MARCH 29-APRIL 4

PARIS

88 Gallery at Paris Art + Design.

 

Paris Art + Design, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
March 31-April 3, 2016
Paris Art + Design (PAD), a pioneering event for art and design enthusiasts and collectors, will take place in the city's magnificent Jardin des Tuileries. Over the last twenty years, PAD has emerged as one of the finest fairs of its kind thanks to its selection of top-notch design objects and works of art. This year’s show will reinforce its dedication to eclecticism, creating unprecedented dialogue between modern art, historical and contemporary design, and jewelry. The intimately scaled show will feature close to seventy galleries from France and beyond. Click here for more information.

NORTH CAROLINA

Childe Hassam, Isles of Shoals, 1907, oil on canvas, 19 1/2 × 29 1/2 in., North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Promised gift of Ann and Jim Goodnight.

 

American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
On view through June 19, 2016
Well known for his urban scenes of New York, Boston and Paris, Childe Hassam, a master of American Impressionism, also sought inspiration from more rural locales. Hassam spent many summers on the Isles of Shoals in Maine and the radiant works he created there are among his most prized canvases. Using oil and watercolor, Hassam captured the region’s craggy coast, sublime light and picturesque island gardens, extolling the divine qualities of the natural world. This exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art features thirty-nine of Hassam’s finest paintings of the Isles of Shoals, borrowed from an array of distinguished museums and private collections, including the National Gallery of Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. Click here for information.

NEW YORK

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Vintage gelatin silver print. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, © 2015 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

 

Ansel Adams: Early Works, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY

April 1-September 18, 2016

The famed environmental photographer Ansel Adams is best known for his sharp, black-and-white photographs of the American landscape. This exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum highlights the small-scale prints made by Adams from the 1920s into the 1950s, a pivotal period in the artist’s career. In the 1920s, Adams created his Parmelian prints—warm, soft-focused images of the High Sierras—while the 1930s saw the development of a more sharp-focused style. After World War II, Adams continued to refine his technique, adopting a high-contrast printmaking process that yielded dramatic, almost magical images. Click here for more information.   


MASSACHUSETTS

 

Boston Design Week, Various Locations, Boston, MA

March 30-April 10, 2016

Over the last three years, Boston Design Week has made strides in helping to establish Boston as a city of interest for leading design professionals. Held from March 30 to April 10 at various locations throughout the city, the twelve-day event is jam-packed with lectures, exhibitions and open houses (among myriad other happenings) aimed at fostering public interest in architecture, interior design, industrial design, and studio design, including furniture, decorative arts, sculpture, textiles, jewelry and more. With over eighty events on the schedule, a well-thought-out plan is necessary in order to experience all that Boston Design Week has to offer. Luckily for you, we’ve selected a few of the must-see events happening this year. Click here for more information.

 

Coffee pot and teawares, Staffordshire, England, c. 1775. Creamware with black and green enamels and gilding. Museum Purchase with funds provided by Ray J. and Anne K. Groves. 2006.33.43 Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Massachusetts. Photography by Penny Leveritt.

Spring Forum: Company's Coming! Artifacts and Rituals of Early New England Parlors, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA
April 2, 2016

This one-day forum at Historic Deerfield will focus on the material culture and functions of the early New England parlor. During the eighteenth century, parlors were designed not only to host and entertain visitors, but to communicate the social position and aspirations of the home’s inhabitants through decorative objects and furnishings. This spectacular event will explore a range of topics, including how the role of parlor furnishings evolved from the eighteenth to nineteenth century; the uses and meanings of the tea table form; and the specialized furniture forms, counters, rule books, and other accoutrements used in card playing, a popular leisure-time activity during this period. The forum will end with guided tours of Historic Deerfield’s houses and an informal workshop on the topic of refined ceramics for the parlor. Click here for more information.

 

DELAWARE

 

Clocks at Winterthur Symposium, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE

October 6-8, 2016

Registration is now open for the Ward Francillon 2016 Educational Symposium taking place this fall at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. Titled Clocks at Winterthur, the symposium is sponsored and organized by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors. Business sponsors include Skinner, Inc., Pook & Pook, Flather & Perkins, Inc. and Gary R. Sullivan Antiques. The first symposium to focus exclusively on the museum’s horological holdings, Clocks at Winterthur will address important clocks and watches in the institution’s collection, highlighting their makers, regions, craftsmanship, and cultural significance. Click here for more information.


PENNSYLVANIA

Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886). Catskill Clove, N.Y., 1864. Oil on canvas, 15 x 24 in. Collection of the New-York Historical Society, Gift of Nora Durand Woodman. 1932.14.

The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA

On view through June 12, 2016

This exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum has been organized by the New-York Historical Society and features over forty works from the institution’s vast collection of Hudson River School paintings. Among the seminal artists featured in the show are Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Chambers, Sanford Gifford, Francis Augustus Silva, Thomas Cole, William Trost Richards and Asher Durand. The works on view chart the evolution of the Hudson River School, widely considered the first art movement in the United States. Inspired by the natural beauty along the Hudson River, through the Catskill Mountains as well as in New England and the mid-Atlantic states, these artists created magnificent paintings that celebrated the American landscape and played a pivotal role in shaping a lasting national and cultural identity. Click here for more information.

 

Mahogany veneered Hepplewhite sideboard offered by H.L. Chalfant.

Chester County Antiques Show, Phelps School, Malvern, PA
April 2-3, 2016

The 34th annual Chester County Antiques Show will take place this weekend, bringing together some of the country’s top dealers of 18th and 19th century American and continental antiques. A benefit for the Chester County Historical Society, the show will kick off with a preview party on Friday, April 1. Among the event’s must-see dealers are Greg K. Kramer & Co., H.L. Chalfant American Fine Art & Antiques, Kelly Kinzle, Mark and Marjorie Allen, Philip H. Bradley Co., and Schwarz Gallery. This year’s fair will center around the theme “Tomfoolery,” so visitors can expect to see an array of spectacular objects that are unique, whimsical and even a tad bit humorous. Click here for more information.