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(Fragment)Carlquist Named as Executive Director of Boscobel
The board of directors of Boscobel in Garrison, New York, has appointed Jennifer Carlquist as executive director, effective immediately.
Since joining Boscobel as curator in 2015, Carlquist has spearheaded several exhibitions, including Hudson Hewn: New York Furniture Now and Make-Do’s: Curiously Repaired Antiques. Before joining Boscobel’s staff, she served in curatorial ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” on the Road
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, has committed to a two-year sponsorship of the Norman Rockwell Museum’s traveling exhibition Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms. It is the first comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s iconic 1943 depictions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime defense of humanity’s fundamental human rights.
Rockwell’s Freedom ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jewelry Distraction Thieves Hit Antiques Malls and Shops in Six States
According to the Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA), two white males are suspected to have carried out at least 12 distraction thefts of jewelry in antiques stores and antiques malls in six states. The suspects use keys or pick or break locks to get into jewelry showcases. Thefts have been reported ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Ceramics and Glass Fair Is Canceled
Liz Lees and Meg Wendy, the organizers of the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair, have canceled the fair, which would have celebrated its 20th anniversary in January 2019 at the Bohemian National Hall on East 73rd Street in New York City.
Liz Lees, who, with her husband, Bill Caskey (d. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Johanna McBrien Assumes Reins of Dedham Historical Society
Johanna McBrien, founding editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Antiques & Fine Art magazine, has accepted the position of executive director of the Dedham Historical Society. She assumed her new position on June 8.
The previous executive director, Vicky Kruckeberg, who served for eight years, retired in May.
“I’ll still work one day ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barn Star Announces New Morristown Show
Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio announce a new antiques, vintage, and fine art event, the Armory Antiques at Morristown Show, to be held November 17 and 18 at the National Guard Armory, Morristown, New Jersey.
According to Gaglio, “This show will be a fresh, new approach to Morristown and the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Massachusetts Dealer Arrested in Connection with Missing Warhol Paintings
Brian R. Walshe of Lynn, Massachusetts, was arrested on May 9 and charged in connection with taking and attempting to sell two Andy Warhol paintings on eBay. Walshe was charged with one count of wire fraud.
Brian R. Walshe.
According to court documents, in early November 2016, a gallery owner from Los ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bill Introduced in Congress Would Require Dealers to Report High-Value Sales
A bill introduced in Congress in May by Representative Luke Messer of Indiana would add art and antiquities to the list of business types subject to anti-money-laundering rules.
If the bill is passed, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network would require art and antiquities dealers to file certain reports and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dennis Raleigh Relocates
After 18 years of selling and living in Wiscasset, Maine, Dennis Raleigh has relocated to Searsport, Maine. Dennis Raleigh American Antiques & Folk Art’s brand new gallery at 15 W. Main Street (Route 1) is finally finished, and a grand opening is planned for Saturday, June 30, with refreshments starting ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)RISD Museum Receives $30,000 Grant for Gorham Silver Exhibit
The National Endowment for the Arts has approved an Art Works grant of $30,000 to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art to support the exhibition Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970, which will open in May 2019.
Epergne, 1872, and plateau, 1876, designed by Thomas Pairpoint (1838-1902) and manufactured by the ... (Read More)
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