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ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason

Oct. 19, 2009

As the Dow finally chugged past 10,000 for the first time in what feels like a gazillion months, Brit art-fair organizers Brian and Anna Haughton debuted their 21st International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show at the grand red brick Park Avenue Armory, Oct. 16-22, 2009. The fair demonstrates both signs of the new austerity and a huge dichotomy in taste.
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Brook S. Mason Archives

Oct. 5, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Antiques, kitchenalia, gardenalia and more in Lodon. And Anish Kapoor.

Aug. 28, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason The Anna Wintour sensibility. Plus, a fall design preview, and a bit on the gold bug.

Aug. 4, 2009	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.

June 16, 2009	DUCHESS SPARKLE by Brook S. Mason The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the duchess dowager of fairs, garners new sparkle.

June 12, 2009	OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS by Brook S. Mason Luxe and big bucks at the 36th annual Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair in London.

May 29, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Dynamo Donald Judd, ceramics for contemporary art fans, Rudolf Nureyev costumes, more.

Apr. 21, 2009	SALZBURG FAIR OFF, OTHERS TOO by Brook S. Mason Recession hits several traditional art-and-antiques shows.

Apr. 16, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Bright spots in design and antiques, despite the recession.

Feb. 19, 2009	TREASURY OF STYLE by Brook S. Mason What to watch in Christie’s sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection.

Jan. 28, 2009	NEW LAMPS FOR OLD by Brook S. Mason Good-bye pricey pilgrim furnishings, hello contemporary flair at the 55th Winter Antiques Show in New York.

Jan. 7, 2009	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason A look back at 2008, and the year ahead.

Nov. 17, 2008	HIGH MODERNISM by Brook S. Mason Sanford Smith’s 23rd annual "Modernism: A Century of Style and Design" at the Park Avenue Armory.

Oct. 16, 2008	A NEW CHAPTER ON TASTE by Brook S. Mason The 20th International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show takes the measure of the market.

Sept. 12, 2008	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason "Gothic: Dark Glamour," Trafik at Morgans Hotel, The Duchess, Yves Saint Laurent, Babar, "Home Delivery," more.

July 29, 2008	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Arad-mania, gasoline alley trophy heads, Christie’s design auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Thomas Hope, MAD’s new quarters, more.

June 18, 2008	MALACHITE, MEISSEN, MOSCOW by Brook S. Mason Russians love the traditional English country house look, frothed up with continental trimmings.

June 10, 2008	OLYMPIAN SWAGGER by Brook S. Mason The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair goes contemporary.

May 9, 2008	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Wendell Castle, Wright sells Louis Kahn and more, and Sebastian+Barquet on a roll.

Mar. 12, 2008	THE NEW NEW CHIC by Brook S. Mason Deco arts stylish reign at TEFAF Maastricht 08.

Mar. 5, 2008	MIDDLE EASTERN ALLURE by Brook S. Mason New art fairs, and new challenges, in the United Arab Emirates.

Dec. 20, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Marcus Tremonto, gallery bling, Robert M. Kulicke and Bessie Jamieson, Armand Rateau, Tony Duquette, more.

Nov. 2, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Salander’s dec arts, Yonel Lebovici, a Mediaeval renaissance in New York, more.

Sept. 26, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Friedman Benda, Breuer at Wright, MacBain’s bags, Nan Kempner, Noguchi, Jansen furniture, John Beresford Fowler, more.

Aug. 3, 2007	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.

July 16, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Art & realty, Ezra Stoller, collectible textiles, Russian modernist architecture, Macklowe redesigns, more.

June 5, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Prouve’s Maison Tropicale sold, a "pot dealer" in New York, International Ceramics Fair, more.

May 14, 2007	SALES, SALES, SALES by Brook S. Mason Anna and Brian Haughton’s International Fine Art Fair reveals a masterful and changing market.

May 2, 2007	ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Fast paced changes in Manhattan and beyond.

Mar. 13, 2007	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Dutch Masters: The European Fine Art Fair, at a mere 20 years old.

Feb. 22, 2007	ART SHOW CONTEMPORARY by Brook S. Mason The ADAA Art Show goes contemporary in a spiffed-up armory.

Jan. 30, 2007	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.

Jan. 19, 2007	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason A pumped-up Americana market at the Winter Antiques Show and more.

Dec. 21, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Last minute shopping for 2006, and looking ahead to 2007.

Nov. 21, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Selling fast at "Modernism" in New York, now the nation’s pre-eminent design show.

Sept. 22, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Lavish, Marie Antoinette-like consumerism at the Biennale des Antiquaires.

Sept. 13, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason England’s legendary Attingham Summer School is "boot camp for curators."

May 19, 2006	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason The Paris market shifts from the 18th century to the 20th.

Mar. 22, 2006	OLD MASTERS, NEW EDGE by Brook Mason Bigger, better, more important at TEFAF Maastricht 2006.

Nov. 1, 2005	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Glitter and gilt in the Safra sale at Sotheby’s.

Oct. 20, 2004	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Antique mirrors dazzle at Ingrao.

Sept. 22, 2004	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason The new haute glam of Paris’s 22nd Biennale des Antiquaires.

June 17, 2004	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason The Grandest of Them All: Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair.

June 14, 2004	DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason The Grandest of Them All: Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair.

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