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The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum will present the ⁅mbracing the New: Modernism⁳ Impact on Woodstock Artists†in the Towbin Museum Wing, February 9⁍ay 5.

⁉t sure made a difference and gave the show a whole new look, and a great one,†said Arie L. Kopelman, chairman of the Winter Antiques Show, as he proudly pointed out the newly designed fascia boards and booth names that ran the length and width of the Park Avenue Armory exhibition area.

Choice consignments of furniture and needlework propelled Sotheby⁳ Americana Week sales to nearly $10 million on January 25′6.

Scott Antiques Market at its first show of the year, January 10‱3, was overflowing with antiques and shoppers at the Atlanta Expo Center. This market that takes place every second weekend of the month throughout the year draws visitors from throughout the South and even some from distant parts of the country.

Allison Kohler has a loyal cadre of jewelry dealers eager to do her antiques shows, so it was a no-brainer for her to conceive of an all-jewelry show. Finding an eminently suitable venue, the elegant Pratt Mansions, across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she debuted her new show January 19′0 to kick off the city⁳ annual Antiques Week, a pilgrimage for Americana and antiques lovers.

Scott Cook shares remembrances of his mother, Rita Cook of Jackson, Miss., who died December 10, 2012. Rita Cook had a lifelong enthusiasm for the arts in all its forms, and the beauty of antiques.

A selection of 291 objects of furniture, folk art, paintings and decorative arts was sold by Keno Auctions on Tuesday, January 22, and it was a ⁳olid success,†according to Leigh Keno, president and owner of the firm.

Arthur Henry Howard Heming⁳ (1870‱940) paintings and illustrations symbolize Canada. At the height of his career, Heming was among Canada⁳ best-known artists, gaining particular attention in the United States and Europe.The Florence Griswold Museum is the only venue in the United States for the international exhibition ⁁rthur Heming: Chronicler of the North,†on view February 8⁊une 2.

Housed in a magnificent Seventeenth Century Dutch palace in The Hague, the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis is home to some of the world⁳ most admired paintings †including Johannes Vermeer⁳ ⁇irl with a Pearl Earring††and has become an important destination for art lovers from around the world. For more than a century, ⁇irl†has been hanging on the walls of the museum alongside paintings by Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen and other major masters from the Dutch Golden Age. Vermeer⁳ masterwork, which dates to around 1665, has been popular for centuries, but was raised to global superstardom in 1999, when it was the subject of a best-selling novel and further in 2003 in a movie. With the Mauritshuis closed for renovation and expansion, the wide-eyed girl looking over her shoulder and other museum masterpieces are beginning an American tour. ⁇irl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis,†comprising 35 paintings from the collection, will first be on view at the de Young Museum of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco through June 2.