond geometrics and includes great gestural, abstract expressionist and drip works. We are bringing some of the finest of these with us to Chicago." ...

Exceptional painting by Childe Hassam (Am., 1859-1935), titled The East Hampton Elms.

EXCEPTIONAL PAINTING BY CHILDE HASSAM, PLUS OTHER FINE ARTWORKS, WILL BE OFFERED AT SHANNON’S FINE ART AUCTION THURSDAY, APRIL 25th

Released: April 15, 2013

An exceptional painting by the renowned American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935) is just one in a last-minute flurry of important consignments slated for auction on Thursday, April 25th, by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, located at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford. Internet bidding will be facilitated by Artfact.com. The Hassam work – executed in 1920 and titled The East Hampton Elms, 57 inches by 72 inches – is one of three monumental paintings that the artist created in his lifetime. It is the expected top lot of ...

Cover of the new catalog from Allan Katz Americana. Shown is a detail of a California Golden Grizzly Bear, carved and painted redwood and oak, circa 1885.

New Catalog from Allan Katz Americana Features Folk Art Masterpieces

Released: April 15, 2013

Allan Katz Americana, a leading gallery in the field of period American Folk Art, announces the publication of their new 48 page color catalog. Allan and Penny Katz specialize in period American Folk Art from the nineteenth through the first half of the twentieth century. This new catalog contains masterworks (currently available for purchase) in the areas of carved Trade Figures, Decorated Stoneware, Weathervanes, and "unique" one of a kind pieces that have become the mission for Allan Katz and his wife, Penny, and for which they are nationally recognized. ...

Arts' Night Out Co-chairs: Abigail Starliper, Maggie Moore, Emily Collins, and Lydia Melamed Johnson

SPRING SHOW NYC WELCOMES OVER 1000 YOUNG PATRONS FROM CITY’S TOP CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS FOR ARTS’ NIGHT OUT ON MAY 3

Released: April 16, 2013

Over 1,000 prominent young patrons from the city’s top cultural institutions will gather at the historic Park Avenue Armory for Arts’ Night Out, a celebration of the Spring Show NYC, organized by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, on Friday evening, May 3, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Tickets are $30 per person. “It’s very exciting to see how this evening has grown to include so many more young patrons groups,” says Emily Collins, who co-chairs Arts’ Night Out with Abigail Starliper, Maggie Moore, and Lydia Melamed Johnson. “We are particularly enthusiastic that...

Families/Cities SHIFT On View Through May 11

Released: April 14, 2013

Families/Cities SHIFT is on view at the Susan Teller Gallery. In conjunction with the Ideas City Festival, sponsored by the New Museum This exhibition concerns nine artists from two families, the Gallagher-Leeches and the Pintos, whose histories converge over the decades, from the New Deal Era through today. Both began in Philadelphia, summered in New Jersey, and made the transition to New York. Besides the geographical parallels, the families support one another in the extreme, the artists all work collaboratively, and they teach or publish or build. ...

Philadelphia Antiques Week Schedule on AmericanaWeek.com

Released: April 12, 2013

When Philadelphia Antiques Week opens today with the nineteenth running of the 23rd Street Armory Show followed by Saturday’s opening of the Philadelphia Antiques Show, collectors and buyers of art, design and antiques will find details of the shows and other Philadelphia attractions on the website AmericanaWeek.com. It is the only independent, inclusionary guide to the weekend's events. The site formerly known as PhiladelphiaAntiquesWeek.com has been incorporated into AmericanaWeek.com, stated Regina Kolbe, Publisher and President of Antiques Weeks Media, LLC. Visitors searching ...

Boardwalk, Mildred Miller (1892-1964), c. 1935, oil on canvas. Collection of Roy Pedersen.

"Coastal Impressions: Painters of the Jersey Shore, 1880-1940" to open at Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton, New Jersey

Released: April 10, 2013

Morven Museum & Garden is pleased to announce its next exhibition: Coastal Impressions: Painters of the Jersey Shore, 1880-1940 April 26 – September 29, 2013 Opening Reception: April 25th, 5:30-7:30 p.m. A Benefit for Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund. Donations accepted at the door. This exhibition seeks to examine how the New Jersey shore was home to artist colonies whose output rivaled that of the better-known colonies of Old Lyme and Cos Cob, Connecticut and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Borrowing heavily from the collection of Roy Pedersen, the...