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Antiques Roadshow Is Back and This Time Celebrities Are Involved Jane Levere
Antiques Roadshow, PBS’s most-watched ongoing series, is celebrating its 25
th anniversary season with four episodes featuring celebrities who will discuss hidden treasures found in their homes. Airing May 3, 10, 17, and 24, the episodes are the series’ first to include famous folks.
Among the celebrities appearing will be musicians Rubén Blades and Luba Mason, and Paquito D’Rivera and Brenda Feliciano; chef Carla Hall; humorists John Hodgman and Mo Rocca; and authors Jason Reynolds and Mo Willems. Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, TV personality Carson Kressley, comedian Jay Leno, actor S. Epatha Merkerson, broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien, and fashion designer Christian Siriano will also be featured.
Why were so many Stettheimer art works up for sale? Not all were real
Five works by the dazzling and seldom-seen painter Stettheimer emerged on the market in 2020. But some stood on shaky ground. Florine Stetthemier Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University via The New York Times.
by Susan Mulcahy
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Years can pass without work by the singular modernist Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944) appearing on the art market. Her estate went mostly to museums and universities, which made 2020 a banner year, with five pieces popping up at U.S. auction houses and galleries.
Only two turned out to have been actually created by Stettheimer. Of the other works, two were removed from the marketplace, and the attribution changed on the third.