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The Mid-Market Struts Its Stuff in Rago’s Big $1.8 Million April Auction Weekend
Released: April 24, 2013Rago 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...
TRENDS AT THE AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW NYC RANGED FROM SIMILAR TEXTURES BETWEEN MEDIA & ELEGANT REPURPOSING TO THE BEAUTY OF HARDWARE
Released: October 24, 2012Many of the country's most talented artisans-some renowned and others as yet largely undiscovered-exhibited their work at the American Craft Show NYC at the Javits Center last weekend. Striking trends included similar textures especially between glass and woven silk; innovative repurposing and recycling as well as creative use of hardware. There were remarkable similarities in textures between media and specialty--glass, fashion, leather and jewelry. In the largely purple, green and blue vignette, note the top of "Dance with Men and Women," the glass sculpture by Kurt and Lynda Carls...
FASHION DESIGNER JANE HERZENBERG TO EXHIBIT HANDMADE WOMEN’S WEAR AT THE AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW NYC, OCT. 19-21 AT THE JAVITS
Released: October 16, 2012Jane Herzenberg, http://www.janeherzenberg.com, is one of some 250 artisans and artists to exhibit her fashions for women at the American Craft Show NYC, which joins the Contemporary Art Fair NYC and Art Off the Main, all at the Javits Center, October 19-21, 2012. Her fashions are created in New England. On her website, Hezenberg writes that she "works with natural fabrics, exploring the relationship between painting, Shibori dyeing, Rozome and hand em...
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR NYC & NEW SECTION, ART OFF THE MAIN, WITH AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW NYC, BOOST NEW YORK’S FALL ART SCENE
Released: September 13, 2012Contemporary Art Fair NYC, in its third year, plus a new section with installations by artists of Caribbean, African and Latin American ancestry, some of whom were part of the Art Off the Main initiative, kick off the 2012 New York fall art scene. Some 250 artists and artisans sharing 70,000 square feet of space, will exhibit their work to international collectors at the Javits Center October 19, 20 and 21, 2012. These events will be joined by the American Craft Show NYC. Contemporary Art Fair NYC exhibitors include established and emerging painters, photographers, sculptors and artists...
Metropolitan Museum's Alexander McQueen retrospective among Top 10 most visited shows
Released: August 8, 2011The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that the exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, which closed last Sunday at midnight, attracted 661,509 visitors during its run from May 4 to August 7, placing it among the Museum’s top 10 most visited exhibitions. Joining other blockbusters on the list such as Treasures of Tutankhamun (1978), Mona Lisa (1963), and Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2010), Savage Beauty ranks as the eighth most popular exhibition ever held at the Met in its 141-year history, and is the most visited of the special exhibitions organized by The Cost...
Metropolitan Museum Announces 5.68 Million Attendance, Highest in 40 Years
Released: July 21, 2011The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Thursday that 5.68 million people visited the Met during the fiscal year that ended on June 30. The number, which includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and gardens, is the highest recorded in 40 years. The total was more than 400,000 greater than in Fiscal Year 2010. “We are delighted by this extraordinary response to our collections and programs, especially in the context of ongoing fiscal challenges faced by both the Museum and the public,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO. “The Met is truly a museum of the world, and that scope ...
FASHION INDEPENDENT: THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF ANN BONFOEY TAYLOR OPENS FEBRUARY 27 AT PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
Released: February 2, 2011On February 27, 2011, Phoenix Art Museum opens the largest exhibition space and the closet of an acclaimed American tastemaker to reveal an extraordinary wardrobe of custom-made, couture and personally designed sporting ensembles. A prestigious acquisition, it is a rich archive of works by the most masterful fashion designers of the 1940s through 1960s including Charles James, Madame Grès, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Fortuny. On view through May 29, 2011, Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor, is a showcase of Taylor’s wardrobe, style and vision and a comprehensive ...
National Museum of American History Expands “First Ladies at the Smithsonian”
Released: March 9, 2010Inaugural Gowns of 11 Modern First Ladies Including Michelle Obama Are Featured. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History expands its popular exhibition, “The First Ladies at the Smithsonian,” with a new gallery featuring 11 gowns representing first ladies from Mamie Eisenhower to Michelle Obama, opening Wednesday, March 10. The new gallery, “A First Lady’s Debut,” focuses on the public introduction of 11 first ladies during the inauguration or beginning of her husband’s presidency and pulls from the press coverage that follows the incoming first lady between the election...
Metropolitan Museum Announces "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" for Spring 2010; First Costume Institute Exhibition Based on Renowned Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
Released: September 10, 2009Gala Benefit May 3, 2010, with Co-Chairs Oprah Winfrey, Patrick Robinson, and Anna Wintour. The exhibition, on view from May 5 through August 15, 2010, will explore developing perceptions of the modern American woman from 1890 to 1940, and how they have affected the way American women are seen today. Focusing on archetypes of American femininity through dress, the exhibition will reveal how the American woman initiated style revolutions that mirrored her social, political, and sexual emancipation. "Gibson Girls" and "Screen Sirens" laid the foundation for today's American woman – a...
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