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Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Waiting Years, 2013, Mixed media

Contemporary Exhibition Opens with Artist Discussion at the Mattatuck Museum

Released: March 3, 2014

Visual Poetry: Stephanie Brody-Lederman Waterbury, CT… Join the Mattatuck Museum for the opening reception of Visual Poetry: Stephanie Brody-Lederman on Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. The opening celebration will feature a conversation with museum curator Dr. Cynthia Roznoy and artist Stephanie Brody-Lederman at 6:30 p.m. New York-based artist Stephanie Brody-Lederman creates paintings and mixed media collages that combine imagery and text. More than fifty works are included in the exhibition. Brody-Lederman’s original interest in poetry has fused ...

David Forks, Summer Chisos, 2012, Oil on panel, 11" x 14"

Contemporary Western Art Exhibition Opens at the Mattatuck Museum

Released: March 3, 2014

The Mattatuck Museum announces the opening reception for A Feeling of Humanity: Contemporary Western Art from the Ken Ratner Collection on Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Mr. Ratner will be in attendance to talk with visitors about his collection and will participate in a conversation with the Museum curator, Dr. Cynthia Roznoy and artist Stephanie Brody-Lederman. The exhibition, on view through April 27, 2014, is organized by the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York, with the Mattatuck Museum. This exhibition of more than 65 works including paintings, works on...

Marc Tauss’s mixed media cover art for Jay McInerney’s 1984 novel Bright Lights, Big City brought $11,250

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FROM WINNIE THE POOH, THE WIZARD OF OZ, KRAZY KAT AMONG TOP LOTS AT SWANN GALLERIES’ SECOND ANNUAL AUCTION OF 20th CENTURY ILLUSTRATION ON JANUARY 23

Released: March 2, 2014

Bidders competed actively for illustrations from beloved children’s classics, comic strips and well-known dust jacket artwork in Swann Galleries’ January 23 auction of 20th Century Illustration. Christine von der Linn, Swann Galleries’ Art & Illustrated Books specialist, and John Larson, Swann Galleries’ 19th & 20th Century Literature specialist, said, “We were very pleased with the enthusiastic response from the participants in this sale. A flurry of telephone and internet activity joined the salesroom audience making for a fun and lively auction.” The sale’s top lot was a p...

Henry Cooke White (1861 - 1952) In the Meadows estate stamped lower left pastel on paper 8" x 11 3/4"

“Shipmates for Fifty Years” On View at the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show and The Cooley Gallery

Released: March 15, 2014

The Cooley Gallery announces Shipmates for Fifty Years, paintings by Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) and Henry Cooke White (1861-1952). Shipmates for Fifty Years is on view from March 22 to March 23 at the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show, the nation’s leading show featuring pre-1840′s American furniture, and then travels to the Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme, where the exhibition will be on view through the end of April. “We were congenial in every way, in our tastes in art and literature and in our sports and diversions,” wrote Henry C. White, reminiscing of his friend...

4th Annual CityScapes Art Exhibition Now Online Ready to View

Released: March 1, 2014

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its March 2014 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The theme for this art exhibition is “CityScapes” and artists were asked to submit their best cityscape art. Cityscape art includes cities, towns, urban scenes and any related metropolitan subjects. An art competition was held in February 2014 which determined and judged the art for this exhibition. The gallery received submissions from 19 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 3...

1891 was the first year Coke began producing calendars. This is the earliest known example.

1891 Coca-Cola calendar, possibly the only one in existence, will be sold at auction March 15th

Released: March 15, 2014

(LYNBROOK, N.Y.) – An extremely rare 1891 Coca-Cola wall calendar – the first year Coke began making calendars and possibly the only surviving example in existence – plus other turn-of-the-century Coca-Cola items, will be part of an eclectic auction scheduled for Saturday, March 15, by Philip Weiss Auctions, in the firm’s gallery at 74 Merrick Road in Lynbrook, N.Y. The auction will also feature Part 1 of the John Panza collection of ice cream and soda fountain memorabilia, items from the “Moonlight Kid” collection of motorcycle memorabilia, rare and vintage advertising posters, coin-...

FINAL BEAM RAISED INTO PLACE AT TACOMA ART MUSEUM AS HAUB FAMILY GALLERIES TAKE SHAPE

Released: February 26, 2014

With a drum roll and roaring applause, on Wednesday, February 26, Tacoma Art Museum raised the final steel beam into place for their building expansion as part of the upcoming Haub Family Galleries. As is building tradition, the beam, signed by supporters of the museum and community members, was adorned with a tree and American and Washington State flags and then lifted high into the web of steel structures that have taken shape on Pacific Avenue. The event also marked an important moment in The Campaign for Tacoma Art Museum as they announced the success of the Building Campaign phase aft...

Ecommerce Store Rue Marcellin Launches One Of Kind Interior Art Design Wall Décor Online Shop

Released: February 28, 2014

The beautiful and unique form of art for interior decoration located at www.ruemarcellin.com, is presenting a dynamic selection of timeless wall décor pieces that are easy to order and ship. Rue Marcellin is an ecommerce store that is offering a wide selection of original vintage posters, prints, lithographs and other printed antique art. The website has recently launched and also includes advertising and propaganda posters, collector prints, magazine advertisements with illustrations, and fashion prints. Rue Marcellin is pleased to present the online catalog of original vintage ho...

Lot 409, Chinese Nephrite Jade Four Panel Screen, $12,000-18,000.

An Exceptional Estates Auction at Rago on March 22 - Monumental Silver, Ancient Coins, Presidential Ephemera, Russian Imperial Ware and Classic Furnishings Among the 700+ Offerings

Released: February 28, 2014

The Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold a Great Estates auction on Saturday, March 22, 2014, with 700 lots of 18th, 19th and early 20th c. furnishings, decorative and fine arts including bronzes, paintings, Asian art and antiques, ethnographic, Native American, glass and porcelain, autographs, books, coins including a collection of ancient coins, clocks, lighting, rugs, canes and silver. “This is a classic estate auction – furnishings, rugs, silver, and art intermixed with beautiful, unexpected finds from homes and collections across the country,” says Miriam Tucker, partner at Rago....

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land). 1894. Watercolor monotype with watercolor additions, sheet 15 15/16 x 9 1/2″ (40.5 x 24.2 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen.

MAJOR EXHIBITION EXPLORES PAUL GAUGUIN’S EXPERIMENTAL WORKS ON PAPER IN CONTEXT WITH HIS MAJOR PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Released: February 5, 2014

Gauguin: Metamorphoses is the first major monographic exhibition on Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) ever presented at MoMA, and the first major exhibition to focus particularly on the artist’s rare and extraordinary prints and transfer drawings and their relationship to his paintings and his sculptures. Approximately 160 works, including some 130 works on paper and a critical selection of some 30 related paintings and sculptures, will be on view from March 8 through June 8, 2014, in The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art Special Exhibition Gallery. Featuring...