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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Dave White’s “Americana” Exhibition at Galleri Jules Julian

Through October 22, Davie White‘s “Americana” exhibit will show at Galleri Jules Julian in Copenhagen.From the gallery: This series explores the iconography of ‘Americana’ from all aspects. Frozen moments with an undisclosed narrative, leave the viewer challenged, taking one back…

To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America

To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum through September 5, 2011. To Make a World brings viewers back into the world of the American 1940s, drawing them in through…

Preview | Dave White ‘Americana’ Exhibition

This April, Dave White will unveil his latest collection of paintings, Americana, at a solo exhibition in London. Full info after the leap.

Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field

Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field stems from an innovative program at Brooklyn Historical Society, Exhibition Laboratory. Essentially, Ex Lab functions as an after-school museum studies course for motivated New York high-schoolers. Their work for the…

Dams Across America

Christine Macy, dean of architecture and planning at Dalhousie University, has written a marvelous piece for Design Observer about the history of dams in America. She pushes beyond just massive federal projects, discussing as well small private damns. The central…

Sex and Early American Furniture

The newest additions to artbabble.org come from Milwaukee’s Chipstone Foundation. Their first featured videos come from the “Hidden Dimensions” installation at Milwaukee Art Museum – and put American decorative arts into context of sex, power, myth, and more. In the…

Christie’s Important American Furniture and Folk Art Auction

Lot 129, Checkerboard, Ca. 1830, New England

Christie’s (New York) Important American Furniture and Folk Art Auction rolls through January 25, 2010. As one might expect, there is some important furniture on offer (notably lot #346, a Queen Anne maple stool from Philadelphia). Also in the mix…

Women’s Work/Men’s Work: Labor and Gender in America

The inaugural exhibition of the Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery, a space that allows Florida International University faculty to collaborate with museum staff on small exhibitions, opens on January 20, 2010. The subject is gender and labor in the United States, expressed…

Celebrating the Exotic and the Ordinary

Historic New England is subject of the loan exhibition at this years Winter Antique Show. The core of Americana Week in New York, the Winter Antique Show is among the top vetted presentations of American decorative arts. Ahead of the…

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A spot of Charlie Parker.

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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Dave White’s “Americana” Exhibition at Galleri Jules Julian

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Preview | Dave White ‘Americana’ Exhibition

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Dams Across America

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Sex and Early American Furniture

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Christie’s Important American Furniture and Folk Art Auction

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Women’s Work/Men’s Work: Labor and Gender in America

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Celebrating the Exotic and the Ordinary

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Merry Christmas