GENESEO, N.Y. — Roy Lichtenstein’s “Modern Painting in Porcelain,” an abstract composition in porcelain enamel on steel, bested its $100/150,000 estimate March 19 at Cottone Auctions when it attained...
BOSTON, MASS. — Eleven phone bidders competed for a signed Van Cleef & Arpels platinum and diamond riviere necklace at Grogan And Company March 20. It opened at $50,000 and quickly surpassed the high...
HARTFORD, CONN. — The Connecticut Spring Antique Show burst open Saturday, March 19 and ran through the weekend with a dazzling array of booths that left visitors wishing they had more wall space....
COS COB, CONN. — Through paintings, photographs, maps, charts and instruments, “Close to the Wind: Our Maritime History” will explore the rich history of maritime Greenwich, sharing the myriad stories...
NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to open their third location in New York City: The Met Breuer on Madison Avenue and 75th Street. The new location resides in a building designed...
MOUNT LEBANON, N.Y. — The Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon has received a gift of the Shaker pieces collected and used by Ellsworth Kelly and his husband Jack Shear. The collection was promised to the museum...
By Greg Smith Bronze is widely regarded as one of the most useful alloys in the history of mankind, with the earliest examples nearly 6,000 years old. From ancient Chinese vessels to Tiffany Studios lighting,...
LOS ANGELES — The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced the acquisition of an important collection of Eighteenth Century French decorative arts assembled by Dr Horace Wood “Woody” Brock, a foremost...
NEW YORK CITY — The Royal Game of the Goose is one of the earliest printed board games, going back to the Middle Ages — and one of the simplest: just roll the dice and move along its spiral track....
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A landmark exhibition of photographs by 12 contemporary women artists from Iran and the Arab world will be on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) April 8–July...
By Kate Eagen Johnson SALEM, MASS. — “Anyone who decorates with ceramics today has Amalia van Solms to thank.” Karina Corrigan, the Peabody Essex Museum’s H.A. Crosby Forbes curator of Asian export...