‘Button Power’ explores how pin-back buttons have reflected American culture

Cover of the new book Button Power by Christen Carter and Ted Hake, which goes on sale October 13, 2020

 NEW YORK – With an itinerary that journeys through campaign rallies, rock concerts and pivotal events of our time, Button Power (Princeton Architectural Press; on-sale October 13, 2020; ISBN: 9781616898700) documents a people’s history of American culture as seen through the pin-back button. Lively commentary from two of America’s foremost button experts, Christen Carter and Ted Hake, explores how the small-but-powerful button has inspired, amused, and captured the spirit of events and movements that reflected society and changed history.

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Quinn’s to auction fine & decorative art from gracious homes, Sept. 26

Paul Albert Besnard (French, 1849-1934), “Sous Les Saules (Under the Willows),” 1909, oil-on-canvas, 47 x 36in (sight). Gallery label on verso. Provenance: Exhibited in 1922 at Museum of Art at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; previous sale May 15, 1980 at Christie’s NYC. Estimate: $5,000-$7,000

 FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Saturday, September 26, Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct a Fine & Decorative Arts Auction featuring Asian, American, European and Modern selections from estates and elegant homes in the northern Virginia region. Bidders may participate absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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David Hockney: Drawing From Life opens Oct. 2 at The Morgan

David Hockney, Self Portrait with Red Braces, 2003. Watercolor on paper, 24 x 18 1/8 inches © David Hockney. Photography by Richard Schmidt

NEW YORK – The Morgan Library & Museum has announced the exhibition “David Hockney: Drawing from Life,” which will open October 2, 2020, and run through May 30, 2021. David Hockney (British, b. 1937-) is one of the most internationally renowned living artists.

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Donors, others, step up to help Cheyenne cowgirl museum

Early color image on canvas of a cowgirl. Courtesy of Dan Morphy Auctions and LiveAuctioneers

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming was built on the tradition of the American cowboy. It’s evident in everything from one of the state’s nicknames to the university’s mascot. But the women who made it possible for those men to settle the so-called Equality State aren’t always given credit.

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