CHICAGO â Auctions have always been entertaining, but Rebecca and Michael Rivich, co-owners of Chicagoâs Rivich Auction, hope to propel the fun factor to a whole new level on February 21st with its âShakedown 1979â sale. The 226-lot auction of affordable midcentury modern and postmodern design will take place online through LiveAuctioneers, with a live online feed and live bidding at Madame Zuzuâs Emporium in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. The ultra-cool indoor/outdoor tearoom and retail establishment is owned by Grammy Award-winning Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan and his wife, Chloe Mendel. The auctionâs title â an homage to Corgan â is actually the opening line of the Smashing Pumpkins song â1979.â
Eli Wilner & Company announces 2021 fully-funded frame restoration grant opportunity for museums
A 19th Century portrait frame in the collection of the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT, before and after restoration by Eli Wilner & Company.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Eli Wilner & Company extends another fully-funded frame restoration grant opportunity to museums and other non-profit cultural institutions. Frame restoration projects are often among the last initiatives considered for inclusion in often limited conservation budgets, especially during the past year with the impact of pandemic related revenue losses.
In 2020, Wilner awarded two fully-funded grants to museums for important historical framing projects. The first grant was also open specifically to frame restoration projects, and was awarded to the Museums at Washington and Lee University, in Lexington Virginia, for the frame on a 1779 portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette, by Charles Willson Peale, 49 x 40 inches, originally co
Oakland s Creative Growth collaborates with Levi s on hot-selling collection
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Levi s x Creative Growth fashion collaboration featuring work by artist William Scott on a vintage trucker jacket.Creative GrowthShow MoreShow Less
2of5Levi s x Creative Growth fashion collaboration featuring work by artist Ray Vickers on a t-shirt design.Creative GrowthShow MoreShow Less
3of5Levi s x Creative Growth fashion collaboration featuring work by artist Aurie Ramirez on a vintage trucker jacket.Creative GrowthShow MoreShow Less
5of5Elizabeth Rangel poses for a portrait wearing her own creation during the Creative Growth Beyond Trend runway show at the Scottish Rite Center, March 31, 2018, Oakland.Jana Asenbrennerova / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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