Last Thursday, I was formally baptized into the world of antiques at New York City’s Antiques Week, anchored by its headlining event: The Winter Show. ⬬
Curious Objects: Something Blue: Delftware Ceramics and the Women Who Made Them
In this episode of Curious Objects, we explore the history of Delftware ceramics through the female lens. ⬬
Travel: The Great White Way, Then and Now (Web Exclusive)
What began as an experimental glow-up in Gilded Age America, the lights of Broadway are burning at an unprecedented pace in this modern era. ⬬
All-American Dream Cruise
The annual tradition of the Motor City’s Woodward Dream Cruise jumpstarted in 1995 as a municipal fundraiser for the city of Ferndale. Since, the event has evolved into action as one of the biggest car-crazed events in the world. ⬬
Books: Gems and Drama on Fifth Avenue
The story of Marcus and Co. is a dream script for a Julian Fellowes series. ⬬
Cartier: Jeweler of Kings, King of Jewelers
This spring, jewelry lovers visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum in London may have difficulty choosing between the institution’s encyclopedic collection of ornaments and the stunning Cartier exhibition, opening to the public April 12, which features more than 350 objects.
Smoking Hot
Are Ozempic-thinned celebrities bringing you down? So what else is new? A century ago another form of appetite suppressant caught fire among females in the smart set—nicotine. As hourglass figures were supplanted by boyish frames, slim became the new ideal and smoking provided the means to get there.
Exhibitions: Paperweights on Parade
The Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) in Michigan is the ideal venue for the new exhibition A Symphony of Glass: Paperweights from the Ellis Collection.
Paper Caper
Imagine walking along your downtown street, ready to spend an afternoon shopping. But as you’re glancing into shop windows, you don’t see wool sweaters or cotton dresses—instead, it’s all paper.
Exhibitions: Out of Obscurity, into the Light
Works by artist Nancy Elizabeth Prophet are rare and seldom exhibited because fewer than two dozen are known to exist. Nearly all of them are included in Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch, the first-ever museum survey devoted to this elusive American artist, whose important contributions to twentieth-century art, especially in the field of sculpture, have only lately been fully recognized.