Articles
Posted 10/10/12
Collector Profile: Will Shortz
Crossword editor of the New York Times and National Public Radio's puzzle master.
Posted 10/10/12
Defining glamour: Syrie Maugham and Cecil Beaton
The complementary relationship between Syrie Maugham and Cecil Beaton provides a remarkable record of the interplay between fashion, photography, and design in the years between the first and second World Wars.
Posted 10/10/12
The Peabody Essex Museum's collection of Chinese export ceramics
A selection of objects from the nearly three hundred examples featured in William R. Sargent's monumental Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, published earlier this year.
Posted 10/10/12
Amistad and after: Hale Woodruff's Talladega murals
Considered one of Woodruff's most important accomplishments, the murals are as significant historically as they are artistically.
Posted 09/06/12
Winslow Homer's The Life Line: A Narrative of gender and modernity
Bringing a suspenseful story of danger and heroic rescue to an audience that never seems to tire of courageous knights and fainting maidens, Winslow Homer's "The Life Line" has been popular since the day it was completed in 1884.
