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Museum of Russian Icons appoints three new board members

Museum of Russian Icons / January 7th, 2022

One of the earliest known paintings of Martin Van Buren, by Thomas Sully (1783-1872), oil on canvas, initialed and dated 1810, depicting a young Van Buren in a striking half-length pose.

Oil on canvas portrait of a young Martin Van Buren by Thomas Sully will be in Nye & Co.'s Jan. 19-20 auction

Nye & Company / January 6th, 2022

Oil on canvas abstract modern painting by the Sudanese Asian artist Hussein Shariffe (1934-2005), 32 inches by 24 inches (sight), signed lower left (estimate: $8,000-$12,000).

Abstract oil on canvas painting by Sudanese artist Hussein Shariffe will be in Bruneau & Co.'s Jan. 6 auction

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers / December 23rd, 2021

LA ART SHOW RETURNS IN JANUARY WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED PROGRAMMING

LA Art Show / November 24th, 2021

Irving Penn,(clockwise from top left) Milkman (A), New York, 1951; Engine Driver, London, 1950; Station Sweeper, New York, 1951; Rockette, New York, 1951; House Painter (B), London, 1950; Iceman, New York, 1951; Hunter, New York, 1951; Tinker, London, 1950; Locomotive Fireman, London, 1950; Barber, New York, 1951

Phillips Announces A Selection of 11 Photographs from an Important Private Collection

Phillips / November 4th, 2021

Erik den Breejen, Think (After Aretha Franklin), 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in. Image courtesy of the artist.

The American Folk Art Museum to Launch Online Benefit Auction of Contemporary Art

/ November 2nd, 2021

American Folk Art Museum Announces Expansion of Visitor Hours and the Return of In-Person Programs

/ October 28th, 2021

Diquis/Chiriqui pendant depicting two figures within a framework of linked gold rectangles, 22K gold, Costa Rica, weight 129.6g. Estimate $7,000-$8,000

Quinn’s presents curated Arts of the Americas Auction featuring Pre-Columbian gold, Nov. 4

Quinn's Auction Gallery / October 25th, 2021

William Edmondson (1874–1951), Martha and Mary, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1931–1937, limestone, 15 x 24 x 10 in, American Folk Art Museum, New York, promised gift of KAWS, P1.2020.1. Photo by Bill Jacobson Studio.

American Folk Art Museum Announces a Gift from KAWS of William Edmondson's Martha and Mary

American Folk Art Museum / October 18th, 2021

Leading fine art is this Victor Salmones bronze of a female nude titled “Woman in the Wind” ($2/10,000). The 1973 work stands 38 inches tall and was purchased from the artist studio in Mexico.

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. To Offer Select Collections At Oct. 20 Auction

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. / October 17th, 2021

Signed print of 1920s actress Nita Naldi by the iconic American artist Alberto Vargas (estimate: $3,500-$5,000). Signed prints by Vargas are very rare.

Rare signed print of 1920s actress Nita Naldi by Alberto Vargas will be in Holabird's Oct. 28-Nov. 1 auction

Holabird Western Americana / October 18th, 2021

American Folk Art Museum Symposium Points of Interest: New Approaches to American Weathervanes Will Be Held on October 24, 2021

American Folk Art Museum / October 7th, 2021

Icons for Our Time: Orthodox Art from Around the World" celebrates 15th Anniversary Of Museum Of Russian Icons

Museum of Russian Icons / September 28th, 2021

Unsigned 18th century oil on board painted in the manner of Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721), titled Fete Galante Picnic, 17 ½ inches tall by 21 ¼ inches wide (estimate: 3,000-$5,000).

Crescent City's Important Estates auction, impacted by Hurricane Ida, has been pushed up to Sept. 18-19

Crescent City Auction Gallery / September 14th, 2021

Installation view with Walter Dahn / George Condo Clown and stone sculpture.

Powers and Lowenfels present, "Selections From The Peter Brams Collection of American Folk & Outsider Art."

/ September 8th, 2021

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Museum of Russian Icons appoints three new board members

Oil on canvas portrait of a young Martin Van Buren by Thomas Sully will be in Nye & Co.'s Jan. 19-20 auction

Abstract oil on canvas painting by Sudanese artist Hussein Shariffe will be in Bruneau & Co.'s Jan. 6 auction

LA ART SHOW RETURNS IN JANUARY WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED PROGRAMMING

Phillips Announces A Selection of 11 Photographs from an Important Private Collection

The American Folk Art Museum to Launch Online Benefit Auction of Contemporary Art

American Folk Art Museum Announces Expansion of Visitor Hours and the Return of In-Person Programs

Quinn’s presents curated Arts of the Americas Auction featuring Pre-Columbian gold, Nov. 4

American Folk Art Museum Announces a Gift from KAWS of William Edmondson's Martha and Mary

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. To Offer Select Collections At Oct. 20 Auction

Rare signed print of 1920s actress Nita Naldi by Alberto Vargas will be in Holabird's Oct. 28-Nov. 1 auction

American Folk Art Museum Symposium Points of Interest: New Approaches to American Weathervanes Will Be Held on October 24, 2021

Icons for Our Time: Orthodox Art from Around the World" celebrates 15th Anniversary Of Museum Of Russian Icons

Crescent City's Important Estates auction, impacted by Hurricane Ida, has been pushed up to Sept. 18-19

Powers and Lowenfels present, "Selections From The Peter Brams Collection of American Folk & Outsider Art."

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