New and old at Los Angeles Antiques Show

For the first time, 21st century art and design will appear along with furniture and decorative arts from eras past at the annual event long known as the Los Angeles Antiques Show. Co-chairman Robert Willson said the change is an effort to keep up with the times and reflect the way in which more consumers mix antiques with contemporary design at home.

About 60 exhibitors have turned Barker Hangar in Santa Monica into a giant pop-up gallery this weekend, with the range of work including vintage Georg Jensen silver, fine jewelry, antique books and what Willson called “amazing” contemporary tapestries by Atlanta artist John Eric Riis.

Willson’s L.A. showroom, Downtown, is showing two 1960s silver-leafed chairs shaped like gargantuan hands by Mexican designer Pedro Friedeberg and 4-foot Murano glass chandeliers from Italy, among other pieces. Downtown also has taken a 1971 chair by Mexican architect Diego Matthai and given it a 2012 Hollywood twist: The wood frame that once cradled the rustic rush seat is now produced in gleaming, glamorous chromed steel.

Hours of the show are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $20 and includes catalog and reentry. Parking is $10. losangelesantiqueshow.comWe welcome story suggestions at home@latimes.com. For easy way to follow the L.A. scene, bookmark L.A. at Home and join us on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.