How the art of El Greco bent every technical rule of Old Masters painting
In Memoriam: William H. Gerdts
Scholar, curator, writer, teacher, collector, and preeminent historian of American art
Looking back at Byrdcliffe
The idealism that sparked the arts and crafts movement born in the late nineteenth century prompted many utopian attempts at communal living and making.
Living with antiques: A California family gathers its history in a coast-to-coast collection of Americana (From our Archives)
You might say that this story begins with a canary-yellow jug.
Critical Thinking/Difficult Issues: Into the Void
We’ve been here before . . . sort of. A century ago, from 1918 to 1919, an influenza pandemic swept across the globe.
Living with Antiques: Eighteenth-Century Modern (From our Archives)
The story of Montgeoffroy is bound up with the individual for whom it was built: Louis Georges Érasme, marquis de Contades.
Radical: Italian Design at MFAH
Utopian ideals took center stage at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston with the February opening of Radical: Italian Design, 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection
Changes at Classical American Homes
Margize Howell and Peter Kenny have both retired as co-presidents of the trust, a post they shared since 2015
The British are Coming (Back) at Colonial Williamsburg
If you’ve listened to our podcast, Curious Objects, you probably already know about the exhibition inaugurating the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s renovated and enlarged art museums
New Collector: Watercolors (From our Archives)
Whether a landscape, still life, or figural composition, watercolors appeal to collectors because of their subtlety, translucence, and freshness and also because of their abundance.