The Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show Extends Run and Introduces a Wealth of New Exhibitors
There is something to be said for an antique show that continues to shatter attendance records and report stellar sales year after year. In addition to the spectacular quality and diversity of the works on view at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, the event’s ongoing success can be attributed to the ingenuity of its organizer, the Palm Beach Show Group (PBSG). Helmed by Scott Diament, the PBSG works tirelessly to make each edition better than the last, as is evidenced by what’s in store at this year’s show.
- Gino Miles New Orbit, 2015. Bronze, hand crafted and welded, 1/1. 89" tall with a 48" turning radius. Courtesy of Long-Sharp Gallery.
Smartly positioned in the midst of Palm Beach’s social season, when the city is abuzz with deep-pocketed dignitaries in town for galas, charity events or simply a little sunshine, this year’s Palm Beach show will open on Wednesday, February 10, rather than its usual Friday opening, reducing the chance of scheduling conflicts for attendees. Diament says, “We’re essentially going to a seven-day show from a five-day show. We’ll also have more setup time so that dealers can do more exciting booths, which will improve both the look and the feel of the show.”
Exhibiting dealer Rhonda Long-Sharp of Indianapolis’ Long-Sharp Gallery is taking advantage of the extended build-up period and will unveil the gallery’s largest booth to date, which also happens to be the most expansive booth in the Palm Beach Show’s history. Measuring a whopping 1,400 square feet, the massive booth will be ensconced in glass and will include everything from a large-scale sculptural fountain by the contemporary sculptor Gino Miles to works by such modern masters as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. A returning exhibitor, Long-Sharp chose to execute this decidedly ambitious booth at the Palm Beach Show for a number of reasons. She explains, “Having the fair at the convention center rather than in a tent makes it more feasible to build something structurally unusual. Plus, the Palm Beach Show Group itself is organized and easy to work with, which is a bonus for anybody exhibiting. Their build-up team is very adept at doing complicated things. They’ve been working with me on this [booth] since the very beginning of the planning, which started last April.” In addition to Long-Sharp Gallery, big-name galleries such as Richard Green Galleries, Ltd., Peter Finer and Trinity House Paintings have all taken larger booths for the 2016 show.
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Boasting an expertly curated mix of old and new, treasures at this year’s show will include a dazzling rose gold and aquamarine Buccellati cuff from Camilla Dietz Bergeron; an ornate 18th century Rococo mirror from Clinton Howell Antiques; an ethereal Charles Courtney Curran beach scene from Debra Force Fine Art; a Tiffany Studios Lotus Shade from Modernist designer Edward Wormley’s Chicago showroom courtesy of Lillian Nassau LLC; a jaw-dropping 19.86-carat Colombian emerald and diamond ring from Pat Saling; and a rare and exceptionally large bone model of the H.M.S. Caledonia from Vallejo Gallery. Thanks to the addition of such galleries as Berwald Oriental Art and Priestley & Ferraro, Asian art will have a stronger showing than ever. Diament says, “At this event we have always had strong American and European art representation and now, by adding these galleries, we’ve made it a very important Asian art show as well. We’ve left no stone unturned as far as what we’re representing.”
- A fine and impressive oval rococo looking glass crested with a double c-scrolls holding an acanthus spray flanked by ho-ho birds over trailing vines with carved c-scrolls, the base terminating with c-scrolls flanking a seated lamb. Glass not original. English, Circa 1755. H. 52 ½,” W. 32 ¾.” Courtesy Clinton Howell Antiques.
Over the past two years, the Palm Beach Show has seen a proliferation of blue-chip dealers from both the United States and Europe, adding to the fair’s refined sensibility. Among this year’s newcomers are Galerie Steinitz, arguably Paris’ grandest and most storied showroom; Smith Davidson, one of the Netherlands’ leading modern and contemporary art galleries (think Lichtenstein, Warhol, Fontana); London’s Daniel Crouch Rare Books, specialists in antique atlases and maps as well as navigational instruments and globes; Apter-Fredericks, a London-based gallery specializing in important English furniture; Jayne Thompson Antiques, a dealer of English and Continental furniture based in Harrodsburg, Kentucky; and Palm Beach’s own Holden Luntz Gallery, dealers of vintage and contemporary photography. According to Diament, “There are a lot of international galleries and a lot of diversity at the Palm Beach Show. We represent all areas of the fine arts, from antiquity to contemporary. We also have all of the major dealers—the Olympia dealers, the Winter Antiques Show dealers, the Paris Biennale dealers, the Maastricht dealers –all under one roof. It’s truly the largest vetted show in the U.S. in every sense.”
For the fifth year in a row, the 2016 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show will feature the highly anticipated Designer Showcase. Organized by leading interior designer Campion Platt, the Showcase will present vignettes created by some of the industry’s foremost tastemakers using fine art, furniture and decorative objects hand-picked from the show floor. In addition to Platt, participating designers include Christopher Coleman, Joseph Pubillones, Lars Bolander and Jennifer Garrigues.
The 2016 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show will kick off on Wednesday, February 10, with a private, invitation-only Early Entry Preview from 6-7PM. The exclusive event will be followed by a VIP Preview from 7-10PM. For the first time ever, the show will include a sit-down white-tablecloth restaurant as well as the most convenient accommodations to date thanks to the 440-room Hilton that was recently added to the Palm Beach Convention Center. “This is really fantastic news for collectors, visitors and dealers alike,” says Diament. He adds, “Now that we have two events in Palm Beach [this December saw the debut of Palm Beach Jewelry—Antiques – Design], it has allowed us to increase our outreach base and our collector base—the whole thing just keeps growing.”
- Gerald Peters Gallery at the 2015 show
- Mark Borghi Fine Art at the 2015 show
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