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Last Chance: Shows Closing this Weekend

May 3, 2012  |  Last Chance: Shows Closing this Weekend

California

Sacramento

Crocker ArtMuseum:  "Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey"; to May 6

District of Columbia

National Gallery of Art:  "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition"; to May 6.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: "Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House"; to May 6.

Kentucky

Louisville

Speed Art Museum:  "Renoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color"; to May 6.

Michigan

Muskegon

Muskegon Museum of Art: "1934: A New Deal for Artists"; to May 6.

New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art: "Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York"; to May 6.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art: "Van Gough Up Close"; to May 6.

South Carolina

Charleston

Charleston Museum: "Fashion Plates:  Illustrating History's Latest Styles, 1760s-1920s"; to May 6.

Tennessee

Nashville

Frist Center for the Visual Arts: "To See As Artists See: American Art from…» More

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This Weekend's Events & Happenings

PHOTOGRAPHS SIGNATURE AUCTION- NEW YORK

Ukrainian Institute of America at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion

Auction Dates: May 1st at 9 am CT

Lot Viewing: FULL PREVIEW April 27 - May 1, 2012 New York, NY

Consignment deadline: February 28, For more information go to  http://fineart.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=5098

THE AADLA SPRING SHOW NYC

Park Avenue Armory, NY

Auction Dates: May 3 - May 6

Opening Night Preview, Wednesday, May 2 sponsored by1stdibs.com to benefit the ASPCA. The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, the oldest association of fine and decorative art specialists in the United States, will bring together the very best dealers in fine and decorative arts for the second annual Spring Show NYC. Over 50 top dealers will present a sweeping array of fine and decorative art treasures, rare books, and tapestries, ranging from antiquities to 20th C. masterworks. Lectures by noted curators, scholars and designers are included with Fair admission…» More

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This Weekend's Events & Happenings

April 24, 2012  |   

April 27-30. Chicago, IL. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair. The Midwest's premier exhibition of antiques and fine art will showcase more than 100 of the world's top dealers and a wide range of categories and genres, including 20th Century Design, Americana, Architectural Design, Asian Art & Antiquities, Barometers, Books, Ceramics, Clocks, Decorative Arts, Folk Art, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Paintings, Posters, Prints, Maps, Sculpture, Silver, Textiles and Tribal Art.  For details including show hours, please visit www.merchandisemartantiques.com.

April 27-29. Philadelphia, PA. The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show. Celebrating its 18th year anniversary in Philadelphia, 46 exceptional exhibitors will present room setting displays of 18th through early 20th century antiques, formal and country furniture, fine & folk art, early toys, marine art, Asian antiques, silver, Oriental rugs and accessories. Amenities include; convenient parking,…» More

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Last Chance: Shows Closing this Weekend

April 16, 2012  |  Delaware

Wilmington: The Delaware Art Museum

 A SECRET BOOK OF DESIGNS: THE BURNE-JONES FLOWER BOOK.

Traveller’s Joy, print from The Flower Book. (London: reproduced by H. Piazza et Cie for the Fine Art Society, 1905). Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). Collotype on laid paper with watercolor addition, 16 1/8 x 12 3/16 inches. Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives, Delaware Art Museum.

Between 1882 and 1898 Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) created a series of circular images, each inspired by the name of a flower. In 1905 (after the artist's death) these representations were published as individual collotypes with stenciled watercolor additions in a technique called pochoir. The portrayals are so brilliantly printed they are often mistaken as original watercolors. Only 300 editions of this publication were printed. This exhibition features all 38 images from this edition, recently acquired for the Museum's Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives. (fr…» More