It’s expected to be a “banner year for Asia Week New York” (March 13-21) as this year, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its acclaimed Asian Art department. One of the key events of Asia Week is The Asia Art Fair (March 14-16). The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center […]
Love him or hate him (and there are plenty in both camps), Jeff Koons is undeniably one of the biggest artists in the world–certainly, the most successful living American artist, commanding the highest prices in a record-high art market. Like Warhol and Dali before him, Koons occupies the precarious space between high art, celebrity, and […]
The first key event of the 2015 New York arts calendar, the 17th annual Armory Arts Week (March 3-8) is now open. At the heart of the city-wide cultural events program is its flagship fine art fair, The Armory Show (March 5-8), a gala event that brings together the world’s top collectors, galleries, and art […]
“The mind of the Sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation,” writes the Taoist mystic, Chuang Tzu. In this exquisite Chinese jadeite boulder carving, the mind of the Taoist sage is made tangible through a tranquil landscape. In Taoist tradition, the Sage is a perfect being who […]
Since it’s #FantasyFriday, we’ll pose a question: have you ever wondered what Marilyn Monroe’s lips felt like? Salvador Dali’s brooch “Ruby Lips with Teeth Like Pearls” is the closest any of us will come to finding out. Modeled after the lips of the sensuous star, Dali mused “Poets of the ages, of all lands, write […]
To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of El Greco (1541-1614), The Frick Collection and The Metropolitan Museum of Art present all of his works available in New York public collections in coordinated exhibitions respectively titled “El Greco at The Frick Collection” and “El Greco in New York.” Together, the exhibitions provide the most […]
Antique Russian Silk Ikat Wall Hanging. Silk with cotton lining, Uzbekistan, Russia, 1880. H: 75″ W: 60″. Alexander’s Antiques, Gallery 43/212.935.9386 In the 19th century, in the desert oases along the Silk Road, the eye-catching art of ikat flourished. Likely one of the oldest forms of textile decoration, ikat is common to many cultures around […]
The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center is proud to welcome new gallery, The Antique Toy Shop, a time capsule to childhood memories from 1880 to the 1970s. The gallery offers rare and unique antique toys in original condition, mostly with their original boxes. A veritable Santa’s treasure bag of classic toys: cars, planes, motorcycles, robots, […]
Vanessa Yurkevich of CNN Money reports, “Meet the world’s No.1 dealer in Guinness art,” Manhattan Art & Antiques Center dealer, Robert Lloyd. See original prints from his collection HERE. [Robert Lloyd/Gallery 63 – 212.750.8752/rlloydinc@aol.com] Robert Lloyd, a New York antique dealer, holds an unusual distinction: He is the world’s largest dealer of Guinness advertising art. […]
This year marks the 250th anniversary of Baccarat, the undisputed paramount crystalworks in the world. Founded in 1734 in the town of Baccarat, Lorrainne with the permission of Louis XV of France, the Baccarat company began its illustrious reign as glassmakers to royalty. In 1823, Baccarat received its first royal commission, which was followed by […]