Review by Anne Kugielsky Photos Courtesy of Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TEXAS & NEW YORK CITY — The month of May affirmed what Heritage Auctions’ Frank Hettig, director of modern and contemporary...
CHICAGO, ILL. — Curator Judith Barter from The Art Institute of Chicago runs through the museum’s latest exhibition “America After the Fall.” The exhibition brings together 50 works by some of the foremost...
QUINCY, MASS. — “The signature object at the Quincy House and in Historic New England’s collections overall is the japanned high chest of drawers. It is a great example of mid-Eighteenth Century...
TAOS, N.M. — When we think of Taos and its crucial place in American art of the Twentieth Century, we generally think of the Taos Society of Artists and the Taos Founders — Higgins, Blumenschein, Phillips,...
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — A work from the Ashcan School was among the standouts at Freeman’s American art and Pennsylvania Impressionists auction on June 5. Topping the 122-lot sale was Robert Henri’s...
VIENNA, AUSTRIA — A James Ensor painting, “Bapteme de masques,” achieved $1.14 at Dorotheum’s modern art auction May 31 at the Palais Dorotheum Wein. The newly discovered oil on canvas, circa 1925–1930,...
By Greg Smith The design sales are underway this month as houses across the country offer their selections including some of the most famous designers and makers in the world of Twentieth Century...
BOSTON, MASS. — The top lot, and biggest surprise, at Skinner’s auction of the Shaker Collection of Erhart Muller on Saturday, June 4, was a Shaker painted alphabet board from Harvard, Mass., that...
BOSTON, MASS. – Grogan and Company’s June 5 sale included a Chinese Export plate from a tea service specifically designed for Martha Washington in 1796. The 93⁄8-inch plate, decorated with...
RUSSELLVILLE, OHIO — A rare E. Howard & Co. No. 22 astronomical standing clock sold May 29 at Forsythes’ Auctions LLC when it hammered at $120,000, $138,000 with the buyer’s premium. Attracting...
DEERFIELD, MASS. — Historic Deerfield will host the 41st meeting of the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife the weekend of June 24–26. The three-day conference, titled “New England at Sea: Maritime...
LONDON — Archaeologists at the Museum of London Archaeology have hit a cache of over 400 hand written documents on Roman waxed writing tablets. The wood tablets were found under Bloomberg’s new European...