Todd Oldham fashions held in high regard at RISD Museum

Designer Todd Oldham with some of his recent gifts to the RISD Museum's costume and textiles collection. Oldham's gifts are featured in 'All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion,' on view at the RISD Museum April 8-Sept. 11. Photograph courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, R.I.
Designer Todd Oldham with some of his recent gifts to the RISD Museum’s costume and textiles collection. Oldham’s gifts are featured in ‘All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion,’ on view at the RISD Museum April 8-Sept. 11. Photograph courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, R.I.

 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The RISD Museum will present “All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion,” the first major exhibition to focus on the exuberant style and playful aesthetic of designer Todd Oldham’s 1990s fashion career.

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Fine art, French furniture on tap at Lewis & Maese auction Feb. 17

 

Fine and rare French ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock, Tiffany & Co. New York. Lewis & Maese image
Fine and rare French ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock, Tiffany & Co. New York. Lewis & Maese Antiques & Auctions  image

 

HOUSTON – Lewis & Maese Antiques & Auctions will conduct an estates auction on Feb. 17 commencing at 6:30 p.m. Central time. The 300-lot auction combines estates from San Marino, California, and Corpus Christi and Richmond, Texas.

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Converse auction offers finest of East and West, Feb. 19

Oil on board painting by Michael Dasburg (American, 1887-1979), 15 inches by 12 1/4 inches, estimated to bring $2,000-$5,000. Converse & Co. image
Oil on board painting by Michael Dasburg (American, 1887-1979), 15 inches by 12 1/4 inches, estimated to bring $2,000-$5,000. Converse & Co. image

 

MALVERN, Pa. – An oil on board painting of a vase with flowers by Michael Dasburg (American, 1887-1979), a miniature platinum and diamond Cartier pendant watch over 100 years old, and a Chinese spinach jade screen carved in bas relief of deer in the forest are a few of the expected top lots at Converse & Co.’s East Meets West antiques auction on Friday, Feb. 19.

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Judge lets lawsuit continue against George Lucas museum

A bird’s eye view of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and surrounding park setting. Drawings courtesy of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Used under authorization. All rights reserved.
A bird’s eye view of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and surrounding park setting. Drawings courtesy of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Used under authorization. All rights reserved.

 

CHICAGO (AP) – A judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed that seeks to stop “Star Wars” creator George Lucas from building a $400 million museum along Chicago’s lakefront.

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‘Where the deer and the antelope play’ on display

'Denizens: Wildlife on the Western Frontier' will be on view through June 25. Image courtesy of the The Great Plains Art Museum
‘Denizens: Wildlife on the Western Frontier’ will be on view through June 25. Image courtesy of the The Great Plains Art Museum

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Great Plains Art Museum’s first exhibition of the year will feature 19th-century engravings of wildlife that roamed the American plains.

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Aging carousel undergoing restoration in Holland, Mich.

The 1908 DeBoar Brothers carousel at Windmill Island Park in Holland, Mich. Image courtesy of K9EDK.com
The 1908 DeBoar Brothers carousel at Windmill Island Park in Holland, Mich. Image courtesy of K9EDK.com

 

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) – The Dutch carousel at Windmill Island Gardens in Holland is in better shape thanks to the work of city mechanics who usually fix plow trucks and other city vehicles.

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