Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library, on view this summer at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles
A Johnson Collection initiative debuts in Georgia
Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection
Battling the damp at a Scottish landmark
Protecting a Mackintosh masterpiece in Helensburgh, Scotland
In Venice, the stones of Syria
Peter Aaron’s photographs preserve the majesty of Levantine sites damaged and destroyed in the ongoing conflict.
Lasting impressions
Classic lithographs at the Zimmerli
Curious Objects: Secret History of a Windsor Chair
Benjamin Miller, host of The Magazine ANTIQUES’ podcast Curious Objects, interviewed Michael Pashby of Michael Pashby Antiques about a Windsor chair with interesting history. Made about 1790 by Gillows, it’s composed primarily of ash and has a sycamore seat.
An Antidote to a Life of Quiet Desperation: Walden, a game
The most intriguing tribute to the two-hundredth anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth is surely Walden, a game produced by USC’s Game Innovation Lab. Walden, a game lets you (virtually) experience what Thoreau’s life was like during the two years, two months, and two days that he lived at Walden Pond.
Speaking Through Wood
The Civil War has left its mark on two important pieces of vernacular furniture acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum Fig. 1. Secretary-bookcase attributed to members of Connecticut’s 16th Infantry, made to honor brothers Wells (1845–1904) and John Bingham (1844 –1862), 1876. Walnut, oak, ebony, poplar, pine, maple, metal, glass, muslin, silk, bone, horn, abalone, and Seth Thomas movement; height 95 1⁄2, …