The Magazine Antiques

From the editor's desk | By Elizabeth Pochoda

Editor's Letter, July/August 2012

July 31, 2012  |  We have something to celebrate this summer in the resurgence of the American Folk ArtMuseum. Pronounced dead after selling its award-winning building on Fifty-ThirdStreet in Manhattan, the museum is noth­ing of the sort, as you will see in the articles grouped here under the rubric "Folk Art Rising." At its tidy quarters on Lincoln Square, a smooth street-level entrance speeds you to the exhibition Jubilation/Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined, where objects from the collection by quilters, portraitists, and private obses­sives speak to each other in the American vernacular. It is an imaginative pairing of the practical and the visionary curated by Stacy C. Hollander, who joined the museum as an intern and is now as world class as the collection itself.

Looking back in 1933 on the heady years before World War I when she was among the first to discover the work of Picasso and Matisse, Gertrude Stein observed that "once everybody knows they are good the adventure is over." …» More

Current & Coming | By The Magazine Antiques Editorial

Last Chance Exhibits and Shows

June 12, 2012  |  Sunday June 17,2012 is the last chance to see these shows and fairs!

Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair

London, UK
Jun 7 - Jun 17

For more information go to www.olympia-art-antiques.com

(LAST DAY) THE CULT OF BEAUTY: THE VICTORIAN AVANT- GARDE, 1860-1900

Legion of Honor

For more information go to http://legionofhonor.famsf.org/legion/exhibitions/cult-beauty-victorian-avant-garde-1860-1900

(LAST DAY) HOKUSAI: THIRTY VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI

Freer and Sackler Galleries

For more information go to http://www.si.edu/Exhibitions/Details/Hokusai-Thirty-six-Views-of-Mount-Fuji-4768

(LAST DAY) DELICACIES

Des Moines Art Center

For more information please go to http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/exhibitions/Delicacies.aspx

(LAST DAY) FURNISHING LOUISIANA: 1735-1835

Historic Louisiana Collection

For more information please go to http://www.hnoc.org/furnishinglouisiana/

(LAST DAY) THE OBJECT OF HISTORY: COLONIAL TREASURES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HIST…» More

Current & Coming | By The Magazine Antiques Editorial

Last Chance Exhibits and Shows

June 5, 2012  |  June 10, 2012

SCOTT ANTIQUE MARKET

Atlanta Expo Centers

Held the second weekend of every month at the Atlanta Expo Centers, is open Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Admission is $5. 

For more information about the shows go to http://www.scottantiquemarket.com/antiqueshows_dates.html !

(LAST DAY) ...ISMS: UNLOCKING ART'S MYSTERIES

Florence Griswold Museum

For more information go to http://www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org/exhibitions_12isms.php

(LAST DAY) CAPTURED IN GLASS: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PAPERWEIGHTS

Flint Institute of Arts

For more information go to http://www.flintarts.org/

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Current & Coming | By The Magazine Antiques Editorial

Last Chance Exhibits

May 30, 2012  |  Last Chance Exhibits

June 3, 2012

(LAST DAY) CALIFORNIA DESIGN, 1930-1965: LIVING IN A MODERN WAY

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

For more information go to http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/californiadesign

(LAST DAY) EMBROIDERIES OF COLONIAL BOSTON: DOMESTIC EMBROIDERIES

Museum of Fine Arts

For more information go to http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/embroideries-colonial-boston-1

(LAST DAY) TO LIVE FOREVER: EGYPTIAN TREASURES FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Joslyn Art Museum

For more information go to http://www.visitomaha.com/includes/events/?action=displayDetail&eventId=6506

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