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5 Hot Lots Coming to Auction in September

WorthPoint

Billings Auction in Los Angeles, California, is offering one of his iconic designs in its Fall 2024 Modern Art + Design auction on September 14. The 1930s dark green silk sculptural gown is adorned with brown Murano glass beads and has two stenciled belts. Grant Zahajko Auctions , estimate: $500-$1,000. Duffner and Oliver S.

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Constructivism: The Intersection of Art and Industry in the Avant-Garde Movement

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Emerging from the 1917 revolution in the newly formed Soviet Union, Constructivism wasn’t only the most influential modern art movement in 20th century Russia, but its visualization of a new aesthetic language brought with it a sea change in how we view art that redefined the role of art in society.

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Brimfield Antiques Flea Market for Beginners: What to Know

WorthPoint

After all, the early bird catches the uranium glass, right? WorthPoint spoke to Jenn Schaeffner, a fan and collector of mid-century modern art and décor. Timing is crucial if you want to make the most of your trip. Repeat visitors, as well as dealers and pickers, usually arrive at dawn on the first day.

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Capturing Contemplation: Contemporary Sculptor Wang Shaojun

MIR Appraisal

This character does not change much within the series, but there are slight variations with facial hair or glasses. Western art is still seen as dominant, and some art critics still view Asian art through a Western museological lens, subject to Western curation and values.

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A Few Great Book Finds for Your Holiday!

Art Advisor's Blog

Gardner and the artists whose work she collected, with back-stabbing and intrigue in the modern art world. This rollicking tale gives some great, imagined historical relationships, some real backroom information on how art forgers work and throws rocks through the glass houses of modern-day art experts and museum elites.

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Marcel Breuer: From Bauhaus Visionary to Furniture Design Icon

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Saint John’s Abbey Church, built in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1961. Image via Flickr, courtesy of ya3hs3.

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A Forgotten Woman Artist: Lilian de Glehn Thibaut

Mark Hill

Despite being cheap, cold, draughty, damp and largely rat-infested, they became a crucible of modern art and central to the hugely influential School of Paris movement. Gauguin, Modigliani, Brancusi, Soutine, the list goes on. They’re in the Montparnasse district of Paris and terminated with a large, grander hôtel villa (No.14)