By James D. Balestrieri PHILADELPHIA, PENN. – You will – and should – spend some time in front of John Singer Sargent’s 1919 masterpiece “Gassed,” a rare loan from London’s...
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. – At first glance it may seem unassuming, but a small, white bowl uncovered during an archaeological excavation in Philadelphia has thrilled the ceramics world. The bowl marks...
NEW YORK CITY – DeeDee Sides has announced that her New York City Big Flea show has moved from the Lexington Avenue Armory to the Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom at 311 West 34th Street. The change...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY – The Associated Press recently named Lin-Manuel Miranda, the composer responsible for the Broadway hit Hamilton, entertainer of the year. He may also be the patron saint...
SHOWS, AUCTIONS, SEMINARS AND SPECIAL EVENTS January Exhibitions Master Drawings New York, exhibitions are on view January 21-28 in 24+ galleries on the Upper East Side. A preview at each...
DETROIT, MICH. — The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) presents “Bitter|Sweet: Coffee, Tea & Chocolate,” on view through March 5. The introduction of coffee, tea and chocolate to Europe, beginning...
Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara COLUMBUS, OHIO – Don Scott finds a facility and just has to bring several hundred dealers to exhibit and sell their antiques; this time in the large arena at Ohio...
COPAKE, N.Y. — Copake Auction’s annual New Year’s Day sale saw its top price of the day cross the block very early in the auction on Monday, January 1. After a handful of nice Oriental rugs, Lot 10 hit the block...
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — An original Harry S. Truman signed Potsdam Proclamation has surfaced at Witherell’s January 11-25 Firearms and Militaria auction. The typewritten document was collected by Secret...
Angelika Kuettner is the associate curator of ceramics at Colonial Williamsburg. She began her career there ten years ago as a graduate student intern while enrolled in the American Studies program at the College...
NEW YORK CITY — Visitors to New York City during Antiques Week whose interests run to American decorative arts will note an important exhibition of over 150 examples of china, silver and glass table...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY – The spirit of adventure that Eve Kahn brought to her weekly column on antiques was on full display in “Magnificent Obsessions: Pursuits of a Lifetime,”...