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New York—On Thursday, October 11 Swann Galleries will conduct an auction devoted to Art, Press & Illustrated Books, which includes livres d’artiste, modern and private press books, art literature, catalogues raisonnés and art journals, as well as works on architecture, applied and decorative…
The Ephemera Society of America invites applications for the Philip Jones Fellowship for the Study of Ephemera. This competition, now in its sixth year, is open to any interested individual or organization for the study of any aspect of ephemera, defined as minor (and sometimes major) everyday…
NEW YORK, September 18, 2012—Edvard Munch's iconic The Scream (1895), among the most celebrated and recognized images in art history, will go on view at The Museum of Modern Art for a period of six months beginning October 24. Of the four versions of The Scream made by Munch between 1893 and 1910,…
(Washington, DC) A shield made of hippopotamus skin. A mastedon’s tooth. Illustrations of fantastic war machines. Contemporary photography. Passages from Shakespeare.
After eight years in Chelsea, the Foley Gallery has relocated to the LES. We have taken a newly renovated storefront on Allen Street, just a little south of Delancey on the west side of the block. We are opening the gallery with our fourth solo exhibition of artist Thomas…
Join us on October 3rd and 4th for two important evening sales of historic daguerreotypes and modern photography starting at 6:00pm each night, at their auction gallery at 117 Elliott Street, Beverly, Massachusetts. Over 200 daguerreotypes and thermoplastic cases are from a single 30 year…
(Philadelphia, Pa) — September 12, 2012 — Among the exquisite treasures on the block next week at Freeman's Auction are the last experimental work in the career of Thomas Alva Edison, America's quintessential inventor—a scientific journal, penned and illustrated in his own hand; and among the…
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — In a move that will solidify the Virginia/DC auction landscape, Quinn’s Auction Galleries of Falls Church, Va., is aligning with Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals of Radford, Va., to purchase another of the state’s leading auction businesses — the venerable Harlowe-Powell…
The Seattle Public Library will host a book collecting workshop for beginners from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Green Lake Branch, 7364 Green Lake Dr. N. The workshop is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Free parking is available at the branch. Learn…
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 11, 2012—Pablo Picasso, heralded as one of the most important artists of all time, was a deep and complex man who revolutionized twentieth-century art through his enthusiastic embrace of all mediums: paintings, collages, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, stage sets and…
