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(Auction)Ward Brothers Decoys and Frank Weston Oils Top Lots at Copley Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
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Top honors at Copley Fine Art Auctions’ two-day winter sale February 23 and 24 were shared among several categories. The first honors went to a pair of White Mallard Club pinch-breasted pintail decoys by the Ward brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1984) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 2024
Grant Wood (1891-1942), March, 1939, lithograph on deckled white wove paper, 12½" x 15¾" (sheet size). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothschild, 1978.67.1.
—Through April 23 —Rockland, Maine
Prints for the People: Associated American Artists at the Farnsworth Art Museum explores the transformation of modern print collecting in the United ... (Read More)
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(Show)The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows
Asheville, North Carolina
When people stake out positions near the entry more than five hours before opening, it’s evident something significant is about to happen. And when registration begins for next year’s conference before this year’s has begun, it’s even more obvious.
The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows at the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques, Art, and Vintage Formula Boosts Attendance
The Nashville Show, Nashville, Tennessee
To keep crowds coming back year after year, an antiques show must become an eagerly anticipated event, promising surprises and temptations. The Nashville Show, held February 15-17 this year at the city’s transformed fairgrounds, brought together nearly 140 exhibitors, both multi-focused and specialist. The kickoff was ... (Read More)
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(Show)An Elegant Array of Formal to Rustic Antiques
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
This year’s show was the eighth annual edition of the Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, which opened with early buying and a bit of wine from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, and continued Friday and Saturday, February 16 and 17. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Margi Hofer Steps Down from New-York Historical Society
At the end of 2023, Margaret “Margi” Hofer left the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, completing a 30-year career at the institution. Hofer joined the society in 1993 and rose to become vice president (later senior vice president) and museum director in 2015.
“Margi has been instrumental in the evolution ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2024 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the 2024 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients are the Andrew Jackson Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee; Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Museo de las Americas, Denver, Colorado; Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island; and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Acknowledging, Not Erasing, the Past
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Many collections that come to auction are pleasing to the eye; they encapsulate the history of an artist or celebrate the material produced by a company. Maybe the collection is a representation of a certain genre, time period, or artistic ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potomack Midwinter Sales Cover All the Bases
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company’s most recent suite of online-only sales ran from February 6 to 9 out of the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia, gallery. More than 970 lots were offered in five broad categories: 20th- and 21st-century fine art (February 6); American, English, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Boston Collects
Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle presented “Boston Collects” February 9 at its location in Back Bay, Boston. The title of the auction refers to the objects for sale, as they all had Boston relevance, whether by maker or collector, or they were sold in Boston.
One major collection was from the ... (Read More)
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