“The League is still current 140 years later,” says Ira Goldberg, executive director of the Art Students League of New York, on the occasion of the organization’s 140th anniversary. “The...
Review and Photos by R. Scudder Smith STATE COLLEGE, PENN. — The joint convention for the Still Bank Collectors Club of America and the Mechanical Bank Collectors Club of America got off to an official...
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Colonial Williamsburg will present “Declaring Independence: American Ceramics in the Making,” comprising three days of hands-on workshops, potting demonstrations and lectures...
NEW YORK CITY – Aiming for scale in the global marketplace, ARTNEWS S.A. and Brant Publications have announced plans to merge. The deal, publically disclosed on July 29, joins the assets of the two legacy...
Review and Photos By Tom O’Hara BRIMFIELD, MASS. — Several thousand shoppers joined the many hundreds of exhibiting dealers at more than 20 fields July 14–19 for Brimfield Antiques Week. For six days...
NAIROBI, KENYA (From AP and other sources) — President Barack Obama moved on July 25 to tighten US rules on sales of ivory from African elephants, aiming to show progress on conservation as he began...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers Additional Photos Courtesy of Crocker Farm SPARKS, MD. — True to form, the first lot out of the gate at Crocker Farm’s July 18 auction of stoneware and redware,...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A 25-inch-long running curlew by Thomas Gelston (1851-1924), Quogue, N.Y., expected to bring more than $100,000, was a clear overachiever at Guyette & Deeter’s auction...
BOSTON, MASS. – “We Are One: Mapping America’s Road From Revolution to Independence,” on view in the McKim Exhibition Hall of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square through November 29…
HYANNIS, MASS. — The leading lot on the first day of Ted Harmon’s Decoys Unlimited auction July 26–27 was a well known Oldsquaw hen, made by Joe Lincoln. From the Robin Starr collection, the bird...
PLYMOUTH, MASS. — Steve O’Brien’s Copley Fine Art Auctions got Decoy Week off to a strong start July 25. Carvings by Elmer Crowell led the sale with a very fine preening black duck finishing at $210,000. ...
RENO, NEV. — The Coeur d’Alene art auction at the Peppermill Resort on July 25 realized $22.1 million in sales at the largest event in the field of classic Western and American art. Charles M. Russell...