FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Saturday, January 14, Northern Virginia’s Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present an online-only Fine and Decorative Arts auction brimming with 400+ lots of beautiful Asian, American, European and Modern artworks. The auction will commence at 10am Eastern time, and absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
BRUNSWICK, Maine – Born a mere three years apart, both Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) and Jo Sandman (b. 1931-) received their artistic training during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition Helen Frankenthaler and Jo Sandman: Without Limits will be on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art through March 15. Co-curated by recent Bowdoin College graduate Elisha Osemobor and Co-Director Anne Collins Goodyear, it explores what can be learned by juxtaposing the work of these two pioneering artists.
DENVER — The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is proud to collaborate with the Phoebus Foundation to present Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks, which continues until January 22. The exhibition introduces U.S. audiences to the Belgium-based Phoebus Foundation’s comprehensive 15th- to 17th- century Flemish art collection, including masterpieces by, among many others, Hans Memling, Jan Gossaert, Jan and Catharina van Hemessen, Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Anthony van Dyck.
BOSTON (AP) – A Hindu rights activist is calling on a Massachusetts museum to stop selling children’s plush toys representing three Hindu deities, which he says are “insensitive.”
LONDON – The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair returns to London’s West End and the five-star London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London W1K 6JP from Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 January 2023. Previously held annually until interrupted by the pandemic, this ninth edition is back to starting the year in style once again. The fair boasts a good mix of disciplines courtesy of members of The British Antique Dealers’ Association and LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers, who have signed up to exhibit. The fair has a magnificent international following including interior designers, collectors and, with its central location, lures overseas visitors to London, as well as people seeking unique pieces for their interiors.