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Powers & Lowenfels Presents: BIRDS BURL BRANCHES & BARK at Metro Curates

Steven S. Powers
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January 11, 2015

BIRDS BURL BRANCHES & BARK presents the divergent and overlapping interests and aesthetics of Steven S. Powers and Joshua Lowenfels around the loose premise of flora and flying ...

Damien Hirst's Limited Edition Cathedral Collection Jewelry Makes California Debut at LA Art Show

LA Art Show
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January 12, 2015

The LA Art Show, taking place January 14 - 18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall, will showcase limited edition jewelry pieces designed by renowned British artist Damien Hirst and ...

This signed oil on canvas by the Dutch-born painter Frederick Hendrick Kaemmerer, titled Avery, sold for $20,400 at Nadeau's New Year's Day Auction, Jan. 1st.

Works by Kaemmerer, Dubucand, Le Pho lead Nadeau's Jan. 1 auction

Nadeau's Auction Gallery
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January 13, 2015

WINDSOR, Conn. – An exceptionally rare and monumental pair of Tiffany & Company silver vases, each one 23 inches tall and weighing in at a combined 247 troy silver ounces, sold for $33,600 at a ...

Woodward Lobby, Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Institute of Arts Director to Retire

January 8, 2015

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announced Thursday that Director Graham W. J. Beal will retire as of June 30, 2015, after serving as director, president and CEO for nearly 16 years. Since ...

The Met Reveals Details of Costume Institute Exhibition "China: Through the Looking Glass" in Beijing

January 8, 2015

The Metropolitan Museum of Art held a press briefing on Thursday at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China, about its spring 2015 Costume Institute exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass. The ...

This fine 19th century stained and leaded glass window in the original frame will be sold at auction Jan. 17 in Aberdeen, Miss.

The estate of Mrs. Gertrude Sanders will headline Stevens Auction's Jan. 17 estates auction in Aberdeen, Miss.

Stevens Auction Company
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January 9, 2015

ABERDEEN, Miss. – Quality antique items from prominent and historic estates throughout the South, plus an extraordinary collection of American Brilliant Cut Glass, porcelains and antiques from the ...

Ryan White working with students from Salem’s Phoenix School at PEM.

Peabody Essex Museum Invites Innovators to its Maker Lounge

January 8, 2015

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) launches the first of a series of mini-residencies in the museum’s Maker Lounge -- a new space dedicated to cutting-edge innovation, creativity and Do-It-Yourself ...

God is Alive, He Shall Not Die (blue). Nasser Al Salem, Saudi Arabia. 2012. Neon in infinity box. 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in., (120 x 120 cm). Purchased with funds provided by anonymous .

First major exhibition of LACMA's Middle Eastern contemporary art collection opens Feb. 1

January 8, 2015

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, opening Feb. 1, 2015, the first major exhibition of LACMA's holdings of ...

Thom Collins with Robin Rhode, Requiem for a Pavilion of Silence, 2010. Photo by Chocolate Milk photography.

THOMAS “THOM” COLLINS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION

January 7, 2015

The Board of Trustees of the Barnes Foundation announced Wednesday that they have named Thomas “Thom” Collins as the new Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation. An innovative ...

Pinckney Marcius-Simons American, 1865-1909, The Child Canova Modeling a Lion out of Butter, ca. 1885. Oil on canvas. Canvas: 23 3/4 x 29 inches

Chrysler Museum Acquires Five New Artworks Through Donor Event

January 7, 2015

Five new accessions to include 19th-century genre painting, Renaissance sculpture, early photographs of Paris, contemporary glass, and large-scale painting by Kehinde Wiley. Members of the ...

An Iznick black-and-white jar with “Tombak” (gilded copper), 2014

A Cavalcade of Ceramics & Glass in All Shapes and Sizes

January 8, 2015

When the 16th edition of The New York Ceramics & Glass Fair (Jan. 21-25) opens its doors at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, visitors will be treated to an eye-grabbing array ...

Silver Candlesticks Before and After Restoration by Trefler's

Make A New Year's Restoration With Trefler's

Trefler's
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January 1, 2015

This year, Trefler’s, the oldest comprehensive restoration company in the United States, is encouraging everyone to adopt a new kind of New Year’s resolution. Trefler’s “Make A New Year’s ...

Sara Drought Nebel, Cape Cottage, acrylic

"23rd Annual Associate Artist Exhibition" and "Wonders of Winter" at the Lyme Art Association

January 1, 2015

Lyme Art Association’s 23rd Annual Associate Artist Exhibition of landscape, portrait, and still life paintings, as well as sculpture by Associate Artist members will be on view in the ...

Ann Purcell (Represented), AM-RM 1976, Acrylic on canvas Ann Purcell, AM-RM, 1976, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm)

Ann Purcell | Paintings from the 1970s

Berry Campbell LLC
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January 8, 2015

Berry Campbell is pleased to announce an exhibition of Ann Purcell: Paintings from the 1970s. The opening reception will be held Thursday, January 8, 2015 from 6 to 8 PM. A nationally known ...

Alice Fischer (American, b. Vienna, 1907–2004), Eight buttons, ca. 1943–63. Hand-painted, mold-poured and fired porcelain in various colored and textured glazes, 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/4 inches each. Private collection.

Georgia Museum of Art to Show Works of Cultural Pioneer Alice Fischer

January 7, 2015

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present “The Life and Work of Alice Fischer, Cultural Pioneer” Jan. 10 to March 8, 2015. The exhibition will feature selections of ...

The Superb Lily, Richard Earlom after Philip Reinagle, London, England, 1799, Color mezzotint engraving, Framed H: 31⅜” Framed W: 25⅜”, 1988-410

Birds, Bugs and Blooms: Observing the Natural World in the 18th Century Illuminates How Nature Was Studied in the 18th Century in New Exhibition Opening in Winter 2015

Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
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January 7, 2015

While Easterners will be awaiting the onset of spring on February 21, 2015, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, will be abloom with ...

Lot 1005, Wendell Castle, Music stand, Scottsville, NY, 1965, $18,000 – 24,000.

Rago Modern Design Auction Sets Up (Temporary) Shop at Museum of Art and Design

Rago Arts and Auction Center
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January 7, 2015

The Modern Design auctions held by Rago are must-sees for designers, collectors and dealers. While all prospective buyers are invited for a full preview at the auction house, highlights from ...

Molly Larkey, That was also, 2014, acrylic and mix media on burlap and panel, 24 x 18 in

MOLLY LARKEY: The Not Yet (or the Dictionary of Insubordinate Geometry)

January 6, 2015

"From the invention of letters the machinations of the human heart began to operate; falsity and error daily increased; litigation and prisons had their beginnings, as also specious and artful ...

Last Chance to View "Louise Bourgeois: Suspension"

January 6, 2015

Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of hanging works by renowned French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), on view through January 10, 2015. The exhibition is accompanied by a ...

This Purple Heart, awarded to U.S. Cpl. Joseph E. Oleskiewicz for valor shown on June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France, sold for $5,100 at the Dec. 5-6 auction.

Purple Heart awarded to a U.S. Corporal during World War II brings $5,100 at Mohawk Arms, Dec. 5-6

Mohawk Arms
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January 8, 2015

BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – The Purple Heart awarded to U.S. Cpl. Joseph E. Oleskiewicz – a member of the “Filthy Thirteen,” the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company, 101st Airborne ...

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