A show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates (if a year late) the 250th anniversary of the birth of Caspar David Friedrich in 1774.
Swing City
The keen eye and advocacy of New York collector and retailer Kathryn Hausman have served to breathe new life into the arts of the Jazz Age, a century on.
American Treasures
The women of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America have been preserving history since 1891.
Ready to Wear
One of the most discerning collectors of costume jewelry is fashion designer Norma Kamali, who has been snapping up lux and creative examples from around the world since the 1960s.
Endnotes: A New Day for Traditional Craft
We introduce a curator who will spotlight Indigenous ceramics at the Gardiner Museum.
Exhibitions: Art on the Go
The collection that makes up Puerto Rico’s Museo de Arte de Ponce was assembled by Luis A. Ferré, one of the most interesting men of his age.
Books: Seine Kid
Like a decadent lady cake crafted by the finest chef a Gilded Age heiress could hire, the artwork of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artist Julius LeBlanc Stewart (1855–1919) exudes a rich taste.
Objects: Masters of Disguise
Made for a simple purpose—to store
tea securely—antique wooden caddies come in a variety of ingenious forms, some made to confound would-be thieves, others to amaze.
An American Chorus
Visitors who stop by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing will be greeted not only by the exciting, challenging newness of the reinstallation—undertaken to mark the Wing’s hundredth anniversary—but given the opportunity to look beyond surfaces, with the help of two many-voiced audio guides that unravel the foundational myths of American art history object by object.
PASSING FANCIES: What Happened to Curtains? A conversation with textile specialist Natalie F. Larson
Natalie F. Larson owns Historic Textile Reproduction, a company that specializes in producing textiles and custom window treatments for historic preservation projects undertaken by federal agencies and private collectors.