This summer, Antiques Roadshow will once again crisscross the country in search of new treasures for Season 16 of PBS’s most watched show.The 2011 Tour stops are: Eugene, Ore. …………. June 4, 2011El Paso, Texas ……….. June 18, 2011Minneapolis, Minn. ….. July … Read More +
Tag Archives: Modern Architecture
Worthpoint marks 10,000 subscribers
This week, Worthpoint announced the number of paid subscribers has topped 10,000, a major milestone in the company’s newly relaunched business plan. The site was started in 2007 by collector/dealer/business guru Will Seippel. In 2008, the company purchased GoAntiques.com, one … Read More +
Antique Trader is giving a free antique appraisal to attendees of the Chicago Antique Market
Own an antique or collectible? Of course you do! Want to know its value? Absolutely! Come meet Antique Trader at Chicago’s largest antiques and collectibles festival May 29-30! Every attendee to the Chicago Antique Market at the Randolph Street Market … Read More +
If you love unique then you’ll love Chicago’s Modern Vintage Holiday Market
Image Pilots, the producers of the Randolph Street Market Festival featuring the Chicago Antique Market and Indie Designer Market, is returning this year with the 3rd annual Modern Vintage Holiday Market. This year, the Modern Vintage Holiday Market will be … Read More +
Nov. 7 LA gallery event to benefit Linda Blair’s animal rescue charity
LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, Nov. 7, Gallery Brown and internationally acclaimed pop artist Steve Kaufman will present “Art Goes To The Dogs,” a benefit for film star Linda Blair‘s animal rescue charity, the World Heart Foundation. Blair will be … Read More +
The death of the suburbs?
Interesting post here from a blog called Victorian Antiques and Design. It’s questions whether the current mortgage crisis is causing the death of Suburbia. I heard the story on NPR the author was talking about and was intrigued at the … Read More +
Love modern architecture like me?
Here’s a very cool new site for an architecture online magazine. Great stuff. A lot of insight into modern htinking on building, and a great place for all those new college grads with architecture degrees, which is the new art … Read More +
The death of a Dallas Mid-Century Modern classic
This one hits close to home. I remember the house at 2505 Turtle Creek Boulevard in my home town of Dallas very very well. In fact, I would say that it’s one of the buildings that is earliest in the … Read More +
Good news for Wright’s Taliesin West: Phoenix approves preservation plan
This is a happy thing for lovers of Modern architecture – Wright in particular – which anyone that knows me knows that I am. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in Phoenix, an absolute masterpiece among the master’s masterpieces, has finally … Read More +
A conversation over caviar about architecture
This is a link to an interview with the winner of The Pritzker Prize for Architecture, Jean Nouvel. The prize is the top award given to modern architects, and is normally the crowning achievement of a glorious career, rather than … Read More +