August 17, 2024
European Fine art

Sweet Sixteen: The American Art FairMakes History, Sees Record Sales

The fourth floor of The American Art Fair extends up to the fifth floor, where Avery Galleries and Thomas Colville Fine Art were situated. Chenyu Huang photo for The American Art Fair. Review & Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY — For art lovers in or around New York City, mid-May is

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Shop The Galleries on Peachtree Hills: Antiques, Interiors

By Carol Carter Published May 26, 2023Last Updated June 30, 2023 Looking for fine art? Antiques? Interiors galleries? Rugs? Stop in at The Galleries on Peachtree Hills at 425 Peachtree Hills Ave. NE and stroll through gallery after gallery. The center is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 7

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Mánes Association of Fine Artists

Named after the prominent Czech artist Josef Mánes (1820–1871), the Mánes Association of Fine Artists was founded in 1887 in Prague (with initial origins in 1885 in Munich) and became an influential establishment for promoting and exhibiting modern Czech artists as well as a purportedly international (though primarily European, and especially French) milieu. At its

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Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

Over an intense nine weeks in the summer of 1905 in the modest fishing village of Collioure on the French Mediterranean, Henri Matisse and Andre Derain embarked on a partnership that led to a wholly new, radical artistic language later known as Fauvism. Their daring, energetic experiments with color, form, structure, and perspective changed the

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Fears looted Nazi art still hanging in European galleries | Art theft

In August 1940, Samuel Hartveld and his wife, Clara Meiboom, boarded the SS Exeter ocean liner in Lisbon, bound for New York. Aged 62, Hartveld, a successful Jewish art dealer, left a world behind. The couple had fled their home city of Antwerp not long before the Nazi invasion of Belgium in May 1940, parting

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New York Gaze At TEFAF, Mingling Blue Chip Art And A-List Celebrities

the Mayflower in 1620 Alternate Title(s):Coming of the Mayflower Date: 1941 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 104 1/2 × 158 3/4 in. (265.4 × 403.2 cm) Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts We travel through centuries of New York City history, swept away by furious waves of N.C. Wyeth’s The Coming of the Mayflower in 1620, a

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Art market in France – statistics & facts

Art trade in France In 2022, France’s export value of works of art exceeded its import value. That year, the trade value of works of art, collectors’ pieces, and antiques exported from France reached nearly two billion U.S. dollars – an increase of roughly six percent from 2021. On the other hand, the trade value

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See 6 Highlights From TEFAF New York, From a Lalanne Grasshopper Bar to a Seafaring Pair of Wyeth Murals

Art Fairs The tony New York edition of Europe’s top fair for historical masterpieces arrives at the Park Avenue Armory. François-Xavier Lalanne, Sauterelle Bar (ca. 1974). Courtesy of Mennour. Following its showcase in the Dutch city of Maastricht in March, the European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) is currently hosting its New York edition (May 12–16)

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The Hypeart Guide to New York Art Week 2023

New York Art Week is back and there are a number of fairs and exhibitions to see across the city — from Nigel Cooke’s atmospheric paintings at Pace Gallery’s 540 West 25th Street location to lesser-seen artworks by Georgia O’Keeffe at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Fair wise, there of course is the return of

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TEFAF New York: A Worldly Fair Overflows With Art and Design

If you put the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a blender, you might end up with something like TEFAF New York. One of two annual fairs staged by the European Fine Art Foundation (the other is in Maastricht), it fills the historic Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan to its rafters this week with modern and

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