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News: Antiques & Art

Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture
Science is an overriding concern of American life today. An individual’s attitude toward...

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Levi Strauss: A History Of American Style
“Levi Strauss: A History of American Style,” which just opened at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco, displays more than 150 items from the famous firm’s archives – everything from style-setting garments to promotional ephemera and vintage photos. Visitors will see...

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The Winter Show Looks Forward
The neat symmetry of the new year, 2020, and its suggestion of perfect vision contribute to the general sense that we are at the start of a fresh era.

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American Folk Pottery: Art and Design
ighlighting nearly fifty objects from its renowned folk art collection, Colonial Williamsburg’s new installation American Folk Pottery: Art and Design...

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Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Scholarship
“I just hate vapid exhibitions....

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Kent Monkman Reverses Art History's Colonial Gaze
The Met's Great Hall is an imposing space that endows art exhibited there with a conspicuous aura of cultural authority and achievement. This grand stage...

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Winterthur Garden commemorated on USPS postage stamp
WINTERTHUR, DE.- People across the United States will soon get a glimpse of the beautiful gardens of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library as part of a new Postal Service series of stamps that celebrates 10 classic American gardens.

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‘The Hare With Amber Eyes’ Comes Home
“Itʼs not just a nice family gathering — itʼs a political act,”

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Americana…Front, Center & Forward Looking
The Delaware Antiques Show, recently celebrating its 56th anniversary, has always been a destination for collectors and scholars of American furniture, folk art and fine art as well as English...

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Isaac Vose: The Best Of Boston In The Classical Era
The brilliant new book Rather Elegant Than Showy: The Classical Furniture of Isaac Vose by Robert D. Mussey Jr and Clark Pearce opens with a chapter on the history of scholarship in this neglected avenue of American furniture studies.

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Gorham: Designing Brilliance, 1850–1970
Just under a foot tall and flecked with copper and brass, a japanesque silver vase of 1879 set Elizabeth A. Williams on a years-long quest to uncover the all-but-forgotten history of Gorham, the former Rhode Island powerhouse that was once the world’s largest silver manufacturer but today exists in name only.

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Made In New York: The Business Of Folk Art
“Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art,” on view at the American Folk Art Museum’s Lincoln Square galleries from March 19 to July 28, is satisfying on so many levels that it is hard to know where to start.

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The Winter Show
The Winter Show celebrated its 65th year, a sapphire jubilee, January 17-27, at the Park Avenue Armory. There were sapphire lights projected on the ceiling and on the front of the loan exhibition, Collecting Nantucket / Connecting the World

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston showcases jewelry, metalwork in new exhibit
The Museum of Fine Arts is putting on the glitz. Its latest exhibit, “Boston Made: Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork” will showcase over 70 objects, from gem-packed rings and necklaces to intricate metalwork and design drawings in the museum’s Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Gallery. The exhibit runs through March 29, 2020.

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Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age: Herter Brothers and the William H. Vanderbilt House
William H. Vanderbilt (1821–1885), the son of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt (1794–1877), inherited a vast fortune and a lucrative transport business that he expanded exponentially to become one of the wealthiest men in America. In 1879 he built an enormous mansion to mark his elevated social and economic status. It spanned a city block on Fifth Avenue

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News: ADA Members

ADA Online Show Re-Emerges Victorious Amid Pandemic
When the antiques shows canceled on account of the Coronavirus pandemic, antique dealers looked online for the solution and found one...

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244-Year-Old Rifle Stolen Decades Ago Is Returned to Museum
A rare Revolutionary War-era rifle stolen from a display case at Valley Forge State Park nearly 50 years ago has been returned to its rightful owners.

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Olde Hope Welcomes Folk Art Fans To Manhattan
Longtime Winter Show exhibitors Olde Hope Antiques stepped away from the show scene for a moment to welcome lovers of American folk art to its new permanent establishment...

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Laura Beach Honored At ADA Award Of Merit Dinner
The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) presented its annual Award of Merit to writer and Antiques and The Arts Weekly editor-at-large Laura Beach on April 27 before a banquet of her peers. In a piece penned by W.A. Demers (Antiques and The Arts Weekly, issue April 26, 2019), Beach summed up her three-plus-decade career, saying, “I went everywhere, did everything and met all.”

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The 13-Star American Flag Had More Variations Than You’d Think
Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags.

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Antiques In Manchester: The Collector’s Fair Makes Record Gate In Eighth Edition
If there was an oft repeated buzz word among the dealer reviews for the eighth edition of Karen DiSaia’s Antiques in Manchester: The Collector’s Fair, it revolved around the “energy.” Sam Herrup: “I thought the show went very well; there was very good energy.” Jeff Tillou: “I thought it had a more upbeat vibe than in year’s past.”

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ADA Honors Award Of Merit Winner Peter M. Kenny
The Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) honored Peter M. Kenny at its annual Award of Merit dinner on April 20. The event, held this year at the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show at the Navy Yard, celebrates outstanding contributions to the American arts.

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ADA Dealers And Friends Honor Patricia E. Kane
he Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) gathered in Philadelphia on Friday evening, April 21, to celebrate the accomplishments of Patricia E. Kane, winner of the 2017 ADA Award of Merit. Joining the Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at Yale University Art Gallery were dozens of Kane’s associates from the museum field and the art and antiques trade.

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ADA Award of Merit Dinner Keynote Speaker John Demos Offers Thoughtful Commentary on Honoree David McCullough's Success
At the ADA Award of Merit Dinner on April 11th in Philadelphia, the Antiques Dealers' Association honored the internationally renowned author David McCullough for his ability to inspire people to appreciate the great stories of American history.

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ADA Dealers Featured at the Winter Antiques Show
Sales of Americana were a prominent theme of the Winter Antiques Show in NYC this past January, with furniture, often referred to as "brown wood", playing a significant role in the demand.

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With Laughter And Love, ADA Honors Joan & Victor Johnson
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — Members of the Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) and others came together on Friday evening, April 15, to honor Joan and Victor Johnson, the Philadelphia collectors and philanthropists whose generosity to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and to the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show is noteworthy, especially in the year marking the return of the antiques show after a one-year hiatus.

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The ADA Award Of Merit Dinner Honoring Brock Jobe
On April 26th, 2014, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. will present the 2014 ADA Award of Merit to Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture.

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Shaped Aprons and Turned Legs: Regionalism in Early American Furniture
Hamilton Hall’s inaugural Americana Lecture will be presented by well known furniture specialist Arthur Liverant, a founder of the Antiques Dealer’s Association of America and third generation owner of Nathan Liverant and Son in Colchester,

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Morris Finkel (1923-2011)
Morris Finkel, a Philadelphia antiques dealer who rose to national prominence during six decades of business on the city’s Antiques Row, died Thursday, December 22, after a long illness. He was 88 years old.

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The Albert Sack Memorial Breakfast
On Sunday, January 22nd, 2012, from 10am-11am, the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. will host a memorial reception and tribute for the late Albert Sack

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