In 2012, Hiromi Kinoshita became the Hannah L. and J. Welles Henderson associate curator of Chinese art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA). Her task? Research the museum’s Chinese art collection,...
By James D. Balestrieri NEW YORK CITY – To spend your life, as J.R.R. Tolkien did, creating fantastic worlds, worlds that draw upon, transform and transcend the mythologies of Ancient Britain, Ireland...
SALISBURY, ENGLAND — A tea bowl and saucer attributed to John Bartlam — representing the eighth and ninth recorded pieces of the earliest porcelain made on American soil — sold in a post-auction...
When I was young, I recall a fair bit of misinformation being spread concerning the evasion of bears. I can only imagine that these survival techniques were a modern construct, because surely those who spent...
Fine art dominates this week’s ‘Across The Block’ as Edward Willis Redfield’s landscape, “Woodland Brook” dropped Capsule Gallery’s gavel at $168,750. Coming in slightly...
Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY – The estate of Peter Knoll was served up at Auctions at Showplace between two sales, February 3 and 17. Peter Knoll was the son of world-renowned...
PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s has announced that the auction house plans to move from its historic 1808 Chestnut Street address to a new building in Center City Philadelphia. In a release, company chairman...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack QUECHEE, VT. – A show doesn’t get to be 42 years old unless it has been doing something right, and the event now under the management of Lori Scotnicki has done...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY – Two entirely different dogs won best in show in February. As King, a wire fox terrier, was crowned at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring PALM BEACH, FLA. – More than 135 dealers brought an estimated billion dollars’ worth of jewelry, art and antiques to the Palm Beach County Convention...
NEW YORK CITY — A wide selection of important and timeless prints from heralded artists such as Steven Frykholm, Keith Haring, E. McKnight Kauffer, Alphonse Mucha, Edward Penfield, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,...
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — Surprising everyone, including the auctioneer, Charlie Cobb’s February 23 sale was topped by a Byzantine oil on panel Crucifixion scene at $108,000, including buyer’s premium....