The Magazine Antiques

November 18, 2009  |  Who owns the Rosetta Stone? John Tierney questions the ability of modern nations to claim cultural patrimony in this week's New York Times. Read his argument here.

This week Apartment Therapy preview's the Mount Vernon Color Collection available from Fine Paints of Europe. Time to redecorate!

Last week Christie's CEO Ed Dolman spoke to the Economist about Old Masters and emerging markets for antiques. Watch the video here.

The Wall Street Journal profiles investment banker-turned-auctioneer Stephan Ludwig of Dreweatt's—the emerging international auction house that is rivaling larger salesrooms in the UK. Check it out.

Early this week the New York Times reported on potential plans to sell Montgomery Place, the 1802 estate remodeled by the 19th-century architect Alexander Jackson Davis, and currently owned by Historic Hudson Valley. Click here for the full story.

"unconcerned, but not indifferent"—today marks the 33rd anniversary of artist and avant garde photographer Man Ray's death, a fitting time to catch the Jewish Museum's retrospective, Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, which opened on Sunday. Plan your visit now.

Images from above: Small dining room at Mount Vernon. Photo from ApartmentTherapy.com; Untitled (Self-Portrait with Camera) by Man Ray, 1930. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.