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The Columbus Museum of Art introduces an extraordinary and distinctive event featuring traditional and mid-century antiques, contemporary art, and design. More than thirty national and local dealers will set up shop in the Museum and offer antique furniture, decorative arts, clothing, jewelry, and toys – to name just a few. Join us September 23 – 26, to explore the connections between exquisite antiques from the past, well-designed products for everyday use, and the art of creating wonderful living environments through a variety of events. Mark your calendar and reserve your tickets today! Proceeds will support the CMA and the Museum’s new Center for Creativity, a hub that will engage visitors of all ages in experiences and encourage them to explore, imagine, and create.   Pre-Show Events     Art Escapes Antique Tours Wednesday, September 22 9:30 am - 4:30 pm   Choose one of two tours:  1.Columbus Visit the spectacular German ...

    Ernest Briggs: Ernest Brigg’s volcanic abstract paintings from the 1950’s and 60’s place him firmly in the ranks of the New York Avant-Garde of that era. Until his death in 1984, Briggs continuously explored new ways of combining and changing compositional arrangements and painterly strategies. His compositions are powerful, interpreting nature as a cataclysmic force. Briggs studied at the radical California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco in the early 1950s. It was there, under the tutelage of a faculty that included Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, and Clifford Still, that he developed his rugged aesthetic. His fiery explosions of paint seem to have erupted on the canvas as if by a force of their own. He faced the canvas on his own terms.   For the “Twelve Americans” exhibition in 1956 at the Museum of Modern Art, curated by Dorothy Miller, Briggs wrote “the challenge of painting lies explicit in the act – to ...

(December, 2009—Los Angeles, CA)  The 15th Annual Los Angeles Art Show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center January 20-24, 2010.  Presented by the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA) and KR Martindale Show Management this encyclopedic art event will feature more than 100 international exhibitors, an engaging lecture series and special events program, a sculpture garden, and special exhibit spaces.  The 2010 Los Angeles Art Show debuts a Guest Country Program and welcomes Uruguay.   By invitation-only and launching in 2010, the Los Angeles Art Show welcomes Uruguay, as its first Guest Country.  The Guest Country Program is comprised of specially curated exhibitions, lecture programming and special project space and has a goal to showcase nations with strong visual arts traditions that demonstrate a keen understanding of the international climate. Under the direction of the Dirección Nacional de Cultura and the Ministero de ...

(December, 2009—Los Angeles, CA) The Los Angeles Art Show’s new Guest Country Program highlights major contributions to contemporary art across the world.  By invitation-only and launching in 2010, the Los Angeles Art Show welcomes Uruguay, as its first Guest Country.  The Guest Country Program is comprised of specially curated exhibitions, lecture programming and special project space and has a goal to showcase nations with strong visual arts traditions that demonstrate a keen understanding of the international climate. The second smallest country in the world, Uruguay has a population of 3.3 million people.  Yet, the country’s rich heritage, steeped in a diaspora and mixing of cultures, has led to a unique visual arts tradition.  Born of many ethnicities, the Uruguayan arts reflect the global melting pot of its people. The inaugural Guest Country exhibit, 34° 53’ 0” S - 56° 10’ 0” W will showcase contemporary ...