Marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Huntington reimagines American history through the lenses of conflict and change.⬬
Mitch’s Musings: Everyday Gallé
A reflection on Émile Gallé’s lesser-known ceramics, a cherished Saint-Clément fruit basket, and the enduring beauty of objects meant to be used, not merely admired.⬬
Museums: On the Hunt
Through remarkable collections and exhibitions, the Center for American Decoys reveals the artistry, innovation, and cultural significance behind one of Illinois’s most distinctive and storied art forms. ⬬
Museums: Founding Home Fronts
The loan of a legendary Jefferson portrait to the Katonah Museum of Art anchors an exhibition exploring how founding families’ domestic lives shaped early American politics.⬬
Ideas: Living Through Art
How Jenness Cortez and Leonard Perlmutter are blending artistic expression and meditation through the new Jenness Cortez Teaching Museum. ⬬
Curious Objects: The Road to Destruction- How one man stole the divine.
Join podcast host Ben Miller in a highly engaging episode with investigative journalist Matthew Campbell discussing an Indiana Jones-esque heist that will have you on the edge of your seat all the way through. ⬬
Common Threads
America 250 at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art reframes
national identity through material culture and shared histories. ⬬
Museums: Little Boxes
Historic Bethlehem provides a rare peek inside a vault of antique dollhouses. ⬬
Museums: Wood and Water
A new exhibition places Long Island at the center of a global web of furniture-making, trade, and cultural exchange. ⬬
Ideas: Material Culture
A conversation on quilts and craft between Emily Adams Bode Aujla, founder and designer of Bode, and Emelie Gevalt of the American Folk Art Museum.⬬