January 26th,2009
Winter Antiques Show 2010
Loan Exhibition:
"From Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England"
Loan Exhibition Lecture#3:
"Drawing Towards Home: An Exhibition 100 Years in the Making"
Presented by:
Lorna Condon, curator of the Library and Archives at Historic New England.
(entry will be posted on Jan. 27th)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Winter Antiques Show 2010 Loan Exibition Lecture "The Meaning of Things:Historic New England's Collection"
January 25th,2010
Winter Antiques Show 2010
Loan Exhibition Lecture #2:
"The Meaning of Things: Historic New England's Collection"
Presented by: Nancy Carlisle, curator at Historic New England
Sponsored by: Chubb Personal Insurance
Orginally founded as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities,or SPNEA, in 1910, now under its new name Historic New England, has collected vast amount of artifactsin various mediums. These items can be found in the various thirty-six properties run by Historic New England and the the Historic New England Study Center.
Personal everyday objects are perhaps some of the most interesting items we can examine. Objects that we have and care about are a reflection of ourselves. For historic purposes,these items serve as tangible ties to the past, connecting us with the previous owners and the respective time peroid they came from. The stories these objects tell are as varied as the pieces themselves.
In New England, there have been multiple reasons that lead to collecting. The most common was the following: 1) personal, 2)novelty, & 3) craftsmanship. This serves to indicate that the reason for collecting then and now have not changes much,if not at all. Like today's contemporary collector, the collector the past cared for and tended to the pieces, or things, that spoke to them.
(entry will be completed on Jan.26th)
Winter Antiques Show 2010
Loan Exhibition Lecture #2:
"The Meaning of Things: Historic New England's Collection"
Presented by: Nancy Carlisle, curator at Historic New England
Sponsored by: Chubb Personal Insurance
Orginally founded as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities,or SPNEA, in 1910, now under its new name Historic New England, has collected vast amount of artifactsin various mediums. These items can be found in the various thirty-six properties run by Historic New England and the the Historic New England Study Center.
Personal everyday objects are perhaps some of the most interesting items we can examine. Objects that we have and care about are a reflection of ourselves. For historic purposes,these items serve as tangible ties to the past, connecting us with the previous owners and the respective time peroid they came from. The stories these objects tell are as varied as the pieces themselves.
In New England, there have been multiple reasons that lead to collecting. The most common was the following: 1) personal, 2)novelty, & 3) craftsmanship. This serves to indicate that the reason for collecting then and now have not changes much,if not at all. Like today's contemporary collector, the collector the past cared for and tended to the pieces, or things, that spoke to them.
(entry will be completed on Jan.26th)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Winter Antiques Show 2010 Loan Exhibiton Lecture "Heritage from the Home: Do House Museums Still Matter?"
January 24th,2010
Loan Exhibition:
"From Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England"
Lecture #1:
"Heritage from the Home: Do House Museums Still Matter?"
Presented by: Carl R. Nold, CEO & President of Historic New England
Historic New England is the oldeast and largest regional historical preservation organization in America. It runs thirty-six properties and protects more than seventy other sites through easements. This year Historic New England celebrates its cenntenial anniversary.
Loan Exhibition:
"From Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England"
Lecture #1:
"Heritage from the Home: Do House Museums Still Matter?"
Presented by: Carl R. Nold, CEO & President of Historic New England
Historic New England is the oldeast and largest regional historical preservation organization in America. It runs thirty-six properties and protects more than seventy other sites through easements. This year Historic New England celebrates its cenntenial anniversary.
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
Marcus Garvey
What is the role of the house? What role does it play in our lives? What is our personal idea of the house, of home? These are the questions that need to be asked and answered when the field of historic preservation is expected to explain and defend the existence of historic homes.
Historic homes and the decorative objects housed in them are a personal refeflection of history. The previous owners of the house come to life. History comes to life.
This begs the following qustion though-"What is history?" The concept of history itselfis transient and fluid. What is contemporary one day becomes historythe next day. Two acqusitions of Historic New England are prime exaples of this flux. The first is Roseland Cottage. It is Victorian house located in Woodstock, Connecticut. When the organization took in this property, it was considered very controversial. At the time when they recieved it, Victorian architecture was considered subpar and inferior. The other property, a more recent acqusition, is the Gropius House. It was designed by the prolific Modernism architect Walter Gropius. It has only been very recentlythatModernist buildings have been recieving attention fromthe field of historic preservation. What is particularly ironic is that the designers and patrons for the Moderism movement were doing everything they could to avoid being associated with history. Moderism has now joined the ranks of history in the world of historic preservation. Just in the past year the National Trust for Historic Preservation official perodical Preservation did a cover article on Moderism. As the illustrious archiitecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable once wrote in reference to Modern architecture, "history always wins".
To fully comprehend the development of the historic home in the United States one must first understand how the shift in tastes went from European to American in this nation. During the 1930s-1950s there was a fervor of what is now know as"patrotic collecting". This collecting was carried out by several individuals and instiutions. Interestingly enough, this rise in "nationalism collecting" coinsided with the insurge and waves of immigrants the nation was absording at that time.
It was the actions of individual collectors in correlation with their personal interests and taste did the genre of Americana cometo be in the field of art and antiques.
(entry will be completed on jan 25th)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Winter Antiques Show 2010 Expert Eye and Book Signing "The Conceptsand Pratical Issues in Forming an Important Collection"
January 23, 2010
Winter Antiques Show Expert Eye & Book Signing Series #2:
The Concept and Pratical Issues in Forming an Important Collection: How the Museum of World War II Was Created"
Presented by: Kenneth W. Rendell
Two questions-1) What is the definition of completeness in relation to a collection? & 2) What is reality? These were two questions proposed at the beging of the lecture. In Kenneth Rendell's mind there is no clear definition of completeness in collecting. As for reality, it is a fragile and precious memory that needs to be saved. Saving the reality of World War II is at a delicate balance now.
Mr. Rendell,a child of WWII, lived through the reality of the starkness and fear that gripped the nation. It was a time peroid that gripped the nation. It was defining moment of history were good triumphed over evil. Despitethe fact that WWII was such an important peroid in history, there was little to no desire to collect objects associated with this partiular war.
(post will be finished on Jan.24th)
Winter Antiques Show Expert Eye & Book Signing Series #2:
The Concept and Pratical Issues in Forming an Important Collection: How the Museum of World War II Was Created"
Presented by: Kenneth W. Rendell
Two questions-1) What is the definition of completeness in relation to a collection? & 2) What is reality? These were two questions proposed at the beging of the lecture. In Kenneth Rendell's mind there is no clear definition of completeness in collecting. As for reality, it is a fragile and precious memory that needs to be saved. Saving the reality of World War II is at a delicate balance now.
Mr. Rendell,a child of WWII, lived through the reality of the starkness and fear that gripped the nation. It was a time peroid that gripped the nation. It was defining moment of history were good triumphed over evil. Despitethe fact that WWII was such an important peroid in history, there was little to no desire to collect objects associated with this partiular war.
(post will be finished on Jan.24th)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Winter Antiques Show 2010 The Magazine Antiques Keynote Lecture (New York,NY)
January 22nd, 2009
Winter Antiques Show 2010 The Magazine Antiques Keynote Address
Presented by: Reverend Peter J.Gomes, Harvard University
Introduction by: Wendell Garret, The Magazine Antiques
"Things of Beauty: A Critique in the Philosophy of Beauty"
The pursit of beauty and beautiful objects can, as Rev.Gomes comicly explains in his eloquent and dynamic manner, incite anger and envy. "It leads to the vices of envy and anger" he explains in words stated in questions that all of us who share a love for art and antiques can understand. One-Why should those of us who lack the financial means to feed our need for beautiful objects be denied? Two-Why should someone else,a persons with monetary funds be allowed to to add to their collection, despite the fact that this individual most likely lacks the ability to fully appreciate the object in question? As Rev.Gomes so insightfully stated, we have all one time or the other have asked this question. No other time are these questions asked with possible spite than the Winter Antiques Show.
In my opinion if we are staying in theme with the Seven Deadly Sins, I would like to add the sins of lust and greed to the list. When I say lust I do not mean the tradition sense of the definition associated with carnal pleasure, but the passion and longing a beautifulobject create. What collector or lover/patron of the arts & culture can honest say that have never been seized with the need or want that bordered delirum? Greed is eaiser to understand and strangely enough,accept. Once the collecting bug has bitten someone, especially one with the means to finance a collection worthy of envy, itis extremely difficult to stop.
The good reverend focused on , despite his critique on the antiques world's connection to the deadly sins of the Bible, how beautiful objects have a benevolent influence on us as human beings. In his opinion admiring an object of beauty is similar to listening to a good Sunday sermon. A person should, after an intrepid adventure pursing beauty, "leave enlightend or refreshed". The words "A thing of beauty is joy forever" may be a cliche, but as the reverend wisely reminds us,these are words of undying truth. Appreciation of the beautiful will keep us alive and youthful, in mind and spirit.
Things can havean ability to evoke a strange and wonderous he argues. Antiques makes us beg the questions on origin and provenance not just in authenticty but the story behind the object itself. What was original intent and purpose? Who were the previous owners? How did the current owner come across the piece? This leads to empirical truth that implies not only to antiques but to life in general. It is essential that a lover and handler of antiques if they be a dealer, a collecter,or an admirer be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake.
He teases himself by making this claim about himself,"I am a material man trapped in a spiritual body." He acknowledges that the material world is temporaryand effermeral. He is aware of the arguments that worshiping beauty is worshiping a false god.
At the same time there is"something about beauty,craft,and continuity." When we are in possession of beautiful objects,we are the steward,or more appropiatly, the guardians of those objects. We are the "stewards of remarkable stuff." In the future, others will be that stewards.
Antique collecting allows us to be the stewards of beautiful objects that speak to us directly. Stewardship allows for continuity. Acknowleging the fact that the beautiful objects we covet will be passed on toa next generation of guardians allows for continuity. But the concept of continuity can be argued in the sense that beauty is everlasting.
In the business of antiques, beauty is timeless. What is beautiful then is beautiful now. As I have said many time before, no matter what field of design something comes from, be it architecture, interiors, decorativearts,graphic, etc., if it is truly good,it will breath life and give off a special energy on its own. Beautiful buildings,interiors,and objects to me evoke the sounds of Pucini, Vivaldi, and Beethoven in the air.
For Rev.Gomes God is in creative eye. The creation of a beautiful object is an act of divinity. When an antique dealer make a good sale,it is an act of heavenly tranaction. What is empirically important to him is the idea of continuity,the sense of stewardship,and honoring the original intent of an object. As the sage of the evening concluded his lecture,"Follow your heart,but do not neglet your head." He wants us to understand that the choices in we make in terms of collecting,or what we would like to collect, is very individual. Its is an individual choice dictated not just by personal aesthetic tastes,but by our indiviual set of values.
Winter Antiques Show 2010 The Magazine Antiques Keynote Address
Presented by: Reverend Peter J.Gomes, Harvard University
Introduction by: Wendell Garret, The Magazine Antiques
"God is in the creative eye. The creation of a beautiful object is an act of divinity"
Reverend Peter J.Gomes
"God is the author of beauty.
Beauty is an act of divine intervention"
Reverend Peter J.Gomes
"Things of Beauty: A Critique in the Philosophy of Beauty"
The pursit of beauty and beautiful objects can, as Rev.Gomes comicly explains in his eloquent and dynamic manner, incite anger and envy. "It leads to the vices of envy and anger" he explains in words stated in questions that all of us who share a love for art and antiques can understand. One-Why should those of us who lack the financial means to feed our need for beautiful objects be denied? Two-Why should someone else,a persons with monetary funds be allowed to to add to their collection, despite the fact that this individual most likely lacks the ability to fully appreciate the object in question? As Rev.Gomes so insightfully stated, we have all one time or the other have asked this question. No other time are these questions asked with possible spite than the Winter Antiques Show.
In my opinion if we are staying in theme with the Seven Deadly Sins, I would like to add the sins of lust and greed to the list. When I say lust I do not mean the tradition sense of the definition associated with carnal pleasure, but the passion and longing a beautifulobject create. What collector or lover/patron of the arts & culture can honest say that have never been seized with the need or want that bordered delirum? Greed is eaiser to understand and strangely enough,accept. Once the collecting bug has bitten someone, especially one with the means to finance a collection worthy of envy, itis extremely difficult to stop.
The good reverend focused on , despite his critique on the antiques world's connection to the deadly sins of the Bible, how beautiful objects have a benevolent influence on us as human beings. In his opinion admiring an object of beauty is similar to listening to a good Sunday sermon. A person should, after an intrepid adventure pursing beauty, "leave enlightend or refreshed". The words "A thing of beauty is joy forever" may be a cliche, but as the reverend wisely reminds us,these are words of undying truth. Appreciation of the beautiful will keep us alive and youthful, in mind and spirit.
Things can havean ability to evoke a strange and wonderous he argues. Antiques makes us beg the questions on origin and provenance not just in authenticty but the story behind the object itself. What was original intent and purpose? Who were the previous owners? How did the current owner come across the piece? This leads to empirical truth that implies not only to antiques but to life in general. It is essential that a lover and handler of antiques if they be a dealer, a collecter,or an admirer be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake.
He teases himself by making this claim about himself,"I am a material man trapped in a spiritual body." He acknowledges that the material world is temporaryand effermeral. He is aware of the arguments that worshiping beauty is worshiping a false god.
At the same time there is"something about beauty,craft,and continuity." When we are in possession of beautiful objects,we are the steward,or more appropiatly, the guardians of those objects. We are the "stewards of remarkable stuff." In the future, others will be that stewards.
Antique collecting allows us to be the stewards of beautiful objects that speak to us directly. Stewardship allows for continuity. Acknowleging the fact that the beautiful objects we covet will be passed on toa next generation of guardians allows for continuity. But the concept of continuity can be argued in the sense that beauty is everlasting.
In the business of antiques, beauty is timeless. What is beautiful then is beautiful now. As I have said many time before, no matter what field of design something comes from, be it architecture, interiors, decorativearts,graphic, etc., if it is truly good,it will breath life and give off a special energy on its own. Beautiful buildings,interiors,and objects to me evoke the sounds of Pucini, Vivaldi, and Beethoven in the air.
For Rev.Gomes God is in creative eye. The creation of a beautiful object is an act of divinity. When an antique dealer make a good sale,it is an act of heavenly tranaction. What is empirically important to him is the idea of continuity,the sense of stewardship,and honoring the original intent of an object. As the sage of the evening concluded his lecture,"Follow your heart,but do not neglet your head." He wants us to understand that the choices in we make in terms of collecting,or what we would like to collect, is very individual. Its is an individual choice dictated not just by personal aesthetic tastes,but by our indiviual set of values.
Winter Antiques Show 2010 Expert Eye & Book Signing "The Hongs of Canton" (New York,NY)
January 22nd, 2009
Winter Antiques Show Seminar Lecture & Book Signing Series
Seminar Lecture and Book Signing #1:
"The Hongs of Canton: Cauldron of the China Trade"
Presented by Dr.Patrick Connor, Co-Director of Martyn Gregory. He is a Fellow at the Royal Asiatic Society. Along with "The Hongs of Canton: Western Merchants in South China 1700-1900 ", he is the author of other books including "Orential Architecture in the West" and "George Chinnery, Artist of India and the China Coast".
Martyn Gregory is a gallery located in London, England specializing in China trade paintings and paintings relating to the Far East from the 1700 to 1900. It is run by proprietor Martyn Gregory and directors Partick Connor & Penelope Gregory.
Since the millennia, Canton now know as Guangzhou, was involved in treade with western world. The hongs or the hangs, depending on the dialect being used, were the Western businesses or factories in Canton. This city was particularly important for the West for it was the only place the Chinese goverment would permit the Western world to exercise business practices. It was on this tiny strip of riverside land is were merchants from Europe and America made, and in some cases, lost fortunes.
During this time of trade artists from the Canton region would produce paintings for the European market. The earliest examples of Chinese export paintings can be dated to the1770s. By the 1780s, Chinese artists were able to produce semi-Western artwork despite their limited exposure to Western art. Producing these images was not limited to painting. Examples can also be found in ceramics as well.
Canton was a port of international trading. Each nation placed their national flag on their respective ships and hongs. There are many paintings showing many countries including Holland, France, and England. The famous Drummond wallpapaer which spans 20 feet depicts scenes of the hongs and their ships by the harbor. It was not till till 1784, after the success of the American Revolution, that America reached the Chinese shore. Samuel Snow is recorded forwritingthese words when he arrived in Canton, "With the permission of the Chinese goverment, I have errected the American flag."
The Chinese Imperial Museum houses artwork with images of the hongs. It depicts hong building built and designed in the Western style, Western businessmen in European clothing holding wangers ,merchants with wares to sell on boats, and elegant flower boats.
The Chinese export market made many goods that were desirable to the Western market. Chinese artisians produced export furniture made in the Western style, red laquerware,,everyday objects such as slippers and fans, and of course, Chinese export paintings. Popular themes included portraits and opium smokers.
Canton was a very flammable city. It was very common for Canton and many other major cities in China to suddenly go up in flames. The Americans were the first to respond to these emergencies. They were equiped with ships the smaller but faster. This allowed for better and eaiser navigation in the riverbed.
Canton became especially important during the days of the opium trade. The Chineses' desire and habit for opium turned the table in the trading relationship between China and the East. In 1804, the shifted from on side to the other. Before opium,there was not a single commidity that was wanted on a regular basis in China. Opium was important due to the fact that it was the only good that the Chinese wanted on a regular basis. This notroious commidity was particularly important to the British for they were the ones that controlled the opium trade.
In 1839, Lin Ze Xu, recognized in Chinese history as a "Pioneer in the War Against Drugs", ordered all the opium in the Canton's hongs be destroyed. All the opium was poured in the river,mixed with lye,and pushed out into the Pearl River Delta, thus making it worthless. The Brithsh merchants were extremely angry with the actions of this Chinese goverment official. The English businessmen voiced thier complaints to Parliment back home. This essentially launched the the first Opium War. At the end,with their inability to compete with advanced Western military technology, the Chinese lost. They surrended by signing the Treaty of Nanking, giving the West four other port openings. Most importantly, with this treaty, Hong Kong became a British colony.
The Americans and British expanded thier hongs to include gardens that became sources of leaisure and friviloty. Westerners enjoyed strolling through the well manicured and structured gardens of the American hong. However, they enjoyed to play games in the British garden for it was considered more natural and wild.
In December of 1856, the Chinese revolted against the hongs by burning them down. For a year, the Westerners layed down low, biding their time, strategizing on the moves they should make. at the end, the French and the British attacked and bombarded the cityof Canton. Henry Parks of England became the governer of the city. By this time the hongs had move to island of Honan.
The region of Canton and thier hongs have enjoyed a rich, illustrious, and if not nefaroius history all the way to modern times. In 1924, Nationalist Party leader Chiang Kai Shek trained the modern army here. In the year of the first assembly, several Chinese were shot down or injured by British soldiers.
The area were the hongs originally stood is has been designated as a site to replicate the thirteen hongs that were there. This will be important for it will serve as a facsimile to illustrate the tangible representaion of what was once the heart of trade between China and the West.
______________________________________________________________
To purchase a copy of Patrick Connor's book "The Hongs of Canton: Cauldron of the China Trade" please go to:
http://www.martyngregory.com/index.pl?id=2190&isa=Category&op=show
To learn more about the Martyn Gregory Gallery please go to:
http://www.martyngregory.com/
Winter Antiques Show Seminar Lecture & Book Signing Series
Seminar Lecture and Book Signing #1:
"The Hongs of Canton: Cauldron of the China Trade"
Presented by Dr.Patrick Connor, Co-Director of Martyn Gregory. He is a Fellow at the Royal Asiatic Society. Along with "The Hongs of Canton: Western Merchants in South China 1700-1900 ", he is the author of other books including "Orential Architecture in the West" and "George Chinnery, Artist of India and the China Coast".
Martyn Gregory is a gallery located in London, England specializing in China trade paintings and paintings relating to the Far East from the 1700 to 1900. It is run by proprietor Martyn Gregory and directors Partick Connor & Penelope Gregory.
Since the millennia, Canton now know as Guangzhou, was involved in treade with western world. The hongs or the hangs, depending on the dialect being used, were the Western businesses or factories in Canton. This city was particularly important for the West for it was the only place the Chinese goverment would permit the Western world to exercise business practices. It was on this tiny strip of riverside land is were merchants from Europe and America made, and in some cases, lost fortunes.
During this time of trade artists from the Canton region would produce paintings for the European market. The earliest examples of Chinese export paintings can be dated to the1770s. By the 1780s, Chinese artists were able to produce semi-Western artwork despite their limited exposure to Western art. Producing these images was not limited to painting. Examples can also be found in ceramics as well.
Canton was a port of international trading. Each nation placed their national flag on their respective ships and hongs. There are many paintings showing many countries including Holland, France, and England. The famous Drummond wallpapaer which spans 20 feet depicts scenes of the hongs and their ships by the harbor. It was not till till 1784, after the success of the American Revolution, that America reached the Chinese shore. Samuel Snow is recorded forwritingthese words when he arrived in Canton, "With the permission of the Chinese goverment, I have errected the American flag."
The Chinese Imperial Museum houses artwork with images of the hongs. It depicts hong building built and designed in the Western style, Western businessmen in European clothing holding wangers ,merchants with wares to sell on boats, and elegant flower boats.
The Chinese export market made many goods that were desirable to the Western market. Chinese artisians produced export furniture made in the Western style, red laquerware,,everyday objects such as slippers and fans, and of course, Chinese export paintings. Popular themes included portraits and opium smokers.
Canton was a very flammable city. It was very common for Canton and many other major cities in China to suddenly go up in flames. The Americans were the first to respond to these emergencies. They were equiped with ships the smaller but faster. This allowed for better and eaiser navigation in the riverbed.
Canton became especially important during the days of the opium trade. The Chineses' desire and habit for opium turned the table in the trading relationship between China and the East. In 1804, the shifted from on side to the other. Before opium,there was not a single commidity that was wanted on a regular basis in China. Opium was important due to the fact that it was the only good that the Chinese wanted on a regular basis. This notroious commidity was particularly important to the British for they were the ones that controlled the opium trade.
In 1839, Lin Ze Xu, recognized in Chinese history as a "Pioneer in the War Against Drugs", ordered all the opium in the Canton's hongs be destroyed. All the opium was poured in the river,mixed with lye,and pushed out into the Pearl River Delta, thus making it worthless. The Brithsh merchants were extremely angry with the actions of this Chinese goverment official. The English businessmen voiced thier complaints to Parliment back home. This essentially launched the the first Opium War. At the end,with their inability to compete with advanced Western military technology, the Chinese lost. They surrended by signing the Treaty of Nanking, giving the West four other port openings. Most importantly, with this treaty, Hong Kong became a British colony.
The Americans and British expanded thier hongs to include gardens that became sources of leaisure and friviloty. Westerners enjoyed strolling through the well manicured and structured gardens of the American hong. However, they enjoyed to play games in the British garden for it was considered more natural and wild.
In December of 1856, the Chinese revolted against the hongs by burning them down. For a year, the Westerners layed down low, biding their time, strategizing on the moves they should make. at the end, the French and the British attacked and bombarded the cityof Canton. Henry Parks of England became the governer of the city. By this time the hongs had move to island of Honan.
The region of Canton and thier hongs have enjoyed a rich, illustrious, and if not nefaroius history all the way to modern times. In 1924, Nationalist Party leader Chiang Kai Shek trained the modern army here. In the year of the first assembly, several Chinese were shot down or injured by British soldiers.
The area were the hongs originally stood is has been designated as a site to replicate the thirteen hongs that were there. This will be important for it will serve as a facsimile to illustrate the tangible representaion of what was once the heart of trade between China and the West.
______________________________________________________________
To purchase a copy of Patrick Connor's book "The Hongs of Canton: Cauldron of the China Trade" please go to:
http://www.martyngregory.com/index.pl?id=2190&isa=Category&op=show
To learn more about the Martyn Gregory Gallery please go to:
http://www.martyngregory.com/
Saturday, January 16, 2010
HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND-Winter Antiques Show 2010 Loan Exhibition
The loan exhibition is a honored tradition in the Winter Antiques Show since the 1990s. Every year the Winter Antiques Show will invite a cultural instiution to come in and do a speciality loan exhibition especiallyfor the show. After many years of patient waiting,Historic New England, formerly know as the Society of Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA), is this year's loan exhibitor.
Historic New England is the oldest, largest,and most comprehensve regional historic preservation organization in the nation. Utilizaing multiple resources including historic properties, collections, archives & pubilications, education programs, and preservation services, Historic New England is enchancing and enriching the world of preservation not just for their respective region but for America.
Historic New England runs thirty-six historic properties that are open to the public. There are six in Maine, five in New Hampshire, twenty in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, and four in Rhode Island. One of these properties, Beauport (Gloucester, MA), was featured in the most recent issue of The Magazine Antiques.
Along with the loan exhibition, Historic New England will be presenting a series of lectures highlighting the human resource talent that allows this organization to be the great institution that it is. Lecturers include Nancy Carlsile (Historic New England Curator), Carl R. Nold (Historic New England President and CEO , Lorna Condon (Historic New England Curator of the Library and Archives), Sarah Sherman (Historic New England Collection Cataloguer) , and John Childs (Historic New England Conservator).
___________________________________________________________
For more information on Historic New England,please go to:
http://www.historicnewengland.org/
To learn more about the loan exhibition, please go to:
http://www.winterantiquesshow.com/loan/
To see the loan exhibition lecture series schedule, please go to:
http://www.winterantiquesshow.com/events/lectures/
Historic New England is the oldest, largest,and most comprehensve regional historic preservation organization in the nation. Utilizaing multiple resources including historic properties, collections, archives & pubilications, education programs, and preservation services, Historic New England is enchancing and enriching the world of preservation not just for their respective region but for America.
Historic New England runs thirty-six historic properties that are open to the public. There are six in Maine, five in New Hampshire, twenty in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, and four in Rhode Island. One of these properties, Beauport (Gloucester, MA), was featured in the most recent issue of The Magazine Antiques.
Along with the loan exhibition, Historic New England will be presenting a series of lectures highlighting the human resource talent that allows this organization to be the great institution that it is. Lecturers include Nancy Carlsile (Historic New England Curator), Carl R. Nold (Historic New England President and CEO , Lorna Condon (Historic New England Curator of the Library and Archives), Sarah Sherman (Historic New England Collection Cataloguer) , and John Childs (Historic New England Conservator).
___________________________________________________________
For more information on Historic New England,please go to:
http://www.historicnewengland.org/
To learn more about the loan exhibition, please go to:
http://www.winterantiquesshow.com/loan/
To see the loan exhibition lecture series schedule, please go to:
http://www.winterantiquesshow.com/events/lectures/
Winter Antiques Show 2010 (New York,NY) Jan 22-31,2009
The Winter Antiques Show, an annual event benfiting the East Side Settlement House, is considered the most prestigidous and exclusive art, antiques, and decorative arts show in America . This show, featuring the "best of the best","the creme de la creme" of the antiques world has been taking place since 1954. This year it will take place at the Park Avenue Armory located on Park Ave. & 67th Street in the historic neighborhood of the Upper East Side in New York City.
Opening Night Party will take place on Jan.21st, 2009 from 5pm-9pm. This year's honorary chair is Sallie Krawcheck. Young Collectors Night takes place on Jan.28th from 7pm-9pm.
Along with many fine exhibitors, the show also features on an annual basis a loan exhibition.
This year's selection is "Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England" from Historic New England, sponsored by the Chubb Personal Insurance. The exhibition, ranging from the18th to 20th century, will includue furniture,paintings,ceramics, and personal accessories. Accompanying the loan exhibition, there will be a series of lectures lead by staff members of Historic New England.
This year's selection is "Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England" from Historic New England, sponsored by the Chubb Personal Insurance. The exhibition, ranging from the18th to 20th century, will includue furniture,paintings,ceramics, and personal accessories. Accompanying the loan exhibition, there will be a series of lectures lead by staff members of Historic New England.
Historic New England is cultural institution specializing in the the New England region of America. It is the pround owner of thirty-six propertiesin the region that are historically and architectually important.
Along with this there will also be a series of lectures under the title "Expert Eye: a Lectures Series with Book Signings". Each of these lectures will be presented by leading specialists in their respective fields.
_______________________________________________________________________
For information on the 56th Annual Winter Antiques Show please go to:
To learn more or to donate to the Winter Antiques Show Education Fund and the East Side Settlement House please visit:
Winter Antiques Show Education Fund http://www.winterantiquesshow.com/east/
East Side Settlement House www.eastsidehouse.org
UNESCO World Heritage Sites- Haiti
.jpg)
(Despite the fact that this blog concentrates on the goings of New York City and San Francisco, in light of what happened in Haiti, I believe this warrents attention.)
The tragedy that had effected the nation of Haiti this Tuesday has brought the world's attention to a country that even before the earthquake was imbued with the issues of poverty,hunger, and goverment corruption.
Despite this, the nation is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. One is official the other one is still on the tentative list.
-The World Heritage List a listing of 890 cultural and natural sites that have been deemed to have "outstanding universal value" by theWorld Heritage Committee.-
The offical site is the National History Park– the Citadel, the Palace at Sans Souci, and the buildings at Ramiers. It was at these monuments where Haiti declared their independence. They are considered symbols of liberty that unify the Haitian people. These were the first monuments that were build by slaves after they got their freedom.
On the tentative list is the Centre historique de Jacmel.
(information on this site will be posted soon)
Both of these sites reflect Haiti's motto "L'Union Fait La Force",French for "Unity Makes Strengh." The crisis in Haiti has brought the world together in a global humanitrain mission. May the unity we as indiviuals and as nation states provide Haiti strengh and suppost,not in the next few months,but fot the next decade as they work to rebuild the nation.
May Haiti's history,as reflected in their World Heritage Site, be a source of inspiration and light for a better future to come. What needs to be done is not to only provide the immediate health and medical care the people desperatly need now, but to assist in rebuilding a normal way of life.
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, is currently underway to redevelop and reactivate the educational sector of Haiti, which was destroyed by the recent natural disaster.
"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."
Mohandas Gandhi
Update (posted January 24, 2010):
In today's, January 24th, 2010) Sunday Edition of the New York Times, journalist Marc Lacey article "Cultural Riches Turn to Rubble" was featured on the front cover of the paper. In his aticle he discusees the tangible visible destruction the earthquake has caused to cultural and historical heritage to the nation of Haiti. The cultural loss includes The NationalPalace, the Norte Dame Cathedral, the Supreme Court , and the Episcopal Church's Holy Trinity Cathedral.
UNESCO's assesement team is going around the country to evaluate the full damage.
When asked to give commentary to the New York Times on the situation, Teeluck Bhuwanee,the UNESCO representative in Haiti, had this to say, "You go around and you say, "Oh my God", and then you gofurther and you say it again. We haven't assessedall the damage at all the cultural sites, but we know it's bad". Despite all the destruction that Haiti has endured there is a possiblity that some items have survived. According to Bernard Hadjadj, the special envoy for UNESCO, despite the fact that the National Archives sustained some structural damage, the historical documents housed in the building appear unthreatned.
Assesmentis still being done on the damage the arts and cultural community sustained.
To read the whole artile please go to:
______________________________________________________
For more informattion on UNESCO and the World Heritage List please go to:
For more informattion on UNESCO and the World Heritage List please go to:
UNESCO www.unesco.org
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
______________________________________________________
To donate or to learn more on what UNICEF, United Nations International Childrens Fund,is doing in response to the crisis in Haiti please go to:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)