This Week's Major Events: Antiques Week in NYC, Art and Design Fairs in London and Paris, Plus Phenomenal Exhibitions

JANUARY 19-25

NEW YORK

New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY
January 20-24, 2016
The New York Ceramics & Glass Fair – the only fair of its kind in the United States that specializes in ceramics, pottery and glass from the 17th-21st centuries – celebrates its 17th anniversary, from January 21-24, 2016 at the historic Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street in New York City. The show is set on two floors of the Bohemian National Hall and features 30 top-tier vetted Galleries, Private Dealers and Artists from the United States, England, Europe and Asia. On display will be everything from 17th century to contemporary objects, including porcelain, pottery, glass, cloisonné and enamels. The 2016 fair will feature a spectacular lecture series presented by some of the most important voices in the world of ceramics and glass. Running concurrently with the four-day fair this series of insightful lectures are complimentary and open to the public - with regular show admission. Click here to continue reading.

The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430-1540, The Cloisters, New York, NY
January 20-April 17, 2016
Only three decks of European hand-painted playing cards are known to have survived from the late Middle Ages—two made in Germany and one in the Burgundian Netherlands, all dating from the early to late 15th century. The only complete set of these luxury cards—The Cloisters Playing Cards, from the southern Netherlands—and representative examples from the other two decks will be featured in the exhibition The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430–1540, opening January 20 at The Cloisters. The earliest surviving deck of hand-painted woodcut cards—and the finest example of such work from the German Renaissance—will also be included in the exhibition. Click here to continue reading.

The Winter Antiques Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
January 21-31, 2016
The Winter Antiques Show marks its 62nd year as the most prestigious art, antiques, and design fair in America, featuring the “best of the best” from Antiquity through the present. Held at the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York City, the Show provides new and established collectors, curators, dealers, and design professionals with opportunities to view and purchase exceptional pieces showcased by 73 exhibitors. One-third of the Show’s exhibitors are specialists in Americana, with the rest featuring English, European, and Asian fine and decorative arts. Every object exhibited at the Winter Antiques Show is vetted for authenticity, date, and condition by a committee of 160 experts from the United States and Europe. The strict vetting regulations and the vettors’ expertise ensure that buyers can purchase with confidence. Click here to continue reading.

Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
January 21-24, 2016
Although the roots of Outsider Art can be traced back thousands of years, it is most useful to look back to its most recent precursor, art brut (Raw Art) to hear the most vital articulations of its true spirit. In his 1947 manifesto, French artist and curator Jean Dubuffet coined the term art brut as follows: "We understand by this term works produced by persons unscathed by artistic culture, where mimicry plays little or no part (contrary to the activities of intellectuals). These artists derive everything...from their own depths, and not from the conventions of classical or fashionable art." In his 1972 book championing art brut, Roger Cardinal called it Outsider Art: "I believe that a paramount factor in the critical definition of the creative Outsider is that he or she should be possessed of an expressive impulse and should then externalize that impulse in an unmonitored way which defies conventional art-historical contextualization." Click here to continue reading.

The Wallace Hall Art, Design & Antiques Show, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
January 22-24, 2016
We are excited to announce the 2nd annual Wallace Hall Art, Design and Antiques Show to be held at the iconic St. Ignatius Loyola Church located at 84th St and Park Ave. The show will be held January 22-24, 2016. The first show was a huge success due to the eclectic array of dealers carrying everything from fine estate jewelry to wonderful Americana. There was fine art, decorative furniture, sculptures, African Art, hand made antique rugs, fine antique wicker, custom made designer jewelry, objet d'art and much more. We are proud to say that many dealers have chosen to return for January's show. The show is managed by husband and wife team Brad and Vandy Reh. Click here to continue reading.

China Observed, Martyn Gregory/Mallett, New York, NY
January 21-23, 2016
The world’s foremost expert in Chinese Export paintings, The Martyn Gregory Gallery of London, will exhibit 70 of these paintings (also known as China Coast or China Trade paintings), from January 21-31, 2016, at Mallett, 929 Madison Avenue (at 74th Street), Third Floor, in New York City. An exhibitor since 1990 at the annual Winter Antiques Show in New York, this new show, entitled China Observed, will be the gallery’s first independent exhibition in the city. These highly detailed works by Cantonese artists were bought by ships’ officers and merchants who came to trade at Canton (modern Guangzhou) in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Also on view will be paintings by Western artists who travelled to the East.Click here to continue reading.

Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
January 21-May 8, 2016
Enigmatic, evocative, and often simply strange, fraternal references are a rich part of contemporary American popular culture. But the seductive mystique of secret societies, with their cryptic signs, gestures, and arcane rituals, has been inculcated in our American experience since the early eighteenth century. Before the age of mass production, the artist who painted a portrait or embellished a piece of furniture might have also decorated a parade banner, an apron, symbols on a chart, or a backdrop for a fraternal lodge. More important, he or she encoded the ideals of fellowship, labor, charity, passage, and wisdom—the core of fraternal teachings—into the many forms associated with fraternal practice. The iconic art and objects showcased in Mystery and Benevolence relate the tenets of fraternal belief through a potent combination of highly charged imagery, form, and meaning. The exhibition explores the fascinating visual landscape of fraternal culture through almost two hundred works of art comprising a major gift to the American Folk Art Museum from Kendra and Allan Daniel. Click here to continue reading.

Conrad Marca-Relli: Reconsidered, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
January 21-March 5, 2016
Prominent Abstract Expressionist artist Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000) is the focus of the significant upcoming exhibition Conrad Marca-Relli: Reconsidered, organized by Hollis Taggart Galleries. This show will feature more than twenty works by Marca-Relli spanning from 1949 to 1984, many of which have never been exhibited, as well as a scholarly reconsideration of the work by art historian William Agee. Nearly fifty years ago, Agee recognized Marca-Relli’s elevation of collage to a scale and expressive power on par with the best paintings of the New York School. This exhibition revisits the many facets of Marca-Relli’s collage work, from his explorations of the boundary between figuration and abstraction to his large, all-over abstract compositions, and once again reveals the artist’s innovative contributions to American art.Click here to continue reading.

Pierre-Jean Mariette and the Art of Collecting Drawings, Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
January 22-May 1, 2016
Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694–1774) was one of the earliest and most important collectors of drawings, and he played a pivotal role in shaping our modern conception of the artists who created them. The exhibition—the first ever devoted to the collector at a U.S. museum—will highlight the peculiar ways in which Mariette organized and presented his holdings. In order to enhance the appearance of the drawings and to improve their legibility, Mariette often restored (completing, cleaning, and even dismembering) his sheets. He cut them, integrated them with additions, completed and assembled together fragmentary sheets, and sometimes split double-sided drawings using his extraordinary ability as a paper restorer.  Click here to continue reading.

Master Drawings New York, Various Locations, New York, NY
January 23-30, 2016
The Tenth Annual Master Drawings New York week will take place January 23 through January 30 at 29 leading art galleries on the Upper East Side’s “Gold Coast’ in New York. Timed to coincide with New York’s major January art-buying events, including the Old Master auctions and The Winter Antiques Show, over the past decade Master Drawings New York has given top dealers from the US as well as the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy an opportunity to show their newest acquisitions to the largest assembly of drawings scholars and patrons to gather in New York each year. Originally conceived as an annual walk-through, Master Drawings New York has grown into a ‘must see’ event, receiving strong support as its range and influence has grown each year. Each exhibition is hosted by an expert specialist and many works on offer are newly discovered or have not been seen on the market in decades, if at all. Critics applaud the fact that the most respected drawings dealers show important pencil, pen and ink and chalk, pastel and charcoal drawings, as well as oil on paper sketches and watercolours from the 16th through the 21st centuries. Click here to continue reading.

Twenty Five Years: Christian Cravo, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
On view through February 27, 2016
Throckmorton Fine Art is pleased to present TWENTY FIVE YEARS by Christian Cravo, the fifth exhibition at the gallery by the Guggenheim Fellowship recipient.  Spencer Throckmorton is proud to have represented Christian Cravo for the past twenty years, saying that working with the third-generation artist is a unique privilege: “Christian grew up the son and grandson of legendary Brazilian artists, and has taken seriously the challenge to forge an identity of his own.” Christian Cravo was born in Brazil in 1974, the offspring of a unique union between the renowned Brazilian photographer from Bahia, Mário Cravo Neto (1947-2009) and Eva Christensen, from Denmark. Click here to continue reading.

MAINE

Masterworks on Paper, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
January 22-June 5, 2016
Due to light sensitivity issues, many works on paper in the PMA collection cannot be exhibited very often. Indeed, the public is likely unaware that the PMA holds such treasures—work in a wide range of styles and subject matter by artists such as Chuck Close, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, Édouard Manet, Andy Warhol, and more. Masterworks on Paper presents these works together for the first time as part of Your Museum, Reimagined, a multiyear project based around improved access. It is the first major exhibition to appear as part of this project, and it provides visitors a rare chance to witness these seldom-seen masterpieces and share in the act of discovery. Click here to continue reading.

FLORIDA

Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show, Miami Airport Convention Center, Miami, FL
January 22-24, 2016
The Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show will feature 100 premier exhibitors from the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America, offering fine antiques and decorative arts representing all design movements of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and introducing vintage 20th century modern. Click here to continue reading.

NEVADA

Las Vegas Market, World Market Center, Las Vegas, NV
January 24-28, 2016
Since its launch in the Summer of 2005, Las Vegas Market has become the most comprehensive furniture, home décor and gift market in the Western United States, presenting a unique cross-section of 2,200+ resources in an unrivaled market destination. Here you will find, the only home furnishings market in the west, the fastest growing gift & home décor market in the nation, the national bedding market, and a 5 million square-foot, state of the art venue. Las Vegas Market is held at the World Market Center Campus in the heart of downtown. Click here to continue reading.

LONDON

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, Battersea Park, London
January 19-24, 2016
The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair has led the way as the antiques event for interior design, and was the first in the UK to offer a ‘look’ for decorating.  From relatively modest beginnings in 1985, we have grown to encompass more than 140 exhibitors from across the UK and Europe. Expect to find a wealth of wonderful period design: anything from £15 vintage French wine glasses to valuable paintings by well-known modern British and contemporary artists such as Barbara Hepworth and David Hockney, Peter Blake and Banksy. Click here to continue reading.

London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London
January 20-24, 2016
The 28th edition of London Art Fair takes place from 20 - 24 January 2016. Annually launching the art world year, the Fair provides a supportive environment for collectors of all levels. Museum quality Modern British art is presented alongside contemporary work from today's leading artists, covering the period from the early 20th century to the present day. In addition to the main Fair you'll also find two curated sections focusing on younger galleries, new work and contemporary photography; Art Projects and Photo50. Click here to continue reading.

PARIS

Maison & Objet, Parc de Expositions de Paris Norde Villepinte, Paris
January 22-26, 2016
MAISON&OBJET is the major event for professionals working in the art of living in all its rich and varied expressions. The lifestyle show brings together a 360°product offering. Decoration, design, furniture, accessories, textiles, fragrances, the world of children, tableware… The styles coexist in a multifaceted way, throughout the inventive show design which enlivens the spaces. This extraordinary diversity is in line with the varied expectations of global markets. With each session, the great lifestyle platform, at the intersection of business and creativity, reveals solutions to visitors from around the world in search of uniqueness. Click here to continue reading.