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"Still Lives: Passages," 39’ 31”. Hi-def video in framed LED TV. 2010 Inspired by Goya’s "Men Reading"

Susie Lee Continues to Evolve in Media and Influence

Released: April 26, 2011

ANNAPOLIS, MD, April 19, 2011—With 2011 showings in New York City, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Kirkland, WA, Denver, CO, Baltimore, MD, and Bologna, Italy, Susie Lee’s work continues to expand to an even greater audience. Her work continues to gain acclaim, as she was the winner of the Stranger Visual Art Genius Award in 2010 and was selected as one of the recipients of the Northwest Contemporary Art Award by the Portland Art Museum in 2011. Susie Lee’s use media continues to evolve, while maintaining a rich diversity evidence of the brilliant thinking that inspires her. Lee will be presenting vid...

Louis Remy Mignot, "Travelers in a Tropical Landscape"

From Luminism to Pop: Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ Major April 28, 2011 Sale Presents Landmark Works Across Two Centuries

Released: April 26, 2011

Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers is pleased to announce its major spring sale, to be held on April 28th, 2011 at 6pm. The sale offers an array of landmark paintings, including works by Louis Rémy Mignot, Sanford Gifford, Walter Launt Palmer, William Harnett, and more. The sale also features an important collection of Pop Art, including works by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Gerald Laing, John Wesley, Marisol Escobar, Allan D’Arcangelo and many others. Leading an impressive group of Hudson River School works is Louis Rémy Mignot’s Travelers in a Tropical Landscape, a rediscovered masterpiece...

Of historical interest are two pieces removed from a garden in Frognal, North West London, which was formerly the property of J.Y.McPeake, who was one of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst’s agents in England.

THE GARDEN COMES TO LIFE AT SUMMERS PLACE AUCTIONS

Released: April 26, 2011

AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION of 17th and 18th Century Italian marble sculpture will be offered in the hugely popular sale of Garden Statuary and Ornament - both antique and modern – at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby’s) on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 which will take place in Billingshurst, West Sussex. This will be complemented by a sealed bid auction, which ends on Friday, May 27, 2011. Many of the pieces in the collection are in the manner of Antonio Bonazza (1698-1762). Included is a pair of marble musicians on pedestals (est: £20,000-30,000) as well as a monumental 17th Cent...

Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale Returns to New York for 19th Year, April 29-May 1, 2011

Released: April 26, 2011

From Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1, 2011, The New York Botanical Garden will host its 19th annual Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale. Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. As the country’s original, largest, and most important venue for authentic garden antiques, the show is a must for leading collectors and designers as well as buyers seeking expert advice. The show opens with a Benefit Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant Sale on Thursday, April 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. Garden antique specialists will offer tours and booth talks daily as well as assist buyers looking for the perfect p...

Toni Silber-Delerive, "Church Tower Road" oil on canvas, 2010

KALLER FINE ARTS ANNOUNCES INTERACT – AN EXHIBITION OF INTIMATELY SIZED, INEXPENSIVE WORKS THAT INSPIRES THE COLLECTOR TO BECOME A CURATOR

Released: April 26, 2011

Interact Encourages Collectors to Arrange & Re-arrange works by Ten Different Contemporary Artists to Create an Individual Collection Bethesda, MD (April 25, 2011) – Kaller Fine Arts present Interact, an exhibition of works by ten different contemporary artists designed to encourage collectors to create individual collections. An opening reception will be held Thursday, May 5, 2011, 7:30-9:30. The gallery will also be open Saturday – Sunday, May 7-8, 1 – 4PM, and also by appointment. Gallery owner Candace Kaller will exhibit a wide variety of intimately sized, inexpensive ...

Live Online Bidding on Fine Native American Basketry with Artfact

Released: April 26, 2011

J. Levine Auction and Appraisal partners with Artfact Live! to offer live online bidding on hundreds of museum quality Native American baskets April 30, 2011. The auction features the Frank E. Curley Family Collection, which includes nearly 400 works, predominantly from Arizona tribes. The Curley Family Collection is one of the most culturally significant multi-generation collections amassed by a single Arizona family and has been continuously cared for and treasured until the recent death of the family’s last surviving member. For additional information, or to bid live online from an...

Farnsworth to Launch New Exhibition: Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World and the Olson House

Released: April 25, 2011

On Saturday, June 11, the Farnsworth Art Museum (www.farnsworthmuseum.org) in Rockland, Maine, will open a major exhibition in the museum's Wyeth Center, entitled Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World and the Olson House. The show is scheduled to run through October 30, 2011. The timing of the new exhibition is significant, in that it marks the twentieth anniversary of the Farnsworth's acquisition of the Olson House, which has been recommended to be named a National Historic Landmark in 2011. The exhibition will feature watercolors and drawings depicting Alvaro and Christina Olson and the Cushin...

Lady Sarah Churchill's Motor Picnic Set ($12,500).

ROYAL OR NOT, MS RAU ANTIQUES OFFERS SOME REGAL GIFTS FOR A WEDDING OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL OCCASION

Released: April 25, 2011

When it comes to last minute wedding gifts for Prince William and Kate Middleton, the British royal-couple-to-be, Bill Rau, the third generation owner of America's largest antiques and fine arts gallery MS Rau Antiques, has come up with a few pedigreed suggestions. MS Rau Antiques, located for nearly one hundred years in New Orleans historic French Quarter, has seen hundreds of museum-quality antiques, silver and fine art paintings from the 18th and 19th century pass through its doors, each with a unique provenance and story to tell. Even if a wedding gift for the Royal Couple isn't some...

Jan Van Beers (1852-1927) He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (Il m'aime un peu, beaucoup), 1882. Schiller & Bodo, New York.

With Something for Every Collecting Taste, Inaugural Spring Show NYC Offers a Diverse Array of Fine and Decorative Arts Treasures

Released: April 25, 2011

Decisions, decisions. When the Spring Show NYC, opens its doors on April 28 to May 2 at the Park Avenue Armory, a diverse array of fine and decorative arts from 65 members of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America will greet collectors and art aficionados of all tastes. From ancient artifacts to fine furniture to modern masterworks on canvas and mid-century decorative arts, fairgoers can count on finding a stellar piece to suit their style. Budding enthusiasts are also welcomed with a selection of exceptional and accessibly-priced items. Most importantly, all works on display have...

Impressive Figurative Wool Merchant’s or Draper’s Trade Sign of Figurative Sheep Form Hand Carved and Painted Wood. English, c.1880. 43” long x 28” high x 8” deep.

Robert Young Antiques present their annual Folk Art Exhibition

Released: April 24, 2011

Robert Young and his wife Josyane will host their 12th Annual Folk Art Exhibition featuring a collection of engagingly individual and curious pieces from Thursday 12th until Saturday 21st May, at Robert Young Antiques, 68 Battersea Bridge Road, London, SW11 3AG. All items will be available for sale. Folk Art is a generic term coined to describe both two and three dimensional pieces created by ‘untrained’ artists. Generally these pieces were made to serve a function, with examples such as hand carved and painted decoy birds, figurative weathervanes, trade and tavern signs, and domestic t...