Yale University Art Gallery By Kate Eagen Johnson NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The Arts and Crafts sage William Morris believed that “the true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY — Folk art went mainstream in 1974. “The Flowering of American Folk Art” opened in February at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art before traveling to Virginia...
NEW LONDON, CONN. — The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is presenting a major exhibition of works painted by J. Alden Weir and other American Impressionists in his circle. “A Good Summer’s Work: J. Alden...
RUNNEMEDE, N.J. — Just a week after selling a Wayne Gretzky rookie card for $465,000 in its live auction in Atlantic City, N.J., Goldin Auctions sold Muhammad Ali’s fight-worn boxing gloves from his 1971...
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — Earlier this summer, the Springfield Museums unveiled an exhibit of prints by Russian artist Vassily Kandinsky titled “Kleine Welten (Small Worlds),” a portfolio of 12 works...
SANTA FE, N.M. — The Antique American Indian Art Show got underway with a gala preview benefitting New Mexico PBS on Tuesday, August 16, at El Museo Cultural. Seventy top specialists participate in this...
Review By Andrea Valluzzo, photos courtesy Rafael Osona Auctions NANTUCKET, MASS. — The 28-carat natural, nonheated Ceylon pink sapphire ring saw a blistering bidding battle at Rafael Osona’s August...
Review And Photos By Rick Russack MILFORD, N.H. — Antiques Week in New Hampshire started with a new event this year, thanks to longtime show promoter Jack Donigian, who has been running antiques shows...
Review and Photos By Laura Beach MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — Lavishly beautiful and cosmopolitan, but leisurely, as well, the Newport Antiques Show occupies a special place in the summer calendar, perhaps because...
Brooke Hodge, former deputy director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, was recently appointed as director of architecture and design at Palm Springs (Calif.) Art Museum. She is a well-known...
WETHERSFIELD, CONN. — The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum this summer celebrated the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Webb House to the public by Wallace Nutting on July 4, 1916, with a reception and an ongoing...
By Greg Smith This week’s picks scour upcoming auctions and our marketplace dealers to bring you works that would befit any distinguished collection. Whether you’re into Americana, antiquities,...