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By: John Dorfman The small, clubby world of drawings enthusiasts gets more expansive this month as galleries all over the Upper East Side of Manhattan open their doors for Master Drawings Week, New York. Introduced in 2007 as an extension of Master Drawings Week, London (launched in 2001), the event involves New York galleries mounting…

EXHIBITIONS An Angle on Arbus: Diane Arbus: Christ in a Lobby and Other Unknown or Almost Known Works opens at the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco on Jan. 7 and continues through March 6. Sculptor Robert Gober selected the 48 photographs for the show. UPCOMING AUCTIONS Raise a Paddle, Raise a Glass: A wine-themed oil-on-panel…

By: Jenna Curry More than 800 dealers from 22 countries will gather in Miami this month with one thing in common: antiques. Interestingly, that’s about as much as they have in common. The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, running Jan. 21–25 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, covers such a broad spectrum of objects that…

By: Jenna Curry In December the art world looked with anticipation toward Miami’s multiple fairs; this month is Los Angeles’ turn to make its mark. The 15th annual Los Angeles Art Show, which takes place Jan. 20–24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, is poised to attract more than 35,000 international visitors, and its organizers—KR…

By: Jenna Curry The organizers of this year’s Winter Antiques Show have expanded their definition of the word “antiques.” The 75 exhibitors at the show, which runs Jan. 22–31 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, will not only bring an array of exceptional Americana but also Ancient Greek, Egyptian, Roman, pre-Columbian and Chinese…

By: Sheila Gibson Stoodley Christie’s and Sotheby’s will welcome the New Year in New York with Americana week, a series of sales that take place before and during the Winter Antiques Show. Sotheby’s has scheduled its important Americana auction in two sessions on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23, while Christie’s will hold its important American…

By: A&A Staff The New York Ceramics Fair, which runs Jan. 20–24 at the National Academy Museum, is the country’s only major event dedicated exclusively to antique and contemporary ceramics, and has the honor of being the first fair to open during Winter Antiques week. Thirty-eight dealers will exhibit, hailing from the U.S., the U.K.,…

By: John Dorfman Rounding out New York’s Americana week, the American Antiques Show will take place Jan. 21–24, overlapping with the Americana sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s and with the first few days of the much larger Winter Antiques Show. Held at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street in Chelsea, TAAS (as it is…