An exhibition exploring the rich interactions between pictorial and garden arts in China across more than 1,000 years will be on view Aug. 18, 2012, through Jan. 6, 2013, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read More +
Museums
San Antonio historian restores antique Pearl Beer delivery wagon
San Antonio historian Bob Dale restored an antique Pearl Beer keg delivery wagon and calls it the only wagon from Texas beer brewing heritage. This small beer wagon dropped kegs at the Menger Hotel of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough-Rider fame, the wild and woolly Ironfront, the legendary Buckhorn (still operating on Houston Street), and Billy Keilman’s infamous “Beauty Saloon” in the rip-roarin’ red-light district of old San Antonio. Read More +
Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibit examines the postcard as art this fall
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts exhibit “The Postcard Age: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection,” depicts postcards as an artistic medium, Oct. 24, 2012. Read More +
Love of country and ‘Old Ironsides’ inspires former Marine’s nautical collection
A visitor to G. West “Westy” Saltonstall’s office could be forgiven for thinking he had mistakenly stumbled into a small gallery of maritime Americana. While marine-oriented, Westy’s esoteric nautical collection ranges from old cigar boxes to paintings to clocks and reflects his love of country, Old Ironsides and his Boston family heritage. Read More +
Auction in Santa Fe features Kit Carson’s flintlock pistol Aug. 11-12, 2012
Rare items from The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum and the Ralph Meyers Museum of Taos, N.M., are for sale during Auction in Santa Fe Aug. 11-12, 2012. Manitou Galleries is managing sale and its fine art offerings of nearly 300 paintings from past and contemporary masters such as Russell Case, Tim Cox, Conrad Buff, Maynard Dixon, Paxson, Parsons, Payne and many California artists. Read More +
Corning Museum of Glass unveils plans behind $64 million expansion
The Corning Museum of Glass recently unveiled the preliminary design for an expansion that will create a new North Wing, featuring light-filled galleries for its collection of contemporary works in glass, as well as one of the world’s largest facilities for glassblowing demonstrations and live glass design sessions. Read More +
New York’s Museum Mile festival returns June 12
Ten Fifth Avenue museums along New York’s Museum Mile are opening their doors for free for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration known as the Museum Mile Festival June 12. More than 1,600 museums across the country have opened their doors for free through Labor Day for active-duty military personnel and their families. Read More +
Japanese Art Deco fans get a double treat with an auction and exhibit
Fans of Japanese Art Deco get a double treat in June: Toronto auctioneer A.H. Wilkens is holding a sale of Japanese Art Deco Noritake and the Japan Society is wrapping up its exhibit titled “Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945.” Read More +
Santo Domingo or Kewa? A scarce Southwest pottery attracts new fans
Santo Domingo pottery doesn’t yet rank with San Ildefonso or Santa Clara among Pueblo art collectors but its relative rarity among American art pottery makes finding an early piece satisfying. Learn why now is a great time to buy early examples: Pueblo pottery is selling for about 50 percent less than it was selling for 10 years ago. Read More +
What we can learn from antiques of the Aesthetic Movement
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is hosting “The Cult of Beauty through June 17, 2012,” as the first major exhibition devoted to the entire material output inspired by the Aesthetic Movement. Read More +