Tucked within a 2006 correspondence between two ceramics scholars was the retelling of a conversation that one of them had in the 1990s with Mrs Graham, the wife of the former owner of the Bakersville,...
By James D. Balestrieri DENVER – The vital founding myth of the American West might be defined as the set of stories – historical truths mixed with fables, legends, larger-than-life characters,...
June Burns Bové earned an MA from New York University in costume studies. For 20 years a contract employee of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June is textile conservator for Yeshiva...
A Franklin C. Courter Abraham Lincoln portrait, a fine Philadelphia silver tea set, Jeff Koons’ “Balloon Dog,” works by Leonard Baskin and antique maps join a varied list of notable...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Lelands Auction ONLINE – Babe Ruth is still hitting them out of the park, 69 years after his death. It was a good day for the Great Bambino at Lelands’...
NEW YORK CITY – The Museum of the City of New York presents “New York Silver, Then and Now,” an exhibition designed to create a dialogue between 25 contemporary artists, silversmiths...
By Laura Beach MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – The Americana world is filled with couples who enjoy nothing so much as their shared pursuit, acquisition and study of special objects. Jim and Pam Alexander,...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers, Additional Photographs Courtesy of Stair Galleries HUDSON, N.Y. – Stair Galleries offered property from the Upper Eastside Manhattan apartment of Rolling...
Review by R. Scudder Smith, Photos by Greg Smith SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. – For the past three years Frank Gaglio has spent the Fourth of July at church… not actually in church praying for a beautiful...
For our cover story on the much anticipated new exhibition “The Western: An Epic in Art and Film,” we turned to the uniquely qualified writer James D. Balestrieri. A critic for this and several other...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack WELLS, MAINE – The event: Goosefare Promotions’ Wells Antiques Show. The place: Loudholm Farm on the Wells Reserve. The day: Sunday, June 25. Weather: perfect....
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. — “Find out if you have talent worth developing. Send for the only art talent test created by America’s 12 most famous artists,” said the narrator of a promotional...