Jens Quistgaard
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NEW YORK – On March 8, Phaidon will release Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer, the first English-language book to celebrate the work of an unsung hero of modern design. Jens Quistgaard (1919-2008) was one of the founders of the Scandinavian Modern style, which he popularized in the USA as chief designer at the iconic Dansk Designs for 30 […]

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Saturday, January 14, Northern Virginia’s Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present an online-only Fine and Decorative Arts auction brimming with 400+ lots of beautiful Asian, American, European and Modern artworks. The auction will commence at 10am Eastern time, and absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago Auctions will conduct a 1,300-lot unreserved auction over two days, Saturday, Jan. 18, and Sunday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. Eastern. None of the lots has a reserve, meaning that the high bid – no matter how low – wins the lot. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. On Saturday, look […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Theodore D. Nierenberg, who started Dansk International Designs in his suburban New York garage and helped popularize Scandanavian-themed tableware and cookware in American kitchens and dining rooms, has died. He was 86. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, his daughter Karin Weisburgh said Tuesday. Nierenberg died Friday at his home […]