A portrait exhibition at the Madison Morgan Cultural Center
This Week’s Top Lots: April 6 – 10
Top Lots in the world of antiques
IMA launches Artbabble
A new website devoted to art-based video content, Artbabble.org, was launched yesterday by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artbabble brings together unique videos ranging from 30-second clips to over one-hour documentaries and presentations, allows institutions to share their video resources. The IMA has partnered in this project with Art21, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, …
In conversation with…Rosemary Hill, Pugin biographer
An interview with Rosemary Hill upon the US publication of God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
Curator profile: Philip Zea
All about Historic Deerfield’s Philip Zea
This Week’s Top Lots: March 30 – April 3
* Monday’s sale of photographs at Christie’s New York, which totaled over $1.5 million with 71% of the lots sold, brought few surprises—most works were sold within their estimates. The top lot was a Robert Mapplethorpe Cala Lily from 1988 that was sold to a European collector for $122,500 (estimate $100,000-150,000). Richard Avedon’s iconic Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by …
Fabergé at home and abroad
Stunning examples of fabergé
Art Nouveau Jewelry
The innovative techniques and unusual materials of art nouveau jewelry
What modern was
Mid Century masters of luxury
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is a city of great character and great contrasts: blue-blooded and blue collar; home of the beaux arts and the Broad Street Bullies; as steeped in history as it is in Tastee Cakes. In today’s Philadelphia, au courant fashion shops nestle next to dealers in exquisite art and antiques. In April the City of Brotherly Love celebrates its long …