The show paints a compelling portrait of the freewheeling and creative nature of late twentieth-century haute couture, but it’s really about an idea
Charles Radtke Knows Exactly What He’s Doing
It’s all about the details for this Wisconsin cabinetmaker
The Sixth Antique American Indian Art Show in Santa Fe
“The Super Bowl, Wimbledon—whatever you want to compare it to, that’s what this week is for Native American art in Santa Fe.”
Scrimshaw on Nantucket
Nantucket, in cultural memory, will always be the island of whaling. But in spite of Herman Melville’s panegyrics, it was the center of the whaling world for only a brief historical moment.
Take Note: New York’s Merchant’s House Museum
The Merchant’s House in New York City is a federal, state, and city landmark that dates from 1832 and contains an excellent collection of fine and decorative art. ANTIQUES spoke with Margaret Halsey Gardiner, who’s been its director for nearly thirty years.
Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday
Three New York cultural institutions—the New York Public Library, the Grolier Club, and the Morgan Library and Museum—as well as the Library of Congress, are putting on summer exhibitions to honor the poet of democracy, empathy, and “the body electric.”
Dada’s and Surrealism’s Poetic Roots at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco
Both Dadaism and surrealism were movements started not by visual artists but by poets; it was the book, not the canvas, that was terra firma.
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings on UNESCO World Heritage List
What’s old is new, what’s new is old. Eight of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s idiosyncratic modern buildings have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the international preservation organization announced on Sunday.
NASA’s Nerve Center Gets a Lift
The Apollo Mission Control Center is back in all its midcentury glory following a comprehensive restoration project.
The Iron Is Hot at the Smithsonian
The most abundant element on earth, iron played a key role in early human agricultural, military, and religious development, and in Africa, where smelting and forging can be traced back to the sixth century BC, it still forms an important part of indigenous culture in many Sub-Saharan countries.