Dealer Adam Ambros and curator Ed Town join Ben to talk about a collection of mostly small objects made in Britain between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, many of them marked with a date, the subject of a new book from the Yale Center for British Art called "Marking Time: Objects, People, and Their Lives, 1500–1800." During the discussion, Town and Ambros tease out the material history and forgotten figures behind six of the most quotidian of these objects—two Elizabethian shoehorns and a powderhorn by little-known craftsman Robert Mindum, and three beakers by Nathaniel Spilman—and reveal that for the emerging middle class these were not merely useful objects, but status symbols. Click here to listen: https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/curious-objects-marking-time/
Ever wondered how the otherwise-unremarkable locales of Meissen, Staffordshire, and Sèvres became the European polestars for porcelain production? Or what outsider artists like Bill Traylor and William Edmondson, discovered by the art establishment in the 1930s and ‘40s, made of their newfound fame? Christie’s specialists Cara Zimmerman and Becky MacGuire answer these questions and more in this episode of Curious Objects keyed to the auction house’s 2020 Americana Week. Click the link in our bio to listen! @christiesinc @cara.zimm @beckymacguire @objectiveinterest @michaeldiazgriffith #curiousobjectspodcast #curiousobjects #outsiderart #billtraylor #porcelain #americanaweek
In this month's episode of #CuriousObjects, @michaeldiazgriffith treks to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to talk with chief curator Ron Hurst about a new exhibition at the DeWitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts: "British Masterworks", opening in January. Objects like gilt chandeliers, a colossal Chippendale bookcase, and an armchair upholstered by Lady Barbara North of Glemham, England (seen above) tell a different story today from the ones they were bought to support. As Michael explains, “re-presenting the past shows us that it’s often not what we expect.” Click the link in our bio to listen!
In this month's episode of #CuriousObjects, @michaeldiazgriffith treks to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to talk with chief curator Ron Hurst about a new exhibition at the DeWitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts: "British Masterworks", opening in January. Objects like gilt chandeliers, a colossal Chippendale bookcase, and an armchair upholstered by Lady Barbara North of Glemham, England (seen above) tell a different story today from the ones they were bought to support. As Michael explains, “re-presenting the past shows us that it’s often not what we expect.” Click the link in our bio to listen!
Only a small number of people have the resources and wherewithal to collect Hepplewhite furniture or Paul Revere silver, but plenty collect baseball cards, including Randall, the voice behind the viral video The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger. With some fifty thousand cards in his collection, Randall has a bead on the entire field. As this month’s Curious Objects guest, he shares with Ben some of the things he’s learned about collecting strategies and changes in the baseball card genre. Listen to the episode here: https://bit.ly/2MWmy4n
Thousands of antiques dealers congregate along a half-mile strip of Route 20 in #brimfield Massachusetts every year to hawk untold quantities of folk art, furniture, vintage signs, silverware, and other collectibles. We got to visit this year, here is what we saw! @brimfield_antique_show @brimfieldantiquefleamarkets @brimfieldfleafinder @brimfieldantiquemarket @heartothemart #brimfieldantiqueshow
#CuriousObjects is back! This month, Ben and Michael pay a visit to one of the New York antiques world’s preeminent galleries, Bernard & S. Dean Levy on 84th Street, where they speak with the fourth-generation co-proprietor, Frank Levy. https://bit.ly/2ZEtaYu
INSTAGRAM RAFFLE ALERT: Starting on August 6th, a new month-long exhibition opens at American Folk Art Museum titled “WALL POWER! Quilts from the Karen and Werner Gundersheimer Gift”. The show runs until September 1st and celebrates the gift of 21 quilts to their collection. To celebrate, the American Folk Art Museum has partnered with The Magazine ANTIQUES to raffle off a year-long subscription to our publication, an AFAM canvas tote bag, the catalog for their exhibition "Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art", an Ammi Phillips button, a postcard, and a phone pocket. For more information on how to participate, visit us on Instagram @antiquesmag
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The Magazine Antiques Memorial Day Weekend 2018
We had so much fun this past Memorial Day weekend at #DesignHudson with Visit Hudson NY. Here are some of our highlights!
Curious Objects: A Conversation with Luthier Paul Becker
The 6th episode of our Curious Objects podcast launched last week. Make sure you visit our website to listen. In this edition, Benjamin Miller talks with luthier Paul Becker, of Carl Becker & Son, about all things stringed-from the timbre of ancient violins, the market for fakes, to the unique relationship between a musician and an instrument. The episode also features some great violin music by special guest Katherine Lehman!
http://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/making-music-conversation-luthier-paul-becker/
Tradition is Now in conversation with Thomas Jayne and Young Paris
There are still a few days left until "Tradition is Now: How the Art and Objects of the Past Shape the World Today" in conversation with Thomas Jayne and Young Paris on January 26th. RSVP in the link below!
https://goo.gl/AQA6tW
Saying the V-word
Have you noticed the beautiful chair on our new cover? The theories on how the Vizagapatam chair came to be are here: http://tiny.cc/p0qs9w, but you first need to know how to say the name!
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