THE GALLERY • THE GALLERY • THE GALLERY • THE GALLERY ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS WEEKLY ț 5 CHURCH HILL RD ț BOX 5503 ț NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06470 ț FALL 2017 2 — THE GALLERY October 13, 2017 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly THE GALLERY • THE GALLERY • THE GALLERY • THE GALLERY Tel. 203-426-8036 or 426-3141 or Fax 203-426-1394 www.AntiquesandTheArts.com email - [email protected] Published by The Bee Publishing Company Box 5503, Newtown Connecticut 06470 “Moonlight, Martha’s Vineyard,” Hayley Lever (1876–1958), 1913, oil on canvas laid down on board, 15-15/16 by 19-7/8 inches; courtesy of Questroyal Fine Art, “Barn Against the Sun #2,” Wolf Kahn, 1985, oil on canvas, 32 by 44 inches; New York City. courtesy of Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, N.C. Boston International Fine Art Show Is Oct. 19–22 Gala Preview, ‘Living With Art’ To Enliven 21st Annual Show BOSTON — The 21st annual Boston creativity and value. dren under 12, free; admission includes guest Curt DiCamillo, curator of special International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) “We are thrilled to have the support of access to all special programs, readmission, collections at the New England Historic will take place October 19–22. The show these two unique gold sponsors hosting show catalog and coat check. A bistro café Genealogical Society, and an international opens Thursday, October 19, with a gala the gala,” says the show’s co-producer and discount and valet parking are also authority on English country homes preview presented by two gold sponsors: Tony Fusco. “It allows our galleries to available. and the decorative arts. Presented by Yvel and Cutting Edge Homes. As the invite additional collectors and guests, Gala or weekend tickets to the 21st an- The Magazine Antiques. DiCamillo will only show and sale of its kind in New and adds to the festive atmosphere that niversary BIFAS include complimentary transport audiences to Italy through his England, BIFAS features everything from everyone enjoys. At the gala, we will also admission to a wide array of insightful new book, Villa Astor: Paradise Restored on Old Master drawings to contemporary welcome special guest Joe Nahem, the programs, including special guest speak- the Amalfi Coast, in this program. Book art by emerging and established artists. celebrated interior designer. Joe will be our ers, panel discussions, book signings and signing to follow. Works on offer range from fine original keynote speaker at the designer luncheon dealer booth talks. Saturday, 2 pm: “Visual Tour Through prints priced at a few hundred dollars to on Friday, and Daniel Sahalo of Yvel will The list of activities includes: Private Art Collections” presented by museum-quality masterpieces, priced in also offer a special program on Sunday.” Friday, October 20, noon: Designer Lun- American Fine Art. Joshua Rose, editor the millions. “Each year notable collectors, museum cheon before the show opens to the public of American Fine Art and American Art Founded in 1986 in Jerusalem, Yvel is curators, interior designers and art lovers (inquire), and the 1 pm keynote speaker Collector leads a digital tour through the a luxury jewelry brand and will showcase come to Boston to see fresh work that our is Joe Nahem of Fox-Nahem Associates in homes of art collectors featured in his its award-winning pearls and precious galleries reserve for the show,” says Fusco. New York City. Nahem’s new book speaks magazines. Also, collector profiles from gemstone collections, crafted by designers “Diversity has always been key to the as much to his talents as a curator as it Diane McManus Jensen, art advisor and artisans using nature as an inspira- show, and as we enter our third decade, does to the quality of his designs that have and author of The Art of Collecting, An tion. Cutting Edge Homes Architects + I am happy to be bucking the trend of earned him recognition as a member of Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections, Builders is an award-winning boutique homogenous megashows.” Architectural Digest’s AD 100 and the Elle with Advice on Starting Your Own, and a firm serving the Boston area, with a fully Weekend show hours are Friday, 1 to 8 Decor A-List. Book signing to follow. presentation by collector Robert Savage, integrated architecture and construction pm; Saturday, 11 am to 8 pm; and Sun- Friday, 5 pm: Reception open to all, Md., founder of the Wellesley Collection. approach, and a focus on craftsmanship, day, 11 am to 5 pm. Tickets are $15, chil- followed by a 6 pm program with special Saturday, 3 pm: “Fine Art By Design” — Interior designers’ perspective on fine art combines an eye for inspiration, a curato- rial sense of how art relates to the overall design of a space, and an understanding of how their clients will live with and relate to works of art in their homes. This panel assembled by Andrew Joseph PR includes Michael Mitchell and Tyler Hill of Mitchell Hill (Charleston) and Stephan Jones (Los Angeles) for tips, inspirations and insider information on fine art in your home. Moderated by Kyle Hoepner, editor in chief, New England Home. Sunday, 1:30 pm: “The Yvel and Mege- meria Story” — Yvel founders Isaac and Oma Levy opened the Megemeria School of Jewelry in 2010 to offer professional training and advancement, as well as em- ployment opportunities for Ethiopian im- migrants in Israel. Daniel Sahalo, Mege- meria marketing and sales manager, speaks on the program’s influence in his life and his aliyah journey from Ethiopia to Israel “Royal Blue Composition,” Tomas to start a new life with his family. Brzon, cut and polished glass, 19½ For more information and a list of ex- by 21 by 3 inches; courtesy of Ai Bo hibitors, 617-363-0405 or www.fineart- Show view, image by Robert Four. Gallery, Purchase, N.Y. boston.com. Antiques and The Arts Weekly — October 13, 2017 THE GALLERY — 3 4 — THE GALLERY October 13, 2017 — Antiques and The Arts Weekly “Girl’s Eye View,” 1945, oil on Masonite, 16 by 19-7/8 “Self Portrait,” 1946, casein tempera “Blonde Nude with Orange, Blue Couch,” circa 1917, oil on inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Helen Farr Sloan, underpaint with oil varnish glaze on canvas, 20 by 24 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the 1980 ©Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), panel, 16 by 12-1/8 inches. Delaware Art John Sloan Trust, 2006 ©Delaware Art Museum / Artists New York. Museum, Gift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986. Rights Society (ARS), New York. A Long & Creative Journey — John Sloan Retrospective At The Delaware Art Museum WILMINGTON, DEL. — American 1914 and 1918, where he painted dozens realist painter John Sloan (1871–1951) of brightly colored canvasses. In 1919, he is best known for his images of New spent his fi rst summer in Santa Fe. Fasci- York during the early Twentieth Century nated with the local culture, he eventually and as one of the pioneers of the Ashcan bought a house and spent part of each year School. The Delaware Art Museum holds there. He became a champion of Native the largest and most extensive collection American art, befriending Pueblo artists of Sloan’s art and archival materials in and organizing groundbreaking exhibitions the world, and “An American Journey: of their work in the 1920s and 1930s. The Art of John Sloan,” on view October “This retrospective in particular show- 21–January 28, will be the fi rst compre- cases the artist’s early years in Philadel- hensive retrospective of Sloan’s work since phia, his fi gure paintings and his work as the museum’s 1988 show “John Sloan: an illustrator,” said Coyle. Spectator of Life.” The major New York paintings — “An American Journey: The Art of John ”Throbbing Fountain, Night,” 1908; Sloan,” organized by Heather Campbell “Wet Night on the Bowery,” 1911; Coyle, Delaware Art Museum’s chief cura- “Spring Rain,” 1912; and “Wet Night, tor and curator of American art, will pres- Washington Square,” 1928 — will be fea- ent the entire arc of Sloan’s career — from tured in the retrospective, as will Sloan’s newspaper illustration in Philadelphia masterful New York City life etchings. during the 1890s through his late paint- “The Art of John Sloan” includes il- ings in Santa Fe, N.M. The exhibition lustrations from throughout Sloan’s career, includes nearly 100 works — drawings, ranging from the Art Nouveau elegance of prints and paintings produced between his work in the 1890s, through his charm- 1890 and 1946 and includes paint- ing and challenging visual puzzles and his “Spring Rain,” 1912, oil on canvas, 19-5/8 by 25½ inches. Delaware Art Museum, ings that have not been seen in decades, biting political cartoons. “These will be Gift of John Sloan Memorial Foundation, 1986 ©Delaware Art Museum / Artists some not since Sloan’s death in 1951. seen with major paintings and etchings to Rights Society (ARS), New York. This retrospective will also draw on the highlight how the artist worked out ideas museum’s rich archival materials, includ- Arts. Through the academy and the press- American academic and impressionist across media and over years,” explains ing illustrated letters and photographs, all rooms of Philadelphia, Sloan befriended painting, and he and other artists com- Coyle. of which are in the collection due to the the men who would become his closest mitted to urban realism would eventually “An American Journey: The Art of John generosity of the artist’s wife, Helen Farr associates during his early career: Robert be referenced derogatorily as “the Ash- Sloan” will be accompanied by a full Sloan (1911–2005).