Cvrated Unveils Show­room Feb. 14-15, 2026

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Are you look­ing for a strange and unusual way to spend Valentine’s Day week­end? Search no more, as Cvrated by Ryan Mat­thew Cohn is open­ing its doors for a darkly romantic two-day debut. Cvrated is a per­man­ent retail space exhib­ited by Ryan Mat­thew Cohn, arcane artist and col­lector of the obscure. Wit­ness the grand reveal Feb­ru­ary 14-15, noon to 5 pm.

Cohn’s renowned per­sonal col­lec­tion and “exploded skull” sculp­tures gained recog­ni­tion as co-host on the Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel ’s real­ity tele­vi­sion show Oddit­ies (2010-14). This oppor­tun­ity led to com­mis­sions and art install­a­tions fea­tur­ing objects from Cohn’s own archives. After mar­ry­ing and join­ing forces with mar­ket­ing maven Regina M. Rossi, they foun­ded the Oddit­ies Flea Mar­ket (OFM) at the Brook­lyn Bazaar in 2017.

Now with mul­tiple events per year, OFM brings curi­os­it­ies out of the cab­inet in five dif­fer­ent cit­ies, includ­ing San Diego on April 11; Bridge­port, Conn., on June 13; and Los Angeles on Octo­ber 4. Cohn and Rossi recently co-authored the best­selling The Witch's Door: Oddit­ies and Tales from the Eso­teric to the Extreme (2024) and host Atlas Obscura’s online series Antiques and Their After­lives.

Vis­it­ors will have the chance to acquire an arti­fact from Cohn’s com­pre­hens­ive col­lec­tion and shop from other OFM pur­vey­ors of rare wares. These include Alex Streeter Jew­elry, Feather & Fox­glove, Ampersand Curi­os­it­ies, Rebels and Out­laws, Eyeba NYC, Susan Lloyd Shell Art and more. Refresh­ments will be provided by Bridge­port’s own Fool­proof Brew­ing Com­pany.

Cvrated by Ryan Mat­thew Cohn is at 726 Union Avenue, Unit 1. The show­room is open by appoint­ment or by chance on Sundays from noon to 5 pm.

For inform­a­tion, www.ryan­mat­thew­cohn.com.

Source: Antiques and The Arts Weekly