NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami will host two exhibitions showcasing women artists ― late artist Alice Rahon’s “Poetic Invocations,” and artist Cecilia Vicuña’s “Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen” ― during Miami Art Week in December. Both exhibitions will open on Tuesday, Nov. 26, and will remain on view through Sunday, March 29, 2020.
RENSSELAER, N.Y. – Ten black and white images by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) in the form of glass magic lantern slides are featured in a Nov. 8 auction that will be conducted by Two Feathers Antiques & Auction Services / Schillaci & Shultis. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
YORK, Pa. – Hake’s Auctions’ final auction of 2019 is also its largest offering of the year, boosted in no small measure by an out-of-this-world selection of rare and highly prized Star Wars items. The top-tier lineup showcases nearly 400 lots of Kenner prototypes and test shots; newly unearthed early production pieces, foreign and rare variants; multi-packs, store displays, and the piece de resistance: a Boba Fett J-slot rocket-firing prototype. The fully illustrated catalogs can be viewed on LiveAuctioneers.
THOMASTON, Maine – A monumental 19th century carved oak ship’s figurehead depicting Benjamin Franklin will preside over Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ fall three-day auction on Nov. 8, 9 and 10. Originally salvaged from the sidewheeler SS Franklin that was wrecked off of Long Island, New York in 1854, auctiongoers will have the opportunity to view and bid on this rare portrayal of this beloved American Founding Father, inventor and philosopher. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Although Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is considered the father of modern sculpture, he was rejected by L’École des Beaux Arts, a prestigious school promoting traditional fine arts. So he spent years crafting architectural embellishments and objets d’art at commercial studios instead. There, in addition to developing masterful modeling skills and efficient production methods, he was freed from prevailing French art rigidity.