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(Issue Story)Getting More by Asking for Less
When asked by someone outside of the art and decorative arts world what museums to see in New York City, I always tell them about the American Folk Art Museum. “It’s fantastic, and it’s free,” is my stock recommendation.
“Access, Scale & Market Share,” a recent report by Remuseum, a think ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, May 2025
Stanley Whitney (b. 1946), untitled, 2020, gouache on paper. The Medford and Loraine Johnston collection, promised gift to the High Museum of Art. © Stanley Whitney. Photo courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
—Through May 25 —Atlanta, Georgia
Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection at the High Museum ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bloody Massacre Sells for $200,000
Paul Revere’s engraving The Bloody Massacre is one of the most familiar images related to the American Revolution. The event depicted, commonly referred to as the Boston Massacre, took place in the evening of March 5, 1770, and is considered one of the seminal moments that solidified Colonial resistance to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Spirit of Spring: Modern American Art at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Female Modernists occupied some of the real estate in Christie’s 99-lot modern American art sale April 17 in New York City. The live auction, which attracted over two dozen attendees, totaled $14,228,382 and had an 84% sell-through rate. Christie’s reported that 18% of the buyers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bierstadt’s Old Faithful Tops Decorative Arts Auction
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Auctions are unpredictable. Sales depend on estates that must be settled and downsizing by collectors who change their focus. In these times of economic and political chaos, consignors were cautious as they watched the middle market settle down to lower values and saw sectors once ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art Sale on the West Coast
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ sales of California and Western art were held in Los Angeles and New York City April 16. These are results of the Los Angeles sale. California and Western art cataloger Megan Gallagher said, “This spring season Bonhams offered Western art bicoastally in our Los ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old Master through Modern Prints, Featuring the Reba and Dave Williams Collection
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
A 386-lot sale of old master through modern prints, filled with color woodcuts of flora, fauna, figs, fish, flamingos, and phlox, was held at Swann Auction Galleries, New York City, the morning of April 15. The 63 lots of color woodcuts ... (Read More)
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(Show)Midwest Antique & Art Show
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The semiannual Midwest Antique & Art Show held its spring edition April 13 at Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Managed by Thomas and Cathy Rawson, the show featured 52 dealers from 15 states. “They come to Cedar Rapids for a one-day show. It’s a killer,” said ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Collector’s Eye
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The spring edition of The Collector’s Eye took place April 13 at Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The semiannual event was held in conjunction with the Midwest Antique & Art Show. Housed in the Expo Center, the two shows were located in adjacent halls, and a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hilliard’s Eclectic Sale Lives Up to Its Name
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
One of the realities of the post-COVID-19 online antiques auction world is the move toward targeted sales. We now see an increasing number of sales that consist of lots grouped so as to appeal to specific genres or collecting categories—Asian ceramics, 20th-century ... (Read More)
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