NEW YORK CITY — Striking in its size and strength, American folk art from the collection of Stephen and Petra Levin heads to Sotheby’s on January 23. Accompanied by its own catalog, American Beauty:...
DEERFIELD, MASS. — Historic Deerfield announces a $22,690 grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation that supported the conservation of an artistically and historically important Chinese...
NEW YORK CITY — Swann Galleries’ African-American Fine Art auction on December 15 totaled $3.1 million for just 150 lots and saw several auction record prices. The top lot of the sale — and hitting...
DENVER, COLO. — Star Wars fans have been eagerly anticipating Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which hits theaters today, and whose advance ticket sales have been so strong that it is on track to break...
NEW YORK CITY — A museum visit can be short and sweet or an all-day affair, if one has the time to linger in front of one’s favorite paintings, along with dozens or hundreds of other museum visitors....
NEWPORT, R.I. — A new exhibition curated by The Preservation Society of Newport County, “Newport and Her Southern Sisters: Three Centuries of Art and Design,” is on view through January 3. The first...
TOLEDO, OHIO — A choice example of Oceanic art has been added to the collection at the Toledo Museum of Art. Purchased at Christie’s in Paris on December 3, the mask is one of four known distinguished...
NEW YORK CITY — Sotheby’s New York presents “Alchemy: Art x Design” in conjunction with its December 16 “Important Design” auction. The exhibition was curated by Delphine and Reed Krakoff to make...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries THOMASTON, MAINE — Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries put together a good variety of material...
Review By R. Scudder Smith Photos Courtesy Bertoia Auctions VINELAND, N.J. — Twenty days after Bertoia Auctions hammered down the last piece of its 2,114-lot, three-day auction, November 13–15, Jeanne...
By Kate Eagen Johnson ATHENS, GA. — “A sampler is a window and all you have to do is open it up,” explains independent scholar and textiles historian Kathleen Staples. “You can take a textile and build...
Review and Photos by W.A. Demers OLD GREENWICH, CONN. — The sleek gray DeLorean greeting opening night preview party patrons at the entrance to the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center on December 3 hinted...