NEW MARKET, TN.- Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport experienced a mini traffic boom during the weeks leading up to John W. Coker’s Sept. 15, 2010 auction, as potential bidders converged on the region with one goal in mind: to preview and buy ar…
Frenzy of International Bidding Pushes Total to $1.82 Million at John W. Coker Sale
NEW MARKET, TN.- Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport experienced a mini traffic boom during the weeks leading up to John W. Coker’s Sept. 15, 2010 auction, as potential bidders converged on the region with one goal in mind: to preview and buy ar…
Pomeranian State Museum to Open Exhibition by Three Masters of German Romanticism
GREIFSWALD.- Their fathers were said to be appalled by their sons´ decision to become artists. But the three young men, dreaming of a new way to express art, were determined to implement their plans. Ultimately their parents gave way. Caspar David Fri…
Grand Miró Exhibition Includes First-Class Objects on Loan from All Over the World
BADEN-BADEN.- The grand summer exhibition at the Museum Frieder Burda through 14 November 2010 is dedicated to the artist Joan Miró. Under the title “Miró. The Colours of Poetry“, the museum will show around 100 works by the Catalan artist …
Yale Center for British Art Showcases Contemporary Bookbindings and Jewelry by Artist Romilly Saumarez Smith
NEW HAVEN, CT.- The jewelry and bookbinding of artist Romilly Saumarez Smith will be the focus of a small exhibition this summer at the Yale Center for British Art. Opening June 24, Structured Elegance: Bookbindings and Jewelry by Romilly Saumarez Smit…
Strong Bids for Asian Art Tuesday at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- An anonymous Asian art collector paid more than $1.38-million on Tuesday for a two-foot high Qianlong Period gilt bronze censer – sold during the $4.7-million Asian Art auction held at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. T…
Collectors Compete for American Paintings at Swann Auction Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Active bidding by private collectors resulted in a strong auction of American Art and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries on June 8. The sale’s top lots, offered in the Contemporary Art section, were Louise Nevelson’s Maquette …
Sam Francis’ Biggest Show in Europe Since 1995 Opens in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA.- 100 original works by American artist Sam Francis will be exhibited at the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum from June 19 until August 29, 2010. This Sam Francis retrospective is the biggest show in Europe since 1995, made possible by two E…
Out of the Woodwork
Is there anything left to say about George Nakashima and his furniture that hasn’t already been said in his own book (The Soul of a Tree) and in books about him (Nature, Form & Spirit) and in numerous magazine articles and films (Craft in America…