CINCINNATI, OHIO – An exhibition showcasing the full range of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s design skills and ingenuity is presented by the Taft Museum in “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures...
This week’s Across The Block features a selection of notable prices recently achieved at various auction houses, including a signed photograph of Frederick Douglass, celadon vases, repoussé silver,...
NEW YORK CITY — An untitled 1956 work by Norman Lewis led Swann Galleries’ April 5 African American fine art auction, selling for $725,000, with premium. An untitled oil on canvas by Beauford Delaney...
Review and Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Additional Photos by Greg Smith HARTFORD, CONN. – The Connecticut Spring Antiques Show opened at the Hartford Armory on a cool but clear morning with a long...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY ‑- The week I met on short notice with Peter M. Kenny, the authority on American Federal and Classical design, he was just back from Virginia, where he addressed the 70th...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers, Additional Photos Courtesy Butterscotch Auction BEDFORD VILLAGE, N.Y. – Brendan Ryan of Butterscotch Auction knew the firm had a great object of historical...
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Patricia E. Kane, Friends of American Arts curator of American decorative arts at Yale University Art Gallery, was honored for 50 years of service to the university at a dinner on March...
DALLAS, TEXAS — In 1942, Hal B. Wallis and Michael Curtiz hired several talented writers and A-list actors to make what they hoped would be a successful war drama. Instead, they created a legend: Casablanca...
NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it will be adding 30,000 square feet of new skylights over its European paintings galleries. “It’s only with natural light...
PHILADELPHIA — Continuing its efforts to broaden the range of material on offer, the Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show will dance to a different tune for its April 20–22 edition this year. Once...
Thomas Goode & Co., has stood watch over London’s South Audley Street for nearly 175 years, having moved there 17 years after the company was established in 1827, and never moving since. The dinnerware...
Rare $1,000 Bill Fetches Nearly $1 Million At Baltimore Auction BALTIMORE – A rare $1,000 bill printed in 1863 featuring Declaration of Independence signer Robert Morris went up for auction on March...