We don’t have any experience with the Seattle Art Fair prior, but the 2023 edition was said to be a comeback show. If so, that speed of recovery was on full display this year as 25 additional galleries joined the fair at the Lumen Event Center. A steady crowd Friday seemed to have been dwarfed … Continue reading Seattle Art Fair 2024: A Vibrant Comeback Show with New Additions
One of the most treasured paintings in American art, Kindred Spirits (1849) by Asher B. Durand, will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art this spring. The painting, on loan from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Ark.), will hang concurrently with the museum’s special exhibition, The Hudson River … Continue reading Hudson River Runs Through Texas
In conjunction with the formidable Cristie's American Art auction on May 20, Bonhams and Doyle offer fine art auctions with more variety in the price range. Geo and I had the pleasure of visiting both last Sunday. Tropical Moonlight by Frederick Church, Top Lot at Bonhams Situated inside the aloof IBM building where Dahesh Museum … Continue reading Auction Preview – At Bonhams and Doyle
The Butler Institute of Art is of a calibur equal to some of the larger, newer cities outside the Northeast. All of this great art just outside the campus of Youngstown State University is a great example of art being where the money (and population) used to be. The people and city of Youngstown appear … Continue reading Butler Institute of American Art
Urban Art & Antiques 