The primitive roots of much of what we think of as Americana makes New York City seem an odd place for it. Yet each January thousands of visitors descend on the city to take in the best in the category. Things have changed somewhat this year, gone is The American Antiques Show (TAAS), the once … Continue reading Americana and Its New York Home
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Shopping Americana Week
A visit to several of the shows at New York's Americana Week (Antique Week) seems to lend some support to Graham Arader's statement on Bloomberg news that it's the upper-income buyer moving the antiques and art market. By far the best-attended show we visited during Americana Week seemed to be the Winter Antiques Show, at … Continue reading Shopping Americana Week
Modernism and its Melting
Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure. Paul De Man We've met and passed that departure. Today we see that future, and it … Continue reading Modernism and its Melting
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