Designer Vladimir Kagan’s personal collection 100% sold at Freeman’s

Green Vladimir Kagan Omnibus sofa, $22,680. Image courtesy of Freeman’s
Green Vladimir Kagan Omnibus sofa, $22,680. Image courtesy of Freeman’s

Green Vladimir Kagan Omnibus sofa, $22,680. Image courtesy of Freeman’s

PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s January 25 auction, The Personal Collection of Vladimir Kagan, inaugurated Freeman’s Winter/Spring auction season with the furniture, art and design objects the esteemed designer created, lived with, and loved throughout his life. With a 100% sell-through rate, the sale clearly demonstrates the ongoing market demand for the work of this trailblazing 20th-century designer.

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Landscapes, skyscapes and ship’s binoculars made waves at Michaan’s

Eric Sloane, ‘Storm Over Walpi,’ $5,227
Eric Sloane, ‘Storm Over Walpi,’ $5,227

Eric Sloane, ‘Storm Over Walpi,’ $5,227

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Michaan’s Auctions welcomed the New Year with its monthly Gallery Auction on January 20. Among the lots that found new homes were a set of Israeli ship’s binoculars and a pair of bronze cat sculptures that stood nearly seven feet tall, as well as American fine art, several diamond rings, and a variety of Asian carvings and ceramics.

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Spanish museum returns two Nazi-looted paintings to Poland

The Fernandez Lopez Building Expansion, part of the Museum of Pontevedra in Pontevedra, Spain, photographed in April 2012. On January 25, the museum returned to Poland two paintings that Nazi German forces stole from the country during World War II. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit juantiagues. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 Generic license.
The Fernandez Lopez Building Expansion, part of the Museum of Pontevedra in Pontevedra, Spain, photographed in April 2012. On January 25, the museum returned to Poland two paintings that Nazi German forces stole from the country during World War II. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit juantiagues. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 Generic license.
The Fernandez Lopez Building Expansion, part of the Museum of Pontevedra in Pontevedra, Spain, photographed in April 2012. On January 25, the museum returned to Poland two paintings that Nazi German forces stole from the country during World War II. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit juantiagues. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 Generic license.

MADRID (AP) – A museum in northwest Spain returned two 15th-century paintings to Polish officials on January 25 after it was determined that they had been looted by Nazi German forces during World War II.

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Maine invites applicants for summer visiting artist program

Allagash sunset. Image courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

 

Left, Lock Dam Camp; Right, Allagash sunset. Both images courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Left, Lock Dam Camp; Right, Allagash sunset. Both images courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has opened its 2023 Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) Visiting Artist Program application period. The program invites visual artists to the remote wilderness of Maine for two consecutive weeks of solitude. One artist and a guest will receive lodging at the AWW Lock Dam Camp for two weeks of the artist’s choosing during August and an orientation and regular visits from AWW Rangers. Visual artists may apply on the AWW webpage. The application period ends Monday, February 6.

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