Recently it has seemed as if the only tradition revered in the museum world is the critique of tradition, a cause for score-settling as well as the occasional revelation.
Exhibitions: White Line Moderne
Upon her death in 1956, a portion of the work and personal ephemera of American artist Blanche Lazzell was sent to the Art Museum of West Virginia University (AMWVU) in Morgantown: brightly colored paintings and prints, along with charcoal drawings, personal diaries, and letters to her family and friends.
Publisher’s Letter: November/December 2024
Publisher Don Sparacin welcomes the November/December 2024 issue.
The Ballets Russes Goes To San Antonio
Women of the Ballets Russes take center stage at a new McNay Art Museum exhibition.
Endnotes: Feast for the Eyes
An exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center serves up nearly three hundred years of astonishing Sèvres sculptures, traditional to decidedly not.
Exhibitions: Magic Tricks
Walter Wick’s hidden wonders are on view at the Figge Art Museum.
Going for Broke
Where others hoarded stamps or trading cards, as a boy Belgian artist Pierre Bergian haunted building sites for evocative antique tiles.
Up at the Villa
A weather-worn Tiepolo-style ceiling at Vizcaya has been brilliantly restored and sheds light on a long-forgotten gay artist and his world.
Jewelry: Romancing the Stone
Queen Victoria and other nineteenth-century ladies were smitten by the subtle bling of agate, an eye-catching hardstone where color and history intersect.
Salon Art + Design 2024 Highlights
Antique and contemporary design come together at this five-day event.