LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. – On Saturday, March 4, beginning at noon Eastern time, Palm Beach Modern Auctions will open its winter premier sale with a 194-lot single owner collection of works by famed 20th- and 21st-century artists. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Food in art is on the menu at Norton Simon Museum starting in April
PASADENA, Calif.— The Norton Simon Museum presents All Consuming: Art and the Essence of Food, an exhibition that explores how artists responded to and shaped food cultures in Europe from 1500 to 1900. It will open on April 14 and continue through August 14.
Virginia Woolf first edition in dust jacket may exceed $25K at Swann, March 2
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries will hold a Fine Books & Autographs sale on Thursday, March 2. The auction will feature autographs from political figures, pop culture icons, artists and authors, and will include first editions of key 19th- and 20th-century literary works. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Philadelphia Museum of Art devotes center to African and African diasporic art
PHILADELPHIA – Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, announced on February 23 that the museum will create a new center to be endowed by Trustee Ira Brind that will be dedicated to the study, acquisition, and care of art from continental Africa and the African Diaspora. This transformational investment in the curatorial future of the museum will establish the Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art, with the specific goal of expanding the scope and reach of the collection, a key objective of the newly published PMA Equity Agenda.
The petite paintings of Chicago surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie
NEW YORK — A rule of thumb in fine art holds that larger paintings are generally deemed more valuable, but one artist whose works are disproving that maxim is the late Chicago Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie.
Distinguished array of Picasso ceramics to star at Freeman’s, March 8
PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s Art and Design auction, scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, features a distinguished selection of works by Pablo Picasso, including more than a dozen plates, pitchers and sculptures in clay. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Orville Bulman fantasy artwork highlights Sarasota Estate Auction, Mar. 4-5
SARASOTA, Fla. — Sarasota Estate Auction has planned a two-day sale for Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5. The first day is entirely devoted to a single-owner lifetime collection of sterling silver, and the second day features artworks by Karl Gerstner and Orville Bulman. A total of 1,400 lots will be presented in all. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
‘She Bends’ Museum of Glass show shines light on women working with neon
TACOMA, Wash. — Museum of Glass presents She Bends: Redefining Neon Legacy, which will be on view until October 2023. She Bends explores the evolution of neon teaching methodologies in the traditionally male-dominated art form, and the transition of the medium from an agent of advertising and commercial signage to fine art.
Painted furniture, folk art, toys and more at Jeffrey S. Evans, March 2-4
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Winter Americana Auction contains a wide range of material and will include everything from toys and advertising to painted furniture and folk art. The large auction, comprising nearly 1,600 lots, will take place during three days: Thursday, March 2; Friday, March 3; and Saturday, March 4. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Weiss sets world auction record for a Paul Revere silver pitcher
LYNBROOK, N.Y. – An important and historic silver pitcher with impeccable provenance, made by Paul Revere, the most famous of American silversmiths, sold for $129,875 in an online-only Jewelry, Porcelain, Stoneware and Indian Pottery auction held January 18 by Weiss Auctions. It was a new world record price for a silver pitcher made by Paul Revere.