Winter 2016

Winter 86 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com HIGHLIGHTS T he celebrated interior designer Suzanne Tucker has been selected to serve as the Chair of the thirty-fifth San Francisco Fall Art &Antiques Show. The longest running international art and antiques fair on the West Coast, the Show will feature sixty dealers from around the world, offering for sale an extraordinary range of fine and decorative arts from antiquity to the present day. Attendees will find American, English, Continental, and Asian furniture and decorative objects, paintings, prints, photographs, books, gold, silver and precious metals, jewelry, rugs, textiles, and ceramics. Tucker, who chaired last year’s Show, has selected the theme “Animalia—Animals in Art & Antiques.” Exhibitors will present collections that explore the beauty and mystery of the animal kingdom, as well as its symbolism throughout the ages. Tucker says, “The Animalia theme has been in the cooker for a while—it is fanciful and playful, chic and timeless—and includes the kingdom of all animals. Of course it is a subject that has been interpreted in just about every discipline, technique, and material throughout time but it’s also relatable to everyone—modern and traditional, antiquities to contemporary. Mankind has always been fascinated with the beauty and mystery of the animal kingdom, creating symbolism and meaning, and the Latin word Animalis literally means ‘Having Soul.’ I love that because at the heart of all art, antiques, and decorative objects is a boundless, collective soul—that of the artist, the craftsman, the collector, the observer, and the history of the piece.” As always, the SFFA Show will feature an array of the country’s finest dealers, including Arader Galleries, Carlton Hobbs, LLC, Clinton Howell Antiques, epoca, Foster-Gwin Gallery, Inc., Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques, and Yew Tree House Antiques. The 2016 Show will also feature more galleries specializing in fine art than in years past—a change that is reflected San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show October 27-30, 2016; Opening Night Preview Gala: October 26, 2016 Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA www.s as .org ; 415.989.9019 Suzanne tucker will chair the San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show for the second year in a row. Photography by Michal Venera. A late 19th century-early 20th century carousel zebra by eminent creator Karl Muller in carved, painted wood. Offered by Yew Tree House Antiques. Nathan Oliveira, Seated Man with Pink Face, 1958. Offered by Foster-Gwin Art & Antiques.