In addition to the remarkable objects to be seen at the Winter Antiques Show, the prestigious fair is also recognized for its lecture series and special events that offer exciting opportunities for enthusiasts of arts, antiques, and design to learn from top professionals in the field. This year’s schedule presents two lecture programs, the Expert Eye Lecture & Book Signings series and the Loan Exhibition Lecture series; a panel presented by Chubb Personal Insurance, 2015 Presenting Sponsor; and the celebratory cocktail event, Young Collectors Night. All lectures will be held in the Board of Officers Room at the Park Avenue Armory. Seating is on a first-come basis and is complimentary with admission to the Show.

• Treasures Beyond Tibet: Arts of Asia at the Newark Museum

Loan Exhibition Lecture Series

Wednesday, January 28

2:30 pm

Katherine Anne Paul

Curator, Arts of Asia

Most famous for its Tibetan collection, the Asian collections of the Newark Museum present spectacular, world-class works of art from all regions of Asia. The illustrated lecture will reveal highlights of the collection from all regions of Asia while illuminating the Museum’s distinct collecting history.

• Curating a Continent: African Art at the Newark Museum

Loan Exhibition Lecture Series

Thursday, January 29

2:30 pm

Christa Clarke
Senior Curator, Arts of Global Africa

The Newark Museum has been at the forefront of American art museums in its representation of the arts of Africa, acquiring works beginning in 1917 and first exhibiting African art in 1926. This lecture surveys the museum’s unique history of collecting—past and present—including its recent emphasis on contemporary arts of global Africa.

• Young Collectors Night at the Winter Antiques Show

Thursday, January 29

7-9 p.m.

Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street

The glamorous Young Collectors Night celebrates the show’s antiques as objects of timeless design for new collectors, emerging philanthropists, and art and design enthusiasts. The high-energy event features cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a private viewing of the Show, and an exclusive “Meet the Designers” reception. Tickets are $175 in advance, and can be purchased at www.winterantiquesshow.com, or $200 at the door.

• Mansions and Millionaires: The Transformation of Taste in America’s Gilded Age

Loan Exhibition Lecture Series

Friday, January 30

2:30 pm

Ulysses G. Dietz

Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts

Notions of how wealthy Americans should live was forever changed by the explosion of wealth in the aftermath of the Civil War. At first, newly-minted American millionaires sought out things that were luxurious, costly and modern. By the late 1880s, however, those at the top of the American social pyramid began to see that old foreign things with aristocratic histories were even more desirable than anything modern.

• Expert Eye Evening

Friday, January 30, 2015

5:30 p.m. – 800 p.m.

The “expert eyes” are the Show’s 73 exhibitors who will share tips on collecting works from antiquity to Midcentury modern while guests enjoy wine tastings and meet the most prestigious art and antiques specialists.

• Exhibition Preview—Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life

Expert Eye Lecture Series

Saturday, January 31 at 2:00 p.m.

Mark D. Mitchell

Associate Curator of American Art

Manager of the Center for American Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art

The first survey of American still life in three decades, Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life will feature some 120 oil paintings, watercolors, and works in other media representing the finest accomplishments in the genre from its beginnings in the early 1800s to the Pop Art era of the 1960s.

For more information on this exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, please visit www.PhilaMuseum.org/Exhibitions

ABOUT THE WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW

The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 61st year as America’s most prestigious antiques show, featuring 73 renowned experts in American, English, European, and Asian fine and decorative arts in a fully vetted Show. The Show was established in 1955 by East Side House Settlement, a social services institution located in the South Bronx. All net proceeds from the Show benefit East Side House Settlement. The Winter Antiques Show will run from January 23-February 1, 2015, at the Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue, New York City. The Winter Antiques Show hours are 12 p.m.-8 p.m. daily except Sundays and Thursday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Daily admission to the Show is $25, which includes the Show’s award-winning catalogue. To purchase tickets for the Opening Night Party on January 22, 2015, or Young Collectors Night on January 29, 2015, call (718) 292-7392 or visit this link on the Show’s website. For more information about the Winter Antiques Show, visit www.winterantiquesshow.com.