December 3, 2002 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Facing the Mask
    December 3, 2002

    When the Museum for African Art moved from SoHo this fall to its interim location in Queens, it opened with a show that went straight to the heart of one of the central rituals of traditional African culture: the art of masking.

  • Boston Sale Makes Sweet Music and New Records with Fine Instruments
    December 3, 2002

    Enthusiasm crossed over all categories of instruments offered, from violin family instruments and bows to fretted instruments, including mandolins and guitars. In all, nine new world records were set in a very competitive sale that featured many rare and unusual rdf_Descriptions in outstanding condition.

  • In Upstate New York Sale, Blanket Relegated to Attic Fetches $35,200 from a Colorado Dealer
    December 3, 2002

    The blanket nearly had been thrown away by its owners, but advertised as an important American Indian rdf_Description, it drew wide attention from collectors and dealers across the country.

  • Fish Weathervane Surfaces as Top Lot in Rustic, Sporting Auction
    December 3, 2002

    The rare weathervane attracted a great deal of interest prior to the auction, according to the gallery, which resulted in both serious telephone and absentee participation. A final bid of $7,480 captured the lot for a New York City folk art collector.

  • Sacred Heart Show Celebrates Ten Years
    December 3, 2002

    This year there were 15 new dealers at the show due to some last-minute cancellations. Though there was room for a few more dealers, Meg Wendy said, "We try not to grow too much…There is only a certain amount of dollars that will be spent, and if there are too many dealers, it is spread too thin."

  • Post-9/11 Tourism Trends Make for Attendance Increase, Shelburne Museum Reports
    December 3, 2002

    The ramifications of the events of September 11 on 2002 tourism were felt throughout Vermont, and the Shelburne was no exception. While group tours and long-haul visitation from places such as California and the United Kingdom were flat or saw declines, points of origin in New England and the Mid-Atlantic produced noticeable increases.

  • Barnes Should Sell off a Painting for Cash, Ex-President Says
    December 3, 2002

    Selling a painting would provide enough money to operate the Barnes gallery and school "for the next 50 years," Richard H. Glanton, president of the foundation from 1990 to 1998, told the "Philadelphia Daily News."

  • José Clemente Orozco in the United States
    December 3, 2002

    On view at the Hood Museum of Art of Dartmouth College through December 15, this exhibit offers fascinating insights into the passion and power of this modern Mexican master.

  • Capturing the Visible and Invisible at Princeton
    December 3, 2002

    Andrea di Bartolo’s "Madonna and Child" altarpiece is the subject of a special project on the museum’s web site entitled "Recapturing the Image," launched in conjunction with the exhibition "Beyond the Visible: A Conservator’s Perspective."

  • Kilgore & Co. Revisits the Old Masters in Annual Winter Exhibition
    December 3, 2002

    Although the gallery specializes in Dutch and Flemish Seventeenth Century paintings, there will be examples from the French school as well.

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