PHILADELPHIA — Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer, announced July 30 that he plans to retire in early 2022 after 13 years of service at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rub, who will turn 70 in early March, has led the museum since September 2009.
ATLANTA – On May 21, Hindman will present its spring Atlanta Collections auction which blooms with artwork, furniture, and decorative objects from important regional collections and estates—and some sales will benefit area non-profits. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NORWOOD, N.J. – Sterling Associates, Bergen County, New Jersey’s foremost estate specialists, will conduct this year’s edition of their popular Spring Fine Art and Antiques Auction on Wednesday, April 21, exclusively through LiveAuctioneers. The sale’s 223 lots include more than 100 artworks, a sizable selection of Chinese decorative art and accessories, and fine jewelry and luxury watches. The main consignments have come directly from estates in Englewood and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present Fine Art, Silver, Art Pottery & Art Glass in its online auction starting at 10:30 am Pacific time on April 24. The sale offers 260 lots of art and decorative arts from the 16th to 21st centuries from the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and showcases the personal art pottery collection of Steven Yvaska, a noted writer, speaker, appraiser, and advisor on antiques from the San Francisco Bay Area. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Capsule Auctions presents its Spring Energy auction event, a curated selection of modern, postwar and contemporary artworks from New York estates and collections. Spring Energy will begin Wednesday, March 31 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Absentee and live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers. Continue reading
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The inaugural Lightner Local exhibition at the Lightner Museum in St Augustine will present Antwan Ramar: Contemporary Impressions. In his work, Ramar brings a contemporary vision to landscape painting while embracing historic traditions and techniques. Presenting his plein air studies alongside larger studio works, Ramar’s exhibition at the Lightner explores his process of art making from field study to final painting.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Featuring more than 300 paintings and sculpture by the finest contemporary Western artists working today, the 49th annual Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition & Sale at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is scheduled to open June 7, with the Art Sale Weekend scheduled for June 25-26. Continue reading
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
BONN, Germany (AP) – Some 250 art works that a reclusive collector hid from the world for decades, including pieces likely looted from Jewish owners under Nazi rule, are going on show at a German museum.
One of the most innovative and influential artists of the latter 20th century, Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) put the “Bif!,” “Bam!,” and “Pow!” into pop art. His larger-than-life paintings of people in melodramatic situations were inspired by comic strips and newspaper ads, and Lichtenstein made sure they were presented just that way – with a screened effect that resembled an enlarged newspaper page.