2027 New York Antiques Weekend and Emerging Scholars Colloquium

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NEW YORK ANTIQUES WEEKEND

JANUARY 22–23, 2027

Join us for Antiques Weekend, the Decorative Arts Trust’s annual foray into the hustle and bustle of New York City’s winter auctions and fairs. This year’s program explores Brooklyn through an exciting array of museums, workshops, and private collections. This popular program sells out quickly, so we encourage you to register early!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2027
9:00 am–6:00 pm

Center for Brooklyn History
Founded in 1863 as the Long Island Historical Society, the Center for Brooklyn History is today a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library with archival collections dedicated to the development of the borough. Set amid tree-lined rows of brownstones in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, the red brick and terracotta Romanesque Revival building, designed by George B. Post and completed in 1881, houses the stately Othmer Library reading room. Our visit, hosted by Chief Historian Dominique Jean-Louis, presents an opportunity to view collection materials that offer insight into Brooklyn’s history and architectural evolution.

The Home of Rebecca Abrams and Nathan Benn
Set within a 1928 manufactory overlooking the East River, previously the site of a glassworks in the 19th century, the home of Rebecca Abrams and Nathan Benn is adorned with paneling and architectural details inspired by period rooms at Winterthur. These elements create a fitting setting for an extensive collection of Colonial and Neoclassical furniture – including an array of distinguished New York and New England work attributed to Duncan Phyfe and Thomas Seymour  – silver by Joseph Lownes, early Dutch pictures, and works by notable 20th-century photographers.

Flavor Paper
Established in New Orleans in 2003 and based in Brooklyn since 2007, Flavor Paper creates fine wallpapers by combining traditional hand-operated screen-printing techniques with revolutionary designs, materials, and inks. The studio’s avant-garde designs have been acquired by the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; the Brooklyn Museum; and the Musée des arts décoratifs in Paris. Hosted by Founder and Creative Director Jon Sherman, our visit includes a tour and demonstration.

The Brooklyn Museum
After a convivial lunch, we continue to the Brooklyn Museum, a preeminent art institution housing an encyclopedic collection that spans antiquity to the present. In the exhibition Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art, we experience a thoughtful reinterpretation of the museum’s American art holdings led by Stephanie Sparling Williams, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art. Our tour of the Decorative Arts and Design galleries and period rooms, led by Catherine Futter, Curatorial Chair and Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, and Liz St. George, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts, offers a behind-the-scenes experience and includes the installations Building the Museum and its Collections and Brooklyn Made, an homage to art and design created in the borough from the 17th century onwards.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2027
11:00 am–5:00 pm

The Winter Show at the Park Avenue Armory
Our knowledgeable friends in the trade treat participants to private tours at the Park Avenue Armory in advance of public hours. As the leading art, antiques, and design fair in America, the Winter Show presents over 60 international dealers showcasing a dynamic selection of decorative and fine art from antiquity through the present day. In addition to our special access to the show, we attend a luncheon in the Armory’s stunning Board of Officers Room.

The home of Mary and David Andryc
Following lunch, we accept a gracious invitation into the home of Mary and David Andryc in a pre-war Beaux-Arts co-op on the Upper East Side. The Andrycs’ collection of American furniture and decorative arts was inspired by Mary’s prior experience as an Assistant Curator at the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the US Department of State, and by a shared love for American history.  The collection encompasses the late Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles, and includes objects by John Welch, Thomas Seymour, Samuel McIntire, John Pollard, Thomas Affleck, and Duncan Phyfe.

Registration Fee: $720

The Antiques Weekend registration form offers the option to add the Emerging Scholars Colloquium and Brunch on Sunday, January 24, to your Antiques Weekend registration. (See Colloquium details below.)

Terms and Conditions: You must be a Decorative Arts Trust member to register for this program. Members at the Dual level and above may register both household members. Members at the Benefactor level and above may register a nonmember guest. Roundtrip transportation on Friday, January 22 will be provided. All cancellations received through Monday, January 4, 2027 are subject to a full refund less a $100 administrative fee per person. Refunds will not be remitted for participants canceling after January 4, 2027. The details of this itinerary are subject to change as necessary.

EMERGING SCHOLARS COLLOQUIUM AND BRUNCH FUNDRAISER 

JANUARY 24, 2027

The Decorative Arts Trust is excited to host the 11th Annual Colloquium featuring young scholars in the material culture field. Hosted at the Park Avenue Armory, this program is generously sponsored by the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation and Mrs. Sandra S. Ayres.

Emerging Scholars Colloquium
9:00 am–12:00 pm

9:00 am

• Gather in the Board of Officers’ Room for coffee and bagels

9:30 am

• Welcome by Benjamin Prosky, President, Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
• Remarks by Matthew A. Thurlow, Executive Director, The Decorative Arts Trust
• Introductions by Catherine Carlisle, Manager of Educational Programs, The Decorative Arts Trust
• Joined Together: Black and Quaker Craft in Old Westbury, Long Island
  Steven Baltsas, Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Fellow, Preservation Long Island
• Stitching an Ambitious New Woman: Embroidery at Newcomb College
  Sarah Brokenborough, Graduate Curatorial Assistant, Newcomb Art Museum
• Japonisme in Transfer: Félix Bracquemond, Christopher Dresser, and the Possibilities of Printed Ceramics
  Sarah Rapoport, PhD Candidate, Yale University
• Illuminating Millford’s Original Lighting Suite
  Graham Titus, William L. Thompson Collections Fellow, Spring 2026, Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, and Curatorial Assistant, Arts of the Americas and Europe, Brooklyn Museum 
• More than Monuments: Tiffany Studios and the Art of Confederate Memory
  Dr. Kayli Rideout, Hugh F. McKean Curator, Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of Art

Brunch Fundraiser for the Decorative Arts Trust’s Emerging Scholars Program
12:00 pm–1:30 pm

Toast our speakers and meet fellow decorative arts enthusiasts during a festive brunch at the nearby East Pole. All proceeds benefit the Trust’s Emerging Scholars Program, through which we support research grants, internships, and continuing education scholarships. Registration is fully tax-deductible.

Registration Fees: $30 for the Colloquium only; $150 for the Colloquium and the Brunch Fundraiser

Terms and Conditions: Decorative Arts Trust membership is not required to attend the Colloquium or the Brunch Fundraiser. All cancellations received through Monday, January 4, 2027, are subject to a full refund. Refunds will not be made for participants canceling after January 4, 2027. The details of this itinerary are subject to change as necessary.