Islamic dining traditions at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Editor’s Letter: September/October 2024
Editor-in-chief Mitch Owens introduces the September/October 2024 issue.
Thomas Cole Visits Prophetstown
Artist Alan Michelson takes residence at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
A Rare Viewing of Aboriginal Art in the Big Apple
Yolŋu bark paintings at the Asia Society.
Field Notes: Heavenly Visions
The legendary sect’s short-lived “gift drawings” of Shaker women are a hypnotic and still puzzling cornucopia of rapturous color and mysterious coding.
Portrait Painter, Physician, and Lover
The Life of Samuel Broadbent, 1759–1828.
Object lesson: Bringing Stained Glass Up Close
The multi-dimensionality of mosaic glasswork.
Found in Translation
Despite their diverse origins, modern and folk arts from around the world achieve unity in the former home—now house museum—of an American expat in Mexico.
Museum visit: Going Platinum
The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe celebrates seventy years on the scene.
Consolation Prizes
An exhibition at Frederic Church’s Olana highlights the nineteenth-century culture of memory and memorial.