Antique Fairs
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Editor’s Top Picks from The 2016 Winter Antiques Show
In our opinion, The Winter Antiques Show is the one fair that you need to attend this season. The fair stands as an indication of the Antiques Season. The much-anticipated show consequently runs from Friday, January 22 – 31, 2016 at The Park Avenue Armory.
The grand opening night takes place on Thursday, January 21st, and the Young Collectors Night is on the following week, Thursday, January 28th. This year, High End Weekly™ been asked to choose a few of our favorite pieces for the show before it opens to the public. And of course, we were delighted with this fine prospect.
Nature at its best. A naturally beautiful painting from Sloan at Gerald Peters Gallery. 
A great big Blue Map from James Joyce. Truly a welcoming sight to all the wanderlusts out there. 
A Pair of Playful Bronze Greyhounds at Hirschl & Adler. How magnificent. 
The Wide Open Sky: Pittsburgh Environs from John Kane at Galerie St. Etienne. 
Ode to the nostalgic feelings that Americana Art brings into our lives: American House Trade Sign from Olde Hope Antiques. 
Have A Seat: Clean lines and sturdy elegance from the Carnegie Armchair at Historical Design. 
For the well-dressed woman: Giuliano Persian Cuff from Historical Design. 
When you need to impress your guests – and yourself: Sterling Vase from Historical Design. 
A Japanese Marbelized Clay Stoneware Vase from one of the Go-To Asian Art Dealer in Manhattan, Joan B. Mirviss. 
This art deco eye candy is just the ticket when you need to step out in style – night or day. Cartier Bracelet from Macklowe. 
Whimsical Pair of Rams from Barbara Israel. 
The Chiesa Lamp is perfect because it can easily fit in a traditional and modern home. Paul Donzella Gallery. 
Klein Atomic Bomb Sky from Peter Fetterman. A romantic, yet gloomy scenery of the Big Apple. The perfect moody mood for a cold winter night? 
A mischievous, almost abstract Bronze Bird from Lost City Arts. So much fun! 
An outstanding Shodo Sasaki Sculpture from Kadego Japanese Art. 
When furniture becomes art: Metamorphosis Sculpture from Paul Donzella. 
An antique, yet “modern” old print from American painter and printmaker Louis Lozowick. 
Springtime in Winter: Who wouldn’t want to possess this Ribbon Back Garden Bench from Robert Young? 
An interesting Swedish flatweave from Peter Pap. The geometric lines provide that certain flair for an entryway, or hallway. 
Frank Horvat, Givenchy Hat from Peter Fetterman. A-must have for every fashion lover. The Winter Antiques Show marks its 62nd year in 2016 as the most prestigious art, antiques and design fair in America, featuring the “best of the best” from antiquities through modern times. Held at the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York City, the show provides curators, established collectors, dealers, design professionals and first-time buyers with opportunities to view and purchase exceptional objects showcased by more than 70 exhibitors.
The Winter Antiques Show is an annual benefit for the East Side House Settlement (celebrating its 125th anniversary this year), a community resource in the South Bronx. East Side House’s programs focus on education and technology as gateways out of poverty and as the keys to economic opportunity. All revenue from the show’s general admissions and the net proceeds from the preview parties go to East Side House and contribute substantially to its private philanthropic budget.
In honor the 125th anniversary of the East Side House Settlement, High End Weekly™ is having a giveaway. We are offering one very fortunate reader and a guest, tickets to the Young Collectors Night. Tweet Us, Facebook, and/or Instagram Us your comments for a chance to attend The Winter Antique Show on its 62nd year anniversary.
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Iconic Masterpieces Set To Debut at London’s Most Anticipated Antiques Fair
Queen Elizabeth II & The Duke of Edinburgh, Windsor Castle, 2011C Print Framed, Edition of 6 (4/6) from Thomas StruthMasterpiece London 2013 and Ivor Braka Ltd are presenting a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II & The Duke of Edinburgh by distinguished photographer Thomas Struth. The large-scale portrait was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee and formed part of The Queen: Art and Image exhibition showing landmark images of the Queen throughout her sixty year reign. The work shows The Queen and Prince Philip seated together in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle and was taken on 7 April 2011. Exhibited by International art dealer and collector Ivor Braka, the spectacular image will be on display throughout the fair and will present an excellent opportunity for collectors and visitors alike to view the impressive photograph.‘The strength of the market for iconic masterpieces was clearly demonstrated in the New York auctions last week, when two works by Roy Lichtenstein, reached new heights and one achieved a world record for the artist at auction. The astounding prices reached for these works show the strong desire amongst collectors to acquire masterworks. Continuing from this, Masterpiece London is delighted that Geoffrey Diner Gallery has chosen our fair and London to unveil this fresh and rare work by Roy Lichtenstein’Nazy Vassegh, CEO of Masterpiece LondonNazy Vassegh, CEO ‘We are thrilled that Ivor Braka Ltd has kindly agreed to show this wonderful work at Masterpiece fair this year, further strengthening the event’s appeal to all collectors, from antiquities through to the very best in contemporary art.” His engagement with photography dates from 1976. Working at first in black and white and subsequently in color, Struth’s mature style is characterised by formal precision and an approach that is essentially straightforward, avoiding narrative or artificial effects. His principal motifs include buildings, street scenes, visitors to churches and museums, landscapes, nature studies and portraits. He recently had a major touring retrospective in the USA which travelled to venues including the Dallas Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York..jpg)
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) ‘Puzzle Portrait’, 1978,Oil and magna on canvasGeoffrey Diner Gallery (Washington DC) will unveil a highly important work by Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), at Masterpiece London this June. ‘Puzzle portrait’ painted in 1978 in oil and magna on canvas. The picture was purchased directly from Roy Lichtenstein in 1983 and will be sold together with two hand signed letters from the artist to the collector detailing the sale and its inclusion in one touring exhibition in 1983. The painting will be offered for sale by Geoffrey Diner Stand B29.
In parallel to Lichtenstein’s work inspired by Pop culture, he began incorporating styles from artists of the past. Specific examples of his work engage with historical styles and parodies including impressionism, futurism and surrealism as well as individual paintings by artists such as Picasso. Elements of Picasso and cubism are evident in ‘Puzzle portrait’, heralding Lichtenstein’s fascination with subject: art about art.
‘A lot of people think that the 60’s are the benchmark for Lichtenstein’s work, as this is when he established his Pop Art signature style and when he replicated the Ben Day Dot system. But during the 70’s he delivered works referring back to art history which led to his major series of Surrealist-Pop paintings. ‘Puzzle portrait’ has never been on the market before, and as a follow up to the Tate Modern retrospective exhibition of Lichtenstein’s work, we look forward to offering London an unseen Lichtenstein for sale at Masterpiece,’ Geoffrey Diner, Director at Geoffrey Diner Gallery.
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Top Designers & Members of The Press Gathered Together in NYC to Kick-off Masterpiece London
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Thomas Woodham-Smith, Mario Buatta, Susan Gutfreund, Geoffrey Bradfield, Audrey Gruss, Ellie Cullman, Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Nazy Vassegh, Nicola Winwood, Jamie DrakeThis was the second year that the American Patrons for Masterpiece London held their New York kick-off to announce plans for Masterpiece London, which opens with a preview on June 26 and runs through July 3 at the South Grounds of The Royal Hospital Chelsea. This year Ellie Cullman hosted the reception at her magnificent apartment.
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Lynne Westcott, Geoffrey Bradfield
Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Sandra Nunnerley
Alex Shuman, Jeffery Bilhuber
Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Nazy Vassegh, Nicola Winwood, Thomas Woodham-Smith
Timothy Van Dam, Ron Wagner
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Jennifer Ceasar
Thomas Woodham-Smith, Bennett Weinstock, Michael_Simon
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Greg Kwiat, Dana Kiyomura
Christina Murphy, Nina Carbone
Maureen Footer, Daniel Hamparsumyan
Richard Dragisic, William Brockschmidt, Tom Scheerer
Bruce Bierman, William Secord, Audrey Gruss
Constantino Castellano, Christopher Hyland, Geoffrey Bradfield, KyleMarshall
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The 2013 Spring Show
Bernard Goldberg Fine ArtsThe 3rd Annual Spring Show came and went and it was glorious. I remembered attending the first show and thought how powerful that bold splash of red looked in the entrance of the lobby as soon as I walked in. The energy, the atmosphere, the content of the space with its outstanding decorative and fine arts were thrilling then, as it was from May 1-5. My tour on Friday, May 4th, was a huge success, and I’m hoping to share the images with you as soon as possible, and I’d like to say a special thank you to everyone who attended and the many others for their support. I’d like to apologize for the lack of posts these last few days, but I’ve been been ill, and following my doctors orders by resting to regain my strength. Right now is an exciting time in New York, and Paris and I wish I had enough time to recount them all. My following posts will highlight my favorite decorative and fine art pieces from the fair, The Kips Bay Designer Showhouse, the much talked about Collective.1 Design Fair, various interviews, and much more.
Clinton Howell Antiques
Isabelle Kellogg, Magnificent Costume Jewels
William Weston, London
Pointed Leaf Press
Brett Beldock, New York
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts
John Eric Riis, Georgia
Douglas Dawson, Chicago
Milord Antiques, Montreal
Douglas Dawson, Chicago
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The New PAD
Pictured: A stunning wing chair designed by Frits Henningsen, Denmark, circa 1940s, ModernityThe Park Avenue Armory reopens its doors to another antique fair this past Thursday, November 8th. The show will end on Monday, November 12th. Salon Art + Design was created by veteran show producer Sanford Smith. It is the first American fair to collaborate with the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, Europe’s most prestigious association of dealers. Most of the dealers were in attendance at the renowned Biennael des Antiquaires in Paris, this past September. Altogether the mix of genres, periods and styles reflected the eclecticism of today’s collector.While this show highlighted 20th century and contemporary art and design, historic design were represented by the oldest decorative arts gallery in Paris, an Old Master dealer with multiple European locations, and a selection of dealers in ethnographic and Asian material. Collectors in attendance welcomed, once again, the opportunity to pair a Brueghel with a Jean Michel Frank table or a tribal mask with a Le Corbusier painting. The range and caliber of material at the Salon will attract discerning collectors, designers, and art enthusiasts around the world.
The venerable Tribal art dealer from Paris, Bernard DulonTop left: A Teke People Mask, congo, before 1920
Luba: Shankadi people, D.R. of Congo, 19th Century – wood, Galerie Bernard Dulon
Clean lines, overwhelming elegance: Top left – a Jean-Michel Frank’s wooden X lamp covered with tobacco-colored leather, L’arc en Seine
Galerie Valois
Victor Vasarely, Naissance-Pas, 1958, Painting on panel
Yayoi Kusama “Pollen” chair, circa 1984, Vivian Horan Fine Art
Left: A rare and unique Gaston Suisse, Wooden dark gray and black lacquer furniture (c. 1939) opening with three doors and eggshell on the handles, Galerie Felix Marcihac
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
An extremely rare large drawing of Le Corbusier
Galerie Downtown
Two door cabinet of welded aluminum, black enameled steel from Paul Evans, Bernd Goeckler Antiques
Wendell Castle
A masterful sculpture by Wendell Castle from “A New Environment”, Barry Friedman
The insightful and playful art dealer Jason Jacques
Horror Vacui from Morten Lobner Espersen, Jason Jacques Gallery
A very whimsical Jean-Marie Fiori bull-dog, lacquered bronze, and signed from Galerie Pierre Dumonteil
A series of stained pine Zig Zag chairs from Gerrit Rietveld, circa 1950s – early 1960s
A single Otto Wagner, post chair from Modernity
A favorite pair of Andre Sormay armchairs, circa 1925, Galerie Alain MarcepoilImages courtesy High End Weekly™All rights reservedYou May Also Like
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Defining Art & Substance
Florence Vacher, Bangwa, 2012, FabricTambaran GalleryPhoto courtesy High End Weekly™Much of the art that I deeply appreciated at this year’s International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show had a strong masculine feel to them. And that’s a good thing, I think. Frou-frou interiors have never been my thing, so I am a big advocate for adorning my clients’ homes with various pieces of art that make a bold statement and continue to enrich their imaginations as the years go by. So this much anticipated fair met my expectations with its extraordinary attention to detail, breathtaking variety and exacting standards.
The grande dame fair brought together works of art that spanned continents and millennia — among them many of museum quality, furniture, paintings, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, glass, clocks, watches, arms, armour, rare books, manuscripts, jewelry, objets de vertu, Fabergé, silver, antiquities and ethnographic art, are among the many different categories exhibited and for sale. Prices start from as little as a few hundred dollars but rise into the millions. With that much said, here are some of the most desirable and interesting pieces that I liked.
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Douglas Dawson Gallery
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Tomasso Brothers Fine Art
Michael Goedhuis Gallery
Phoenix Ancient Art
Phoenix Ancient Art
Whitford Art
Tambaran Gallery
Trinity House
Martin du Louvre
My friend Cole Harrell admiring the art, but also stopped to “smell” these gorgeous orchards.
The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show opened on Friday, October 19th until Thursday, October 25th, 2012.Images courtesy High End Weekly™All rights reservedYou May Also Like
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The Grande Dame of Antique Fairs
Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris The XXVI Biennale des Antiquaires:Part 3 of 3There is some considerable talk about the Biennale coming to New York this November. Christian Deydier, the president of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, has long toyed with the idea, and it’s becoming quite clear that this may become a reality this fall. If that’s the case, I venture that it will be well received by many people from the United States. This past week, I’ve gotten a great deal of feedback, and read a lot of press about this foremost fair of antiques, fine art, and jewelry.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was invited to “reimagine” the exteriors of the old palais. Being that he is one to dazzle his audience at all times, the majority in attendance anticipated an extravaganza in the style of the Chanel shows that he’s become so well known for. Instead, what they got was a demure and uncharacteristic scenography from the Ice Man. Nevertheless, as his hot air balloon took center stage, the euphoric atmosphere was elegant, most appropriate, and for the well-heeled who were seriously interested in collecting design, and jewelry, this was the place to be. Are you ready to enter the festivities inside the grand palais?
Photos courtesy Billy Farrell Agency
Photo courtesy VogueNotable attendees: Karl Lagerfeld, Former First Lady Bernadette Chirac, Calvin Klein, Benjamin Steinitz, Becca Cason Thrash, Dominique Levy, Christian Deydier, Peter Marino, Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani, Didier Claes, Bernard Arnault, Gisele Croës, Sophie Marceau, Pierre Bergé, Hubert de Givenchy, Yue Sai Kan, Charlotte Casiraghi, Diana Widmaier Picasso, Eugenie Niarchos.You May Also Like
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