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The set is not signed, but Jeff Cherry of Cherry Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine, has had similar ones that were marked Heywood-Wakefield. Cherry said he loves the light, airy look of them. He asked a very reasonable $2800 for the set.Frank & Barbara Pollack American Antiques & Art, Sunapee, New Hampshire, ... (Read More)
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Stanley Weiss plays his Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu violin, noting that Paganini preferred a Guarneri to a Stradivarius. He seems to be accompanied by the woman at the piano in the portrait by John Blunt. Weiss said he bought the painting at a Christies auction years ago.The fourth floor, like ... (Read More)
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by Ian McKay, e-mail: Continuing to plough my way through the summer backlog, I have focused my attention this month on record-breaking English watercolours by Cozens, Towne, and others, as well as a further group by J.M.W. Turner. The latter is also represented by a Roman panorama in oils that ... (Read More)
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Beginning Wednesday, October 6, the Brooklyn Museum will be open to the public eight additional hours a week, including remaining open until 10 p.m. every Thursday and Friday. When the new schedule goes into effect, the Brooklyn Museum will have a greater number of evening hours than almost any other ... (Read More)
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