CHATHAM, N.J. – Quan Rong Gallery’s Chinese art auction on Sunday, March 3, will feature a selection of 399 lots of Hetian jade statues, Shoushan stone statues, porcelain pots, wood sculptures, bronze statues, crystal and lapis lazuli jewelry, and more from prominent local collections and estate sales. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers. No additional buyer’s premium will be charged for bidding online.
NEW YORK – The small, close-knit and rural African-American community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, took the art world by storm in 2002 with the groundbreaking exhibition, “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend,” which showcased the homespun quilts that were dazzling in their abstract and geometric simplicity. Further scholarship and the many exhibitions that followed have given these quilts their due at last, sealing their legacy in the field of vernacular art and establishing their place as an art form.