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.
Quinn’s to auction fine & decorative art from gracious homes, Sept. 26
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.
David Hockney: Drawing From Life opens Oct. 2 at The Morgan
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.
Donors, others, step up to help Cheyenne cowgirl museum
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.
Archaeologists unearth 27 coffins at Egypt’s Saqqara pyramid
CAIRO (AP) – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed more than two dozen ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, an official said Monday.