Warren Buffet once told his shareholders that he and his team “enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.” That may be hard to believe for anyone not enjoying his fortune, but the truth is, no matter what the endeavor, it is better to travel hopefully than arrive.
Modern Painters Abroad
John Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites
Rose Fever: The paintings of George Cochran Lambdin
from The Magazine ANTIQUES, November/December 2011 | After his death in 1896 George Cochran Lambdin was remembered by friends and memorialists alike for his paintings of roses. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Mr. Lambdin is known wherever there is anything known of American art as the facile princeps in this specialty.”1 At the height of the tea rose craze during …
Travel: For the Birds
At Feather & Form in North Carolina’s Northern Outer Banks, ducks, decoys, and coastal tradition take flight.⬬
Exhibitions: World’s Fairs, Re-envisioned
Before the Internet brought us the world through screens, world’s fairs were one of the few windows into our future. ⬬
Guest Editor’s Letter
It is an honor to serve as guest editor for this issue of The Magazine ANTIQUES while my long-time friend Mitchell Owens is on the mend. I suppose I got the gig because I am an antiquarian and decorator who weaves history into people’s lives—which I think is much the same goal as this magazine’s.
Making Faces
Federal American Vernacular Portraits, 1790s to 1840s.
Clay, Water, and Spirit
An exhibition of Pueblo pottery seeks to reveal the soul that resides within the art.
Garden Varieties
A forthcoming exhibition charts the affinities between paintings of the French countryside by the impressionist Claude Monet and the abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell.
Dressed for Success
Appreciation for early American miniaturists Mary Way and Betsey Way Champlain









