CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions will present Spring Fashion: A Century of Couture on Thursday, March 18. The auction will feature hallmarks of some of the most important moments in fashion, from the dawn of the 20th century to the cutting edge of contemporary avant-garde. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CHICAGO — Wright, one of the country’s top auction houses specializing in 20th century art and design, announced its upcoming Danese: A Private Collection auction event being held March 26. Online bidding will be held through LiveAuctioneers.com. Continue reading
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries closed out February with an exceptional sale of Fine Books & Autographs, which saw a 90% sell-through rate and exceeded the total high estimate, bringing in $522,632. The auction brought forth historic autographs from political figures and celebrities alike, as well as first editions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s premier museum for Islamic art has scrapped the planned auction of scores of rare and precious items after public outcry over the attempted sale, which had been expected to fetch millions of dollars from wealthy private collectors.Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA – Kamelot Auctions is kicking off the spring 2021 auction season with a groundbreaking sale of decorative arts, artwork and furniture on March 23-25. Close to 1,000 lots will be offered in these sales including furniture from a variety of styles and periods, decorative arts, silver, porcelain, textiles, lighting and fine art, among many other categories. Many of the lots in the Collector’s Sale on March 23 hail from the estate of the legendary Philadelphia antique dealer Izzy Taylor. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
MEDIA, PA — The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University; The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Backstreet Cultural Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Newport Restoration Foundation are the inaugural recipients of IDEAL Internship Grants.Continue reading
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Museum of Art published a report, “A Year of Mission and Challenges,” that reflects on the historic and lasting impact of the past year and describes how the institution is continuing to navigate an unprecedented time for the Museum, the arts community, New York City, and the world. The report comes as The Met approaches the one-year anniversary of the day it closed to the public, on March 13, 2020, amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in New York. (The Museum reopened on August 29 with increased health and safety measures, and has since remained open.)Continue reading
NEW ORLEANS – M.S. Rau will unveil its exhibition “The Pissarro Dynasty: Five Generations of Artistic Mastery” on Friday, March 19. The new show will highlight the Pissarro dynasty, the longest in the history of Western art, originating with the legendary Impressionist Camille Pissarro and enduring for over 100 years since his death.Continue reading