Philadelphia Antiques Show 2016_

ADIALOGABOUT LIFESTYLE WITHANTIQUES with ELLIE CULLMAN and STACEY BEWKES Friday, April 15 1:00pm E llie Cullman founded Cullman and Kravis over 30 years ago with the late Hedi Kravis. Born and raised in Brooklyn, where her family owns the renowned Peter Luger steak house, Ellie graduated Phi Beta Kappa magna cum laude from Barnard College (where she subsequently held a board position) and pursued East Asian Studies at Columbia Graduate School. Since 2000, Ellie has been listed in the definitive “AD 100” Architectural Digest’s designated best designers and architects. Additionally, she was included in the AD list of “The Deans of American Design” in January 2005, and was the recipient of the “Stars of Design” award at NYC’s D&D building in October 2009. Ellie will receive the Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York School of Interior Design in March 2016. A strong proponent of the arts, Ellie worked as an exhibition assistant at the Japan House Gallery and as a guest curator at The Museum of American Folk Art. She also co-curated two exhibitions at the museum: “Andy Warhol’s Folk and Funk” (co-writing the accompanying catalogue) and “Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood in America” (co-writing the accompanying book which was published by E.P. Dutton). Book signing to follow presentation. Stacey Bewkes – Quintessence Lifestyle Blog E xperience, inspire, inform —it’s all about living well with style and substance. After 17 years as an art director in New York City, I left the corporate world for Connecticut with my husband and four children. A continuing love of design led to the creation of this lifestyle blog, a discerning online guide to those special discoveries that make life just that much better. From art and architecture, interiors and design, fashion and jewelry to books and movies, food and wine, travel and more, Quintessence has become a trusted source for well-researched, original content in the online world. ALEXANDRA KIRTLEY: MUSEUM CURATOR AS COLLECTOR: VALUE VS. AESTHETICS Saturday, April 16 1:00pm A lexandra Alevizatos Kirtley is the Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she graduated with honors in art history from Hamilton College and received an M.A. from the University of Delaware- Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. At the PMA, Mrs. Kirtley has orchestrated, through gift and purchase, significant additions to the collection including porcelain from the Bartlam, Bonnin and Morris, Tucker, and Rookwood factories; a Cadwalader side chair; the only printed copy of the 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book; the Hannah and Levi Hollingsworth arch- backed sofa in its original upholstery; a reed organ and writing, sewing, and dressing table by E.N. Scherr; the Episcopal Bishop’s chair from Saint James Church; “The Fox and the Grapes” mahogany dressing table made together with the Museum’s iconic high chest carved with the same narrative from Aesop’s Fable; a Campeche (or butaca ) chair from Mexico; a painted wall bracket; and the 20th known piece of Bonnin & Morris porcelain, a pickle stand. Her most notable exhibition was “Colonial Philadelphia Porcelain: The Art of Bonnin & Morris,” mounted in 2008. In September 2016, she and conservator Peggy Olley will curate the exhibition on the Museum’s set of 1808 painted furniture designed by B. Henry Latrobe and painted by George Bridport for the Chestnut Street mansion of Mary and William Waln entitled “Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for A Grand Philadelphia House,” with an accompanying catalogue available in the summer of 2016. NANCYMOSES: STOLEN, SMUGGLED, SOLD Sunday, April 17 1:00pm N ancy Moses is author of the award- winning book, Lost in the Museum: Hidden Treasures and the Stories they Tell . Her articles about collections, culture, cities, and social innovation have appeared in national newspapers, magazines, and online publications.The former director of Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia’s History Museum, Moses consults to a wide variety of educational, cultural and cause related organizations. She is currently serving as Series Creator and Producer on the first television documentary series about women in cities. Nancy grew up in Pittsburgh, and holds a Masters Degree in American Studies from George Washington University. Her most recent book— Stolen, Smuggled Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures, takes the reader inside the dark underbelly of the museum world to uncover cultural iconic objects that were removed and eventually returned to their original owner. “It is no accident that throughout the history of Western Civilization there has been a connection between high art and high crime,” said Nancy Moses. “We are not content to just look at artwork, we want to own them; we want them to be ours. This passion to possess the valuable, beautiful, and rare is at the heart of Stolen Smuggled Sold. Moses addresses one of the hottest issues in the cultural world: the millions of cultural objects that have suspicious ownership records, or no provenance at all. Book signing after her talk . THEPHILADELPHIA ANTIQUES & ART SHOW SPECIALEVENTS W 14 W