Tomorrow, September 7, Flying Cranes Antiques Ltd is hosting an Opening Preview Exhibition & Sale entitled “19th Century Japanese Art in the 21st Century” from 10:30AM to 6PM at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, located at 1050 Second Avenue, Gallery 58. Here, you can see a small sample of the exquisite works of the […]
This Friday, Flying Cranes Antiques Gallery presents an Opening Preview of upcoming Exhibition and Sale: “19th Century Japanese Art in the 21st Century.” For over 30 years, Flying Cranes Antiques has specialized in exceptional Asian art, including the works of master artists of the influential Meiji Period (1868-1912). Located at the Manhattan Art & Antiques […]
Today, August 30, 2012, marks the 264th birthday of Jacques Louis David (1748-1825), the embodiment of Neoclassicism. Jacques Louis David’s history paintings, such as the famed The Death of Socrates above, marked a shift in European artistic style from the levity of Rococo to a heightened drama and severity of line and mood that paralleled […]
Don’t miss your chance to see Gold, Jasper, and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court at The Frick Collection before it closes at the end of next week, August 19. The New York Times called it the “sleeper of the summer.” In 18th century Saxony (part of Germany), one of Dresden’s most illustrious […]
Yayoi Kusama likes dots. More specifically, polka dots. For her “…a polka-dot has the form of the sun… Polka-dots are a way to infinity.” The current Kusama retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, July 1 – September 30, attempts to capture her efforts at lassoing the universe through art. Her best known works, […]
Today, the Olympic Games is the foremost sports competition in the world with representatives of over 200 countries vying for the glory of their nations but the origins of the tournament belong to the realm of the spiritual. Founded in 776 B.C. on the ancient plains of holy Olympia, the Games were closely linked to […]
One of the most popular ongoing exhibitions at the stately Morgan Library & Museum, is the Pierpont Morgan Library’s collection of ancient Near Eastern seals, which is among the most prestigious in the U.S. Pierpont Morgan collected nearly three thousand cuneiform tablets, the bulk of which are now part of the Yale Babylonian Collection while […]
In 1784, Duncan Phyfe arrived in New York a struggling immigrant apprenticed to a cabinetmaker. By the early 1800s, he had built for himself such a demand that he was known as the “United States Rage.” Between 1805 and 1847, Phyfe was the dominant furniture maker of the elite moneyed class of New York, Philadelphia, […]
Playing House, which opened Friday 24, at the Brooklyn Museum adds new perspective to an old and much-loved exhibit. The exhibition is the first in a series of installations aimed at garnering new interest in the museum’s period rooms. Meticulously detailed and carefully built, the historic rooms at the Brooklyn Museum, favorites with Museum-goers, have […]
Currently on view at Forbes Galleries, “International Art Jewelry 1895-1925” is an expansive look at the emergence of art jewelry in the late 19th century. A time of radical innovation, the end of the Victorian age found artists the world over eager to spearhead a new design aesthetic. Jewelry makers, like other artists, found themselves […]