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Exhibitions, February 2025
by M.A.D. Staff

Edgar Miller (1899-1993), Celotex Building Products, printed program cover for The Architects Ball, 1938. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Paul and Janis Miller, 2013.71.107a. —Through February 23 —Chicago, Illinois Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 at the DePaul Art Museum presents the artist as a multifaceted creative practitioner. He was an architect, ... (Read More)

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Recovered Tiffany Window Returned to Museum
by M.A.D. Staff

The Worcester Art Museum, through the work of the Art Loss Register (ALR), has secured the return of a Tiffany Studios stained-glass window to the museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1975 the Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Boston, Massachusetts, presented the Worcester Art Museum with a gift consisting of two sets ... (Read More)

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Story Time
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

Beneath the Surface Our children have reached the age where they find us “cringe.” (That is what they call “embarrassing” these days. A key way to be cringe is to use their slang against them. You get bonus points if you do it on purpose, and you level up if you ... (Read More)

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Historic New England Awards Preservation Grants
by M.A.D. Staff

Each year Historic New England awards a Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund Community Preservation Grant to a small or medium-size heritage preservation organization in each New England state. The grants support projects that save and expand the stories shared in New England communities. In 2024 Historic New England awarded grants ... (Read More)

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Auction Prices Realized, January 2025
by M.A.D. Staff

Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)

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Hanging with Ron and Joyce Bassin
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Having recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, Ron and Joyce Bassin of A Bird in Hand Antiques, Florham Park, New Jersey, are still on the road having fun. They exhibit at nine shows a year, from Washington, D.C., to York, Pennsylvania (two times a year); Thomasville, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; ... (Read More)

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Drayton Hall Preservation Trust Wins Award
by M.A.D. Staff

The Decorative Arts Trust has awarded the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation to Drayton Hall Preservation Trust in Charleston, South Carolina, for projects to include the conservation of the plaster ceiling in the house’s great hall, the investigation of the plaster ceiling in the drawing room, and digital and ... (Read More)

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Unnamed Figures
by Lita Solis-Cohen

A Book Review Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North corrects the view that slavery and anti-black racism is just a “southern issue.” The book accompanied the exhibition of the same name that opened to much acclaim at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in New York ... (Read More)

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Americana Week in New York City
by Lita Solis-Cohen

For 70 years collectors, curators, and the curious have made a pilgrimage to New York City in cold January to feast their eyes and learn all they can about the finest furniture, silver, paintings, ceramics, and folk art that money can buy exhibited at The Winter Show at the Park ... (Read More)

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Sandy’s Stuff to Sell
by M.A.D. Staff

Stair Galleries will auction the collection of Sanford L. “Sandy” Smith on Thursday, January 30—online and in its galleries at 549 Warren Street, Hudson, New York. Smith was a collector and entrepreneur who created some of New York’s most prestigious art fairs, supporting areas of the market that were of particular ... (Read More)
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