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Houston Fine Art Fair
HAPPY TRAILS IN TEXAS
by Brook S. MasonAug. 8, 2011
Houston -- This city along the Gulf Coast is positively bustling, with a booming employment rate that makes New York City look like a pauper. And with the teeming slate of sales at the inaugural Houston Fine Art Fair, Sept. 16-18, 2011, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, the city, topping up at 6,000,000 in population, is a new destination on the global art circuit. In terms of art world bravado, dynamite museums and contemporary collectors, Houston just may give Miami and Los Angeles a run for their money.
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Aug. 8, 2011
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Wendell Castle, Dan Dailey, George Kravis, Artware Editions, Sarah Morris, Markus Linnenbrink, London Design Festival, John Pawson, David Chipperfield, Adirondack style, more.
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Jan. 11, 2011
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Ezra Stoller’s architectural photos, Peter Marino’s Dior makeover, Lowy’s frames are in demand, and Jens Praet’s furniture made from magazines.
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Sept. 3, 2010
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Design Miami update, Constantin & Laureen Boym to Doha, Anish Kapoor for Bulgari, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Cecily Brown, more.
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May 26, 2010
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Design Onscreen, Lucienne Day, Leleu, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Pol Quadens, Maria Pergay, Miuccia Prada, and François-Xavier Lalanne’s 1968 Chat Polymorph.
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Apr. 23, 2010
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
New art-and-antiques festival for NYC, new design fair for Miami, Keno Auctions launches, Eyjafjallajökull: the Watch.
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Mar. 17, 2010
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TEFAF MAASTRICHT 2010by Brook S. Mason
Briefly plunged into darkness, the world’s finest fair emerges still glittering with feverish sales.
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Jan. 26, 2010
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AS GOOD AS IT GETSby Brook S. Mason
The 2010 Winter Antiques Show in New York.
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Nov. 11, 2009
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CHICAGO A GO-GOby Brook S. Mason
Windy City news update, Richard Gray "pop-up," SOFA art fair, more.
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Oct. 19, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason
Glamour, super gilt and some drop dead chic at the 21st Haughton International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show.
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Oct. 5, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason
Antiques, kitchenalia, gardenalia and more in Lodon. And Anish Kapoor.
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Aug. 28, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason
The Anna Wintour sensibility. Plus, a fall design preview, and a bit on the gold bug.
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Aug. 4, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
Inside MoMA’s Ron Arad show, Met Museum book gossip, Lauren’s second Gilded Age and Clic’s new art gallery paradigm.
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June 16, 2009
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DUCHESS SPARKLEby Brook S. Mason
The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the duchess dowager of fairs, garners new sparkle.
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June 12, 2009
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OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS
by Brook S. Mason
Luxe and big bucks at the 36th annual Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair in London.
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May 29, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason Dynamo Donald Judd, ceramics for contemporary art fans, Rudolf Nureyev costumes, more.
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Apr. 16, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Bright spots in design and antiques, despite the recession.
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Feb. 19, 2009
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TREASURY OF STYLE
by Brook S. Mason What to watch in Christie’s sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection.
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Jan. 28, 2009
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NEW LAMPS FOR OLDby Brook S. Mason Good-bye pricey pilgrim furnishings, hello contemporary flair at the 55th Winter Antiques Show in New York.
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Jan. 7, 2009
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason A look back at 2008, and the year ahead.
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Nov. 17, 2008
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HIGH MODERNISMby Brook S. Mason Sanford Smith’s 23rd annual "Modernism: A Century of Style and Design" at the Park Avenue Armory.
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Oct. 16, 2008
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A NEW CHAPTER ON TASTEby Brook S. Mason The 20th International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show takes the measure of the market.
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Sept. 12, 2008
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason "Gothic: Dark Glamour," Trafik at Morgans Hotel, The Duchess, Yves Saint Laurent, Babar, "Home Delivery," more.
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July 29, 2008
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Arad-mania, gasoline alley trophy heads, Christie’s design auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Thomas Hope, MAD’s new quarters, more.
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June 18, 2008
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MALACHITE, MEISSEN, MOSCOWby Brook S. Mason Russians love the traditional English country house look, frothed up with continental trimmings.
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June 10, 2008
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OLYMPIAN SWAGGERby Brook S. Mason The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair goes contemporary.
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May 9, 2008
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Wendell Castle, Wright sells Louis Kahn and more, and Sebastian+Barquet on a roll.
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Mar. 12, 2008
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THE NEW NEW CHICby Brook S. Mason Deco arts stylish reign at TEFAF Maastricht 08.
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Mar. 5, 2008
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MIDDLE EASTERN ALLUREby Brook S. Mason New art fairs, and new challenges, in the United Arab Emirates.
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Dec. 20, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Marcus Tremonto, gallery bling, Robert M. Kulicke and Bessie Jamieson, Armand Rateau, Tony Duquette, more.
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Nov. 2, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Salander’s dec arts, Yonel Lebovici, a Mediaeval renaissance in New York, more.
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Sept. 26, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason Friedman Benda, Breuer at Wright, MacBain’s bags, Nan Kempner, Noguchi, Jansen furniture, John Beresford Fowler, more.
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Aug. 3, 2007
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NEW WORLD AT SALZBURG
by Brook S. Mason The new Salzburg World Fine Art Fair mixes Mozart sonatas and Meissen porcelain with the occasional avant-garde piece.
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July 16, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Art & realty, Ezra Stoller, collectible textiles, Russian modernist architecture, Macklowe redesigns, more.
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June 5, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Prouve’s Maison Tropicale sold, a "pot dealer" in New York, International Ceramics Fair, more.
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May 14, 2007
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SALES, SALES, SALESby Brook S. Mason Anna and Brian Haughton’s International Fine Art Fair reveals a masterful and changing market.
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May 2, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Fast paced changes in Manhattan and beyond.
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Mar. 13, 2007
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason Dutch Masters: The European Fine Art Fair, at a mere 20 years old.
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Feb. 22, 2007
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ART SHOW CONTEMPORARY
by Brook S. Mason
The ADAA Art Show goes contemporary in a spiffed-up armory.
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Jan. 30, 2007
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THE NEW YORK LIST
by Brook S. Mason
New trends in the antiques world, from the 2007 Winter Antiques Show to the Chelsea art district.
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Jan. 19, 2007
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
A pumped-up Americana market at the Winter Antiques Show and more.
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Dec. 21, 2006
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
Last minute shopping for 2006, and looking ahead to 2007.
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Nov. 21, 2006
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
Selling fast at "Modernism" in New York, now the nation’s pre-eminent design show.
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Sept. 22, 2006
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
Lavish, Marie Antoinette-like consumerism at the Biennale des Antiquaires.
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Sept. 13, 2006
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
England’s legendary Attingham Summer School is "boot camp for curators."
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May 19, 2006
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DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY
by Brook S. Mason
The Paris market shifts from the 18th century to the 20th.
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Mar. 22, 2006
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OLD MASTERS, NEW EDGE
by Brook Mason
Bigger, better, more important at TEFAF Maastricht 2006.
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