By James Balestrieri NORFOLK, VA. – Art can be a pawn in the great game. That’s my takeaway from “Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920,” the new exhibition co-curated...
ST LOUIS, MO. – The Saint Louis Art Museum has acquired a ceramic vessel signed and dated by David Drake (circa 1801-1870s), an enslaved artist who is recognized as one of America’s most important...
Review by Tom O’Hara, Photos by Lisa Maughmer NASHVILLE, TENN. – Bill and Kay Puchstein’s Fiddlers Antiques Show “went great!” Bill Puchstein said. This February 10-13 show,...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Eldred’s EAST DENNIS, MASS. – In a paradigm change because of increased online interest and participation since the beginning of the pandemic,...
Review by Tom O’Hara, Photos by Lisa Maughmer NASHVILLE, TENN. – Jon Jenkins created the phoenix of antiques shows with this year’s offering of The Nashville Show, conducted this year...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Blanchard’s Auction Service POTSDAM, N.Y. – Blanchard’s winter antiques auction was a special affair, presenting the historic “Camp Manor”...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Brunk Auctions ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Brunk Auctions offered 335 lots in an Emporium sale on Thursday, February 11 and an additional 830 lots in a two-day...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Barridoff Galleries SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE – Louise Nevelson’s (American, 1899-1988) “Moon Zag III,” a 1984 wooden sculpture painted black,...
March 22 is first day on the job for Kelly Taxter, a curator at the Jewish Museum who was recently selected to lead the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, N.Y., as director. We sat down with Taxter to preview...
Notable sales in our March 5, 2021 issue include a sundry of collectors’ interests. A Black Lotus R A – Alpha Set of Magic the Gathering cards reached well into five figures at Bodnar’s online-only...
MARSHFIELD, MASS. – Among the Americana offerings at Will Henry’s February 19 sale was a large, well-done oil painting cataloged as needing cleaning, depicting Alexander The Great surrounded...
LOUISVILLE, COLO. – Measuring about 48½ by 74 inches, a Roman stone mosaic with a hunting scene sold for $118,275 at Artemis Gallery’s February 18 sale. The mosaic, depicting a dramatic hunting...