The theme for this year's San Francisco Fall Show is "The Timeless Appeal and Elegant Contrast of Black-and-White." We anticipate seeing Gala outfits inspired by Truman Capote's 1966 masquerade, the Black and White Ball, and the recent TV series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.

The COUPAR Team has been actively participating in the spring bouquet of design events for 2024. From showroom happy hours to the San Francisco Decorator Showcase, the staff always appreciates these opportunities to spend time together, connect with familiar faces, and meet new industry professionals, all while actively engaging with stellar design.

If you are of a certain age, you might have a sense of déjà vu when you see the 2024 San Francisco Decorator Showcase announcement. The magnificent Dutch Colonial Revival five-level brick mansion on Pacific Heights' Gold Coast hosted the 1989 Showcase.

The COUPAR team celebrated this holiday season by participating in a virtual wine mixer! Last year, we embarked on a risotto cooking class, while for 2023, we enjoyed an informative wine-tasting experience led by the talented and passionate winemaker Lauren Aramino. The fun began when In Good Taste mailed each person a curated flight box with eight wines called “The Winemaker’s Selects.” The flight featured wines from around the world, ranging from crisp whites to highly-sippable full-flavored reds.

La Dolce Vita was in full force at the Opening Night Gala of The San Francisco Fall Show last October 11, 2023. COUPAR and 1,700 guests attended the Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion event in support of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The annual affair, chaired by designer Suzanne Tucker of Tucker & Marks, is the West Coast's leading international art, antiques, and design fair, showcasing over 40 top dealers from North America and beyond.

How do young connoisseurs collect now? Art historian, designer, and author Michael Diaz-Griffith explores this topic in his book The New Antiquarians: At Home with Young Collectors. His compendium will be one of the books featured at the COUPAR-sponsored Authors' Alcove during The San Francisco Fall Show.

Each holiday season, the COUPAR team finds a unique way to get in the spirit and celebrate with one another. In recent years, we’ve lunched at Spruce and indulged in curated spa gift baskets. For 2022, we switched it up and embarked on a virtual cooking adventure with the help of a company called Truffle Shuffle

In 2022, COUPAR celebrated the continuous return to normalcy through various industry events. From Showroom Happy Hours to the San Francisco Fall Show, the team has enjoyed seeing familiar faces again and connecting with new ones.

COUPAR is proud to be the sponsor of the Book Signing Jubilee at The San Francisco Fall Show. With publications from over twenty experts in architecture, design, and the decorative arts, it will be hard to make a selection. One of the many books we are excited to peruse is Michael S. Smith – Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House.

Private Collections, held this September 14th, is a special one-night event that provides an exclusive look at the art-filled homes of some of San Francisco’s most respected art collectors.

San Francisco Fall Show chair and designer Suzanne Tucker of Tucker & Marks places antiques in each of her projects. "For me, antiques give a room soul. There do not have to be many antiques, and they do not all need to be the finest examples. But the rich patina of old wood, painted finishes, or burnished metals gives a lovely juxtaposition to what is new. It can make a room more interesting, balanced, and unique," she says.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of The San Francisco Fall Show, and in celebration, the theme is Ruby Jubilee. American fashion designer Bill Blass said, "Red is the ultimate cure for sadness." After the show's two-year absence, COUPAR is elated that it returns to Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion and runs October 13-16, 2022.

The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Northern California Chapter (ICAA Northern California) recently celebrated the 2020 and 2022 Julia Morgan Awards at The Green Room in the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center. It was fitting that winners and peers gathered in its Beaux-Arts splendor.

COUPAR equates crisp autumn days with the excitement of The San Francisco Fall Show. This year's cornucopia of art, antiques, and design will be virtual due to the continued challenges faced by the pandemic. Show Chair Suzanne Tucker and a dedicated team of volunteers worked with InCollect to produce the curated event from October 15 through 24, 2021.

On September 12th, after a year and a half of Lockdown, the supporters of ICCA Northern California enthusiastically came out for Sunday in the Park. Fort Mason's historic General's Residence provided the outside venue for the fundraiser luncheon honoring Hollywood-based interior designer Madeline Stuart.

COUPAR recently enjoyed our first in-person event since Lockdown! The team gathered en masse wearing masks at the San Francisco landmark, Ortman-Shumate House, where realtors Stacey Caen and Joseph Lucier of CAENLUCIER graciously gave us a tour of the estate and gardens.

Every October, COUPAR looks forward to attending The San Francisco Fall Show Opening Night Gala at Fort Mason Center, featuring the best in international art, antiques, and design but that, like so many other events this year, needed to be canceled. The show will take place virtually this year from October 16th through October 25th.

The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Northern California Chapter (ICAA Northern California) in response to COVID-19 has decided to postpone the Julia Morgan Awards, until further notice. Every other year ICAA Northern California holds a juried competition to acknowledge excellence in classical and traditional design.

Design San Francisco is just around the corner (Feb 5-6, 2020), and this year's keynote speaker will be Santa Monica based interior designer Michael S. Smith. Held in the Galleria Atrium of the San Francisco Design Center, Smith will be sharing his thoughts about the curated house with San Francisco interior design icon Suzanne Tucker, of Tucker & Marks Design.

As a counterpoint to October's San Francisco Fall Show, which focuses on art and antiques, San Francisco recently enjoyed January's FOG Design+Art Fair dedicated to Modernism in design and visual arts.