The iconic garments and contemporary designs of Ronaldus Shamask will soon be on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Since he presented his first couture collection in 1979 in New York, Shamask’s designs have been shaped by architecture as well as traditional Japanese clothing and crafts, including origami, the art of paper folding. Born in Amsterdam … Continue reading Ronaldus Shamask: Form, Fashion, Reflection in Philadelphia
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Dressing Table Completes Pair of Colonial Furniture for Philadelphia Museum
The Philadelphia Museum of Art recently agreed to purchase a mahogany dressing table that has been on loan to the Museum for 36 years. Made in Philadelphia in the late 1760s or early 1770s, the table is the mate to the museum’s monumental high chest, which was donated in 1957 by Amy Howe Steel Greenough. … Continue reading Dressing Table Completes Pair of Colonial Furniture for Philadelphia Museum
Three Days in Philadelphia
When Philadelphia throws a party, as it does for Philadelphia Antiques Week, April 27 - May 1, there's so much to see and do that it takes a travel guide to plan an itinerary that allows enough time to take in the antiques shows and the city's sites. So, the publishers of PhiladelphiaAntiquesWeek.com have provided … Continue reading Three Days in Philadelphia
More Great Things to See on Your Visit to Philadelphia Antiques Week
PhiladelphiaAntiquesWeek.com recently offered visitors to Philadelphia's Antiques Week five reasons to revisit this year including a new home at the Convention Center for the Philadelphia Antiques Show, an exhibit on firefighter memorabilia at the 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show, some recently acquired paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, an exhibit relating to Dr. Barnes … Continue reading More Great Things to See on Your Visit to Philadelphia Antiques Week
What’s Up and On in New York City
Three paintings by George Inness traveled to Philadelphia before I did. I met them on the 20th Floor of a building in Rockefeller Center during an American Art preview at Christie's. Normally they would have been in the ground floor showrooms, but those were taken. Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry is moving in. It will be available … Continue reading What’s Up and On in New York City
Exhibition Explores Van Gogh’s Deep Immersion Into Nature
“I…am always obliged to go and gaze at a blade of grass, a pine-tree branch, an ear of wheat, to calm myself,” Vincent van Gogh wrote in a letter to his sister, Wilhemina, in July of 1889. An artist of exceptional intensity, not only in his use of color and exuberant application of paint but … Continue reading Exhibition Explores Van Gogh’s Deep Immersion Into Nature
Museums Closing in Anticipation of Irene
Hurricane Irene is coming and cities along the East Coast are busy preparing. With transit systems shutting down, museums are following suite. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rodin Museum nd Fairmount Park Houses have announced they'll all be slosed this Sunday. In New York the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced its closed for the … Continue reading Museums Closing in Anticipation of Irene
Philadelphia Museum of Art on an Acquiring Spree
Crystal Bridges isn't the only museum acquiring these days, and some of the art is traveling north. The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced recently it has acquired three important French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley, and a pastel by Mary Cassatt, the Pennsylvania native and American expatriate who became famously … Continue reading Philadelphia Museum of Art on an Acquiring Spree
George Inness in Italy– and Philadelphia
I wasn't sure I absolutely needed to see the exhibit now on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, George Inness in Italy. I most enjoy the late work of Inness, painted in the U.S. and in any case not important for its depiction of an actual landscape. The Philadelphia exhibit brought me into a … Continue reading George Inness in Italy– and Philadelphia
Stealing Away to Philadelphia
A viewing of the film The Art of the Steal about the relocation of the Barnes Collection from the suburb of lower Marion to Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia pre-ceeded my recent trip there. I was looking forward to seeing progress on several art-related developments including the Barnes on the Parkway and the installation of a … Continue reading Stealing Away to Philadelphia
Urban Art & Antiques 