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Toomey & Co. Dec. 2 Auction to Feature Rare Frank Lloyd Wright Weed Holder and Rediscovered Alphonse Mucha Painting
ArtfixDaily / November 28th, 2021
Oak Park, IL — Toomey & Co. Auctioneers’ December 2 Art & Design sale will feature a rare and important museum quality weed holder by Frank Lloyd Wright. The vase is one of 11 known examples, with others found in the collections of prestigious museums such as ...
Preview Selections of American Art in 'The Stebbins Collection: A Gift for the Morse Museum'
ArtfixDaily / October 4th, 2021
The Morse Museum of American Art’s fall exhibition The Stebbins Collection: A Gift for the Morse Museum opens on November 9. The exhibition showcases the exquisite collection assembled by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. and Susan Cragg Stebbins over the course of fifty-five years. As announced in March ...
Useful and Beautiful: Silvercraft by William Waldo Dodge
ArtfixDaily / September 9th, 2021
Useful and Beautiful: Silvercraft by William Waldo Dodge features a selection of functional silver works by Dodge drawn from the Asheville Art Museum’s Collection. Organized by the Asheville Art Museum and curated by Whitney Richardson, associate curator, this exhibition will be on view from ...
Designed to Inspire: The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement Debuts September 7
ArtfixDaily / August 29th, 2021
The highly-anticipated Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida, will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Founded and funded by local businessman, philanthropist, and collector Rudy Ciccarello, the museum is the first in the world ...
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers Has Its Largest Pottery Sale Ever on June 17
ArtfixDaily / June 7th, 2021
On Thursday, June 17, Toomey & Co. Auctioneers will proudly conduct its largest ever sale dedicated exclusively to pottery. Curated by Director of Ceramics Riley Humler, the auction is entitled Keramics & Rookwood: American & European Art Pottery and features ...
A Luminous 26-Foot Tiffany Landscape Window Is Unveiled at The Art Institute of Chicago
ArtfixDaily / May 31st, 2021
Seen by very few people for over a century, the monumental window will now be a permanent centerpiece welcoming thousands of visitors near the Michigan Avenue entrance of The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago revealed in its galleries last week an extraordinary memorial ...
Rago Design Auctions Bring In $10 Million With A World Record Smashed For Tiffany
ArtfixDaily / May 17th, 2021
With a total of $10 million, more than double the high estimate, and a 89% sell-through rate, Rago’s Early 20th Century Design and Modern Design auctions illustrate the continued strength of the design market. The highlight of the two-day auction event was the record sale of an important ...
Browse Art and Antique Finds In The Philadelphia Show With Tastemakers Martha Stewart, Michael Diaz-Griffith, Emma Bazilian and Others
ArtfixDaily / April 27th, 2021
The 2021 Philadelphia Show continues online this week through Friday, April 30, showcasing over 1,000 works of art, antiques, and design from the country's finest dealers. Visitors to the show can return daily to explore new inventory offered by exhibiting dealers. Three new Tastemakers, ...
A New Discovery Brings Clout To Kirkland Museum's Upcoming Exhibition 'Truth, Beauty and Power: Christopher Dresser and The Aesthetic Movement'
ArtfixDaily / March 16th, 2021
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver has announced findings from new research attributing the design of a beautiful five-legged chair to famous British designer Christopher Dresser. Kirkland Museum is likely the first museum in the United States to display this chair with this ...
A Magnificent Greene and Greene-Designed Estate Hits the Market in California For $135 Million
ArtfixDaily / March 10th, 2021
A historic 74-acre compound in the hills above Silicon Valley has come on the market for the first time ever. Held in the same family for five generations, the property is one of the largest privately owned tracts of land offered in picturesque Woodside, California, a pricey enclave just 30 miles ...
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art Receives the Extraordinary American Art Collection of Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. and Susan Cragg Stebbins
ArtfixDaily / March 9th, 2021
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. and Susan Cragg Stebbins have given their outstanding collection of American art to The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida. The couple have made their gift in honor of Mrs. Stebbins’s parents, Evelyn and Henry Cragg, longtime residents of ...
Dive Right Into the V&A's New Digital Platform of 1.2 Million Collection Objects
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2021
The V&A has launched Explore the Collections, a new digital platform that enables everyone from around the world to search, explore and discover over 1.2m objects from the museum’s collections. This new online experience forms a key part of the V&A’s goal to revolutionize access to ...
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers Sets Auction Records for Historic Works by Chicago Artists and Makers
ArtfixDaily / December 9th, 2020
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers has often found considerable success selling art and design of historic importance by Chicago artists and makers or those with local ties. In its Tradition & Innovation sale on Thursday, December 3, in which just 65 lots combined to realize $1.24 ...
Preview Highlights of This Weekend's ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show Online
ArtfixDaily / October 5th, 2020
Following a successful virtual spring show, the Antiques Dealers' Association of America (ADA) is looking forward to hosting the annual ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show online in the year of their 35th anniversary. The online show opens at 10 am October 9 and continues through 10 pm ...
Antiques Dealers' Association Online Show a Success Driven By New Client Sales
ArtfixDaily / May 1st, 2020
The eighth edition of the Antiques Dealers' Association (ADA) online show was a resounding success. Before opening on April 24th, 200 visitors were already in the website's 'waiting room,' and another 200 visitors arrived within the first two minutes of being live. All were eager to shop more ...
5 Beautiful and Practical Artisan-Made Gifts from Museum Shops for Mother's Day
ArtfixDaily / April 27th, 2020
{{image}} In a win-win shopping effort, support non-profit museums and artists today while delighting mom with an artful, purposeful purchase. Museum shops are offering plenty of home wares, puzzles, books, clothing, home office supplies and more options for Mother's Day online ...
Watch Hundreds of Artists Tell Their Inspiring Stories, Craft in America Is Streaming Free
ArtfixDaily / March 19th, 2020
Craft in America is streaming more than a decade of its Peabody Award-winning video content and hundreds of artist stories that delight, inspire, entertain, and uplift through these challenging times. While we're at home looking for outlets for ourselves, our kids, and our families, Craft in ...
Spectacular Discoveries Abound at TEFAF Maastricht 2020
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2020
TEFAF Maastricht has launched its largest and most international edition to date, less just 3 exhibitors due to coronavirus concerns, with a Preview on Friday and continuing March 7 to 15 at the MECC, Maastricht. The fair provides collectors with the opportunity to acquire some of the ...
5 Things to To Do During NYC's Americana Week
ArtfixDaily / January 21st, 2020
New York's signature Americana Week continues through February 2, with a number of fairs, auctions, gallery and museum exhibitions and events centered on American art and antiques, and other categories, offering a mix of historic period objects deftly combined with contemporary works to reflect ...
From the Colonial to the Contemporary: The Philadelphia Show Expands and Rebrands
ArtfixDaily / January 20th, 2020
Celebrating its 58th edition showcasing America’s preeminent antiques and fine art dealers, The Philadelphia Show has a new look and a new approach. Nearly 60 dealers, featuring works from the 17th to the 21st centuries, will gather from Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26 at ...