Maine Antique Digest, April 2010
The American Antiques Show, 2010
“Since the 1970's, the third week in January has been Americana Week in New York City. Nine years ago The American Antiques Show (TAAS) became a new addition to this jam-packed week of auctions and shows.”
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, February 5, 2010
The American Antiques Show
“Sometimes it is safe to say that “Change is not what it’s cracked up to be.” But you cannot say that this year when you are talking about The American Antiques Show. A new floor plan gave it a real shot in the arm this time around and won strong approval from both the participating exhibitors and the general public.”
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New York Times, January 21, 2010
Made in the U.S.A.: Carved, Hooked and Framed
“Art and antiques fairs aren’t especially homey places. The exception is the American Antiques Show, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, which puts collectors and browsers at ease with quasi-domestic arrangements of antiques and folk art.”
Maine Antique Digest, April 2009
The American Antiques Show 2009
“There still is a lot of folk art, painted furniture, country gear, and a smattering of Outsider art by self-taught artists at TAAS, but this year more formal furniture was sold at the show than country furniture.”
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, February 10, 2009
The American Antiques Show
“What the world needs is whimsy. It's the best antidote,' said folk art partisan Stephen Score, radiant before an A.L. Jewell & Co., molded copper horse weathervane with a luscious surface and an oversized hooked rug of storybook charm and innumerable puppies.”
Martha Stewart Blog, January 22, 2009
My train trip to Obama's presidential inauguration, and a visit to the American Antiques Show!
“A very popular show for the past eight years, TAAS features some of the finest dealers in seventeenth to twentieth century American folk art, furniture, Native American art, decorative arts, and fine arts.”
Maine Antique Digest, March 2008
The American Antiques Show 2008
“There is no question that The American Antiques Show (TAAS) is a firmly established part of Americana Week in New York City. . . . [I]t was a place where collectors found treasures and where dealers and curators came to shop.”
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, February 5, 2008
Buying All-American: TAAS Flourishes in Seventh Year
“The seven-year-old show is directed by Caroline Kerrigan Lerch and managed by Karen di Saia on behalf of the American Folk Art Museum. ‘On gala night, we made more ticket sales at the door than ever before. Our public days were stronger than we’ve seen. We were pleased,’ said Barry D. Briskin, an executive chairman of the show and, with Joan M. Johnson, co-chair of the opening evening. The American Antiques Show, a major fundraising and cultivation event for the museum, is steadily broadening its scope. Relatively small with only 45 exhibitors, it this year enhanced its position in both Native American art and in American classical furniture and accessories.”
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New York Times, January 18, 2008
Never Too Old to Startle the Eye
“You won’t find ebony-veneered cabinets dripping with gilt ormolu at the American Antiques Show. Nor glossy Beaux Arts paintings of scenes from ancient mythology. America’s material culture is homespun and plainspoken. What it lacks in European polish it makes up for in unpretentious directness, inventiveness and sometimes startling idiosyncrasy.”
Architectural Digest, June 2007
The Lure of Folk: Exploring the Treasures of New York’s Americana Week with Designer Elissa Cullman
“For designer Elissa Cullman, New York’s Americana Week, which includes The American Antiques Show and the Stella Americana Pier Show, is a rich source for furniture, folk art and eclectic pieces.”
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Maine Antique Digest, March 2007
The American Antiques Show
“The American Antiques Show (TAAS) is a warm, friendly show of mostly country antiques that comes to New York City in the middle of January and sets up shop at the Metropolitan Pavilion on 18th Street, not far from 6th Avenue.”
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Antiques and the Arts Weekly, February 9, 2007
The American Antiques Show Finds Its Stride
“In its sixth year, The American Antiques Show has found its stride, offering a handsome selection of furniture, folk art, Native American art, toys, accessories and jewelry of interest to Americana Week showgoers. Painted furniture and folk art, naturally, are top draws.”
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New York Times, January 19, 2007
Decorative Tradition, Laced with Bursts of Eccentricity
“Art fairs can put some fairly magnificent obsessions on display, where they function like traps. Step into a booth, and an unfamiliar area of visual culture suddenly exerts an irresistible force, changing your life. Few art fairs do this as seductively as the American Antiques Show. . . .”