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The End of Decorating (With Antiques)? By Lewis Baer
There was a time when we (and may other fine dealers) would supply interior designers with phenomenal loads of great antiques and decorative furnishing for display at the Kips Bay Designer Show House. It was a showcase where interiors were created to inspire one to the finest in taste, style, and quality. None of those […]
Museums “R” Us…by Maria Pascualy
I entered the museum field with the expectation of a glorious life working with objects. I knew the price to be paid for this vocational nirvana was an embarrassingly low salary, but the trade-off seemed worthwhile. What I’ve seen this last quarter century turned out to be a gradual erosion of the object-centered museum, as […]
THE MASTERPIECE EDUCATES THE EYE OF THE CONNOISSEUR: Neuroscience And The Critical Art Experience, Part 1 of 2, by Jan De Maere
THE MASTERPIECE EDUCATES THE EYE OF THE CONNOISSEUR Neuroscience and the critical art experience The more the different painted realities confronting each other in this surrealist masterpiece by Magritte are disconnected, the more forceful the “Wall-power” of the image and its impact on the unconscious mind of the viewer. From old master paintings to contemporary […]
A taxing situation update…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans […]
A taxing situation…by Maura Haverly
Tax on internet sales is coming…..why should you care? Hmmm, do you have a website? As AAD recently pointed out in the article of April 11 (click here to read), 71% of collectors have bought a piece of art (or more than one!) without having seen it in person first. And 25% of collectors have […]
Divided We…. by Elliot Lee & Peter Bonnici
In order to open up the debate, we kick started a discussion last week about trends and changes in the industry, and we’d like to share it with you, together with some of the comments we have received. Divided we… It seems that, finally, some in the sector are starting to learn that it’s time […]
Vetting & the On-Line Experience…by Sarah Ann Filler
With the recent release of Hiscox & ArtTactics’ thorough study, The Online Art Trade 2013, it reminded me of the need for yet greater access to information regarding the antiques market – for both the dealer, as well as the collector or casual buyer of antiques. Interestingly, I found the study -which only surveyed the […]
Spring Show NYC: The possibilities are almost limitless – By Clinton Howell
For anyone who read Nick Haslam’s article in the special supplement on design in the New York Times this weekend, there must have been a frisson of recognition for what quality and design really mean. Great design is, well, just plain great. The rest needs to be edited until it becomes great, a level that […]
Revamping the Rijks…By Robert Aronson
Do you recognize the emotion when after a decade you suddenly meet again the child of a dear friend? There is a definite sense of recognition, but the child has grown up, lost his pimples, changed his voice, suddenly became a man!? When you last met he was a boy, now you find yourself having […]
May 14, 2013 by Editors
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