BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened the newly designed Modern Art Galleries on June 23. The two enclosed spaces are situated on the north bridge and feature a variety of Modern works from Crystal Bridges’ permanent collection as well as the Alfred Stieglitz Collection.Continue reading
NEW YORK – The current Jasper52 auction titled Premium Tribal Art offers more than 200 lots of figures and masks integral to traditional ceremonies of cultures from around the globe. Many of the top objects in the July 5 auction are pottery that originated in the pre-Columbian cultures of Central and South America where societies flourished before the arrival of Spanish explorers. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CRANSTON, R.I. – The enduring popularity of early 20th-century creations by Tiffany Studios was on full display at an auction held June 23 by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, where a table lamp, a glass vase and a pair of lamp screens, all made by the New York design firm, sold for a combined $213,750. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
MANSFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri museum dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder has expressed disappointment at a recent decision to remove the author’s name from a national literary award.
MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneers will present an important assemblage of Continental and Asian art and objects from a variety of local Southern California estates and collections in their July 17 Traditional Collector catalog. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Just months after California legalized recreational marijuana the state is giving stoner comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum $9.7 million.