August 20, 2024
European Fine art

Local galleries and museums feature varied art — and potential holiday gifts — this month

Still hunting for holiday gifts? Want to check out some new art? You can do both by visiting area galleries this month, which offer a variety of exhibits. Here’s a look at some of the shows. Michelson Galleries, Northampton — The Eric Carle Museum doesn’t have a monopoly on children’s book art in the area.

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Events calendar: Celebrate the holidays at The Casements’ 45th annual Christmas Gala | Observer Local News

Friday, Dec. 1 The Casements’ 45th annual Christmas Gala When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1; 12-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2; and 12-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3 Where: The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Details: The Casements Guild is hosting its 45th annual Christmas Gala, themed “Holly Jolly Christmas.” A tree lighting ceremony will

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EISA Maestro International Winners revealed!

The EISA Maestro 2023 photo contest was on the theme of The Animal Kingdom. Here we showcase the excellent portfolios by the EISA Maestro International winners, which includes some incredible wildlife images. In addition to its awards for best photographic products of the year, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) runs EISA Maestro –

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The best ski resorts in Europe for 2024

Anyone who watched a snowboard video in the 1990s will be familiar with Riksgränsen, even if they’ve never heard of this outpost on the Norwegian border in Sweden’s far north. It’s a funny old place, which started in 1903 as a station for the trains carrying iron ore from the mining town of Kiruna to

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An Oklahoma love story: How an early Oklahoman’s collection of paintings impacts many today at Philbrook Museum of Art | City Desk

This is a love story. Multiple love stories, actually. They begin with Susan Fuller Palmer, a newly minted docent at Philbrook Museum of Art. She never does anything lackadaisically. She catapulted from being a personal trainer to owning Firm by Susan Fuller, one of Tulsa’s earliest fitness centers. In preparation for a trip to France, she took

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New to the NW, he’s painting 100 Chestnut Hill scenes

by Len Lear If you were walking down Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill recently, you just might have seen Trevor Wade Thomas and his easel-holding tripod, painting a distinctive picturesque local scene. It would be just one of the 100 local scenes he is in the process of painting, most of which are completed. “I

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Henry Kissinger, American Diplomat and Nobel Winner, Dead at 100

Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday at age 100. From a report: Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement

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Veteran Dealer Ray Waterhouse Establishes New Gallery, Modern Fine Art

Gallery Network The gallery will be exhibiting for the first time at Art Miami 2023. Artnet Gallery Network 8 hours ago Jean-François, Rauzier, Louvre (2023). Courtesy of Waterhouse and Dodd, London and New York. Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we

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Alan Michelson’s Place-Keeping Art

NEW YORK — For almost three decades, Alan Michelson (Mohawk) has produced, spoken on, and curated artworks and exhibitions that attend to place, histories, and futures, and the lived realities of Indigenous peoples in North America. Michelson, who is perhaps best known for his site-specific mixed-media video installations, centers narratives often erased through the mechanisms

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Art Is a Rising Focus for Wealth Managers and Family Offices

The value of art and collectibles owned by the world’s wealthiest individuals totaled nearly US$2.2 trillion as of last year, an amount that could grow to nearly US$2.9 trillion by 2026, according to recent analysis from wealth management advisor Deloitte Private and ArtTactic, a research and analysis firm.  Yet, the art market overall has grown

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