The Late, Great Robert Hughes August 18, 2012 Alisha Alisha Uncategorized No comments yet The great Australian art critic Robert Hughes passed away last week on August 6, aged 74. Although best known for […] Read more
"Folk Art Rising" with The Magazine Antiques August 17, 2012 Alisha Alisha New York City No comments yet In a brief but insightful July/August Editor’s Letter in The Magazine Antiques, Editor Elizabeth Pochoda discusses the reemergence of folk […] Read more
Five Rare Finds From Storage Units August 10, 2012 Alisha Alisha Uncategorized No comments yet Above is the near-mint copy of the world’s most coveted comic book, found in a storage unit that was auctioned […] Read more
A Jeweler at the Saxon Court August 9, 2012 Alisha Alisha Boxes, Exhibitions No comments yet Don’t miss your chance to see Gold, Jasper, and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court at The Frick […] Read more
Yayoi Kusama at Whitney Museum August 3, 2012 Alisha Alisha Exhibitions No comments yet Yayoi Kusama likes dots. More specifically, polka dots. For her “…a polka-dot has the form of the sun… Polka-dots are […] Read more
"Absolutely Nobody" Discovers Ceramics August 2, 2012 Alisha Alisha Collections, The New York Times Antiques No comments yet Reported by Eve M. Kahn in the New York Times, hundreds of unmarked 19th century French vases have been attributed […] Read more
Bergman Bronzes of the Orient July 26, 2012 Alisha Alisha Bronze, Sculpture, The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center No comments yet The artist of the colorful, contemplative piece above is Franz Xaver Bergman (1861-1936), foremost among Viennese cold-patinated bronze craftsmen. Renowned […] Read more
Small Treasures: Antique Carriage Clocks July 23, 2012 Alisha Alisha Uncategorized No comments yet Invented in 1812 by the seminal French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet for the original man-on-the-go, Napolean Bonaparte, the carriage clock was […] Read more
The Art of the Olympics: Let the Games Begin July 19, 2012 Alisha Alisha Antiques, Antiquities, Collections, Exhibitions No comments yet Today, the Olympic Games is the foremost sports competition in the world with representatives of over 200 countries vying for […] Read more
Vintage Animal Figural Pins July 13, 2012 Alisha Alisha Antiques, Jewelry, Pins No comments yet Among the world’s oldest jewelry type, pins and brooches date at least as far back as the Bronze Age. Along […] Read more