When Michael R. Corcoran runs an auction, people come from all over to crowd into his gallery in search of fine estate material as well as for the colorful show Corcoran presents.
The first Mastro Auctions sales event of 2006 proved the auction giant is picking up this year, right where it left off last year - at the top, with a recent event grossing more than $2 million.
An exhibition of the dynamic ceramic figures and fashion by Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo) will open at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, on May 6.
An exhibition of 39 rarely exhibited drawings of the Hudson River School from the collection of Dia Art Foundation is now open at The Frick Art Museum.
The Long Beach Museum of Art will present "Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor," in the first US retrospective of this acclaimed ceramic artist, from May 5 through July 2.
The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show, which has been staged at three locations over the years in Philadelphia, is now back at its original location, "and we are there to stay," show promoter Frank Gaglio...
Michael Ivankovich's March 10-11 auction once again proved that despite a softer antiques and collectibles market, good merchandise will still bring top prices.
A new addition to the 2007 version of Americana Week will come from abroad. The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) has announced a new fair that will take place January 17-21.
Just prior to press time this past Monday, Antiques and The Arts Weekly learned of the passing of Long Island antiques show promoter Elias Pekale, who died on Friday, April 21, after a brief illness.