Art Market Updates

An inside look at events and happenings in the historic American art world.

Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Fog Warning, 1885. Oil on canvas, 30¼ x 48½ in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Anonymous gift with credit to the Otis Norcross Fund, 94.72 © 2020 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Artful Stories
Historic New England presents Artful Stories, a series of online exhibitions capturing the heart of New England—its architecture, landscapes, townscapes and people, all contributing to the region’s unique sense of place. Works in the show were created between the 1730s and today and are arranged by theme: Land & Sea highlights the region’s geography, At Home in New England looks at where and how people lived, New England’s People features an array of intriguing men and women, and The Wide World demonstrates the ways in which New Englanders have experienced places and cultures elsewhere. An in-person exhibition featuring 46 of Historic New England’s artworks will open at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, this fall.

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The enhanced Rothko Chapel will offer a greater visitor experience and a stronger sense of community engagement.

Rothko Chapel Reopens in Fall
The reopening of the historic Rothko Chapel has been moved to September 12 and 13. This follows a series of major restorations as part of the first phase of its Opening Spaces program, a $30-million master plan for its campus. The restoration project aims to more closely align the building with the original vision of the Chapel founders Mark Rothko and John and Dominique de Menil.

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The Atrium at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site, featuring Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Amor Caritas. Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, N.H., U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

Tour historic artists’ homes
Relax into the comfiest chair in your home and take a virtual tour through the homes and studios of iconic artists like Jackson Pollock, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe and Andrew Wyeth, among many others through a series of photos available for viewing through Historic Artists’ Homes & Studio’s website, www.artistshomes.org. In addition, a new guidebook published by Princeton Architectural Press and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios, reveals 44 properties across the country associated with the legacies of more than 300 artists spanning 300 years. —