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(Fragment)American Folk Art Museum Establishes the Anne Radice Education Fund
To honor Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice, who stepped down after five and a half years as executive director of the American Folk Art Museum, a fund for educational programming has been created.
“During Dr. Radice’s tenure, more than 15,000 New York City public school students visited the museum, where folk and self-taught ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Books Received, May 2018
Artist, Soldier, Lover, Muse by Arthur D. Hittner (Apple Ridge Press, 2017, 348 pp., softbound, $19.95).
Arthur Hittner worked for eight years on a catalogue raisonné and biography of Harold J. Rabinowitz, a talented young Social Realist who died in 1944 at age 29 after being held by the Japanese for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Paintings and Sculpture
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
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Sales totaled $2,685,000 at Bonhams’ April 24 auction held in Los Angeles and simulcast in San Francisco. San Francisco-based specialist Aaron Bastian said, “We saw broad and deep interest in the sale, with a continued focus from our buyers on the big names in California ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions: May 2018
Sally Mann (b. 1951), untitled (Scarred Tree), from the “Deep South” series, 1998, gelatin silver print. National Gallery of Art, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund.
—Through May 28 —Washington, D.C.
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) presents Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings. The exhibition of over 100 photographs reflects ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Time and Tools
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
“What the hell.” With that soft outburst, a friend sitting next to me bid again, $27,000 this time, risking bank account and marriage, he confessed. Luckily or unluckily for him, the phone bidder quickly replied with $28,000, and the war was over. They were competing for ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
It was an unseasonably cold 40 degrees in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 19, when the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show opened. The winds howled and wall labels swayed. Those who checked their coats retrieved them after the first hour, and after three hours dealer Peter Pap had wrapped himself ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Revisited
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
A sale of furniture, decorative arts, and silver held April 18 and 19 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers may forever be known as the sale with “the chest.”
The Americana highlight of the sale was this circa 1770 Chippendale mahogany chest-on-chest estimated at $100,000/200,000 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Prices Are Right for the Michener
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle New York’s auction of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts on April 18 was a consistent sale where the paintings accounted for $813,344 of the overall total of $1,225,344 (including buyers’ premiums). The presale estimate of the entire sale was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Scottish Rite Masonic Center Sells Collection
Bailey’s Honor Auction & Estate Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photos courtesy Bailey’s Honor Auction & Estate Service
In November 2017 the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center’s members sold their organization’s home of more than 100 years. The 130-year-old building in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin—which is 70,000 square feet and includes a 470-seat theatre—contained an ... (Read More)
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(Show)AD 20/21
AD 20/21 Home & Boston Print Fair, Boston, Massachusetts
This year’s Boston’s AD 20/21 Home & Boston Print Fair, held April 12-15, was a feast for the eyes. Added to the roster of dealers in fine art, prints, and mid-century modern were designers and fine furniture makers. There was something for ... (Read More)
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