September 2, 2010 – 6:22 pm
22-26 September 2010
Press & Private View: 5pm-9.30pm Tuesday 21st September
The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers opens its second annual Fair in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1 from 22-26 September 2010. In total, 94 dealers will exhibit. All are members of LAPADA, the UK’s largest association for professional antiques and art dealers, and all are [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Tagged 20th c. esign, Ancient Art Ltd., antiquarian books, antiquities, Antony Woodburn, Art & Antiques Fair, art nouveau, aviation art, Berkely Square, Billiard Room Antiques, billiard tables, C.J. Martin, Ceramics, clocks, coins & medals, Constantine Lindsay Ltd., Dinan & Chighine, English & Continental furniture, Epoque Fine Jewels, Farnham Antique Carpets, fossil decor, glass, Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Jewelry, LAPADA, Leons Miltaria, London, Lucy Johnson, marine art, Martin du Louvre, Mary Cooke Antiques, militaria, objets vertu, oriental works of art, Paul Nash Fossil Decor, Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books, pictures, Richard Gardner Antiques, Robert Bowman, rugs, sculpture, Silver, Simons, Ted Few, textiles, The Taylor Gallery, Titus Omega
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September 1, 2010 – 11:43 am
The 25th Biennale des Antiquaires is set to be the major event of the international art market.
From the 15th until the 22nd of September, under the striking Grand Palais nave, 80 art dealers and 7 jewellers will present exceptional works of art to worldwide collectors.
Presided over by Hervé Aaron and according to his wish, this [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Tagged 18th, 19th and 20th century furniture, 25th Paris Biennale, Adam Williams Fine Arts, Alain Marcepoil, Antoine Lebel, archaeology, Art of Central Africa, Asian art, Axel Vervoordt, Bellanger, Beres, Berko Fine Paintings, Bernard de Leye, Bernheimer Colnaghi, Books, Brame & Lorenceau, Cesare Lampronti, Dansk Mobel Kunst, de Bayser, Dider Aaron & Cie, Entwistle, Faberge and Imperial Russia, Finch & Co., Francois Leage, Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval, Galerie Aveline, Galerie Bresset, Galerie J.C. Charbonnier, Galerie Marcilhac, Galerie Mathivet, Galerie Pierre Levy, Galerie Tornabuoni, Galerie Vallois, Galerie Zlotowski, Garde_meuble, Gisele Croes, Gismondi, Grand Palais, Islamic art, J.J. Lally & Co., Jacques leegenhoek, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Jason Jacques, Jorge Welsh, Kraemer & Cie, L'Heure, La Presidence, Louis Vuitton Nalletier, Luis Alegria, manuscripts, Marlborough Gallery, Michel Giraud, Michel-Guy Chadelaud, Miro, Mobi-Boom, Moretti, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Musee du Quai Branly, National-Galeries des Gobelins, Oceanic Art, old master and modern paintings, Patrick Bazanan, Perrin Antiquaires, Piaget, Pierre M. Dumonteil, Pre-Colombian Art, Richard Green, Richard Nagy, Schmit, sculpture, Sladmore Gallery, SNA, Steinitz, Stoppenbach & Delestre, Syndicat National des Antiquaires, tapestry, The Congo River, Veronique Bamps, Yves Macaux
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August 19, 2010 – 3:42 pm
The Bridgehampton Antiques and Design Fair August 27th-29th
By Jan Lee
There are a few givens during the summer season in the Hamptons and one of them has been high quality antique shows. The tony South Shore enclaves on Long Island continue to be one of the most popular summer resorts on the East Coast, drawing writers, [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Also posted in Antiques, Art, Design, Events, Fashion, Gifts, Home Furnishings, Hotels, Shows, Silver, Travel
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Tagged Alex Papachristidis, Almond Restaurant, Ani Ancient Stone, Ann Hearst, Bobby Van's, Bridgehampton Antiques Show, Bridgehampton Community House, Bridgehampton Inn, Chinalai Tribal Antiques, Fleur, George Stephanopoulos, Hamptons, James McInerney, Jennifer Post, John and Barbara Schumacher, Katherine Rayner, Linda Gumb, Mark Epstein, Mr. Toads, Pierre's Restaurant, T.J. Antorino, The Candy Kitchen, The Enclave Inn, The Green Thumb, Tomas Maier, Vicente Wolf, Virginia Coleman, Water Mill, Yama Q
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By Ned Towle
Proprietor – Westchester Wine School
The regions of France and their wines are renowned not just for their beauty and quality but their diversity. Inaccessible regions known to but a few Americans offer distinctive wines, lyrically beautiful countryside and ancient chateaux.
A visitor tastes not only the regional wines but also the character of the [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Also posted in Travel, Wine
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Tagged Braucol, Chateau Lastours, Cross of Saint Louis, Duras, Fleurs de Lys, French Vineyard, French Wine, French Wine Garden, Gaillac, Loin de L'Oeil, London Plan Trees, medieval, Ned Towle, Peter May, roses and vineyards, sparkling wine, Syrah Merlot, Tarn River, The Critic, Toulouse, Westchester wine School
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FRANCE 1500: the Pictorial Arts at the Dawn of the Renaissance is an important show being presented in Paris, New York and Chicago by LES ENLUMINURES gallery and its founder Sandra Hindman, the leading expert and author of many books on medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination. It is designed to complement a major international exhibition, [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Tagged Biennale des Antiquaires, Dawn of the Renaissance, Guillaume Barbe, illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, illumination, Jean Bourdichon, Les Enluminaires, Louvres des Antiquaires, Maastricht, Medieval manuscripts, Noel Bellemarc, Paris, Renaissance, Reunion des Musee Nationaux, San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, Sandra Hindman, TEFAF, Tres Petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne
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Hosted by The Nippon Club July 13 – August 4 and by Shibui August 10 – September 30
As part of a celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the first Japanese diplomatic delegation to New York, Dane Owen and David Jackson of SHIBUI have curated a show that demonstrates “how TANSU chests evolved along with the [...]
• Strong Results from Global Marketplace for International Artists
• Six Auction Record prices established for Jules de Balincourt, Alighiero Boetti, Glenn Brown, Chapman Brothers, Chris Ofili, Sean Scully
• Market Confidence Remains as 16 works sell for over £1 million / 19 for over $1 million
• Iconic Silver Liz, 1963, by Andy Warhol sells [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Tagged Adriana Varejao's Azulejoes-Cacho & Arabesco Dormindo, Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol's Silver Liz, Chris Ofili's Orgena, Christie's Post War and Contemporary Art Sales, Glenn Brown's Dali-Christ, Jake and Dinos Chapman's Ubermensch, Jeff Koons, Jeff Koons Easyfun series, Jules de Balincourt! Young British Artists, Liz Taylor, Mappa by Alighiero Boetti, Roy Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstewin's Collage for Nude with Red Shirt, Sensation Exhibition at the Royal Academy, Silver Liz
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By Joseph Lawrence for Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Brussels, Belgium, circa 1966. The challenge had come without warning. On one side of the board sat a handsome, somewhat mysterious man, a self-proclaimed chess champion from the birthplace of the game itself. On the other sat René Magritte, the famous Belgian Surrealist artist. Perched on [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Also posted in Art
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Tagged Belgian Surrealist, Christie's World Record Modern Indian Work of Art, Contemporary Indian Art, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Indian Modernists, Rene Magritte, Sattish Gujral, Saurashtra, Sohan Qadri, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Syed Haider Raza
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By Carolin C. Young
LONDON SIMMERS – July 2010
London will be buzzing in June with antiques and art shows – but July has plenty to offer as well. Here are a few of the highlights:
AUCTIONS:
CHRISTIE’S
Works of Art from the Spencer Family Collections.
The Trustees of Althorp Estate have enlisted Christie’s to sell items from Althorp —the Spencer [...]
April 19, 2010 – 10:06 am
André SORNAY (1902 – 2000) was only seventeen years old when his father died. He took over the family business completely revolutionizing its production from copies of classical furniture to creating furniture with resolutely modern lines.
Influenced by Bauhaus and the Stijl movement, where the synthesis of art and architecture was a permanent quest, SORNAY belonged [...]
By Meg Wendy
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Also posted in Furniture
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Tagged 20th Century Design, Andre Sornay, Annik Beras Sornay, Art Deco, Biennale des Antiquaires, cloutage, Emmanuel Breon, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques, Musee de L'Orangerie, tigette, Union des Artistes Modernes
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