Majolica produced by the English firm Minton was tremendously popular when introduced at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London
Hail the Met at 150
A cultural institution of transcendent richness and breadth, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York enters its sesquicentennial year
Collector Profile: Will Shortz (From our Archives)
Shortz inhabits, challenges, rejoices in, and expands the universe of puzzles
Of Masks and Mascara
A visit to the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac near the Eiffel Tower is a revelation
Michael Diaz-Griffith Announced as Executive Director of the Soane Foundation
Formerly associate executive director—and current steering committee member—of the Winter Show, Diaz-Griffith is also a member of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Decorative Arts Trust, and the Royal Oak Foundation.
Living With Antiques: The Kentucky collection of Sharon and Mack Cox (From our Archives)
Step into Sharon and Mack Cox’s house in Richmond, Kentucky, and your eye might land first on the large stone fireplace at the end of their open living room
New Collector: Posters (From our Archives)
Poster art was born of two technological developments
Changing Tastes
When Giacomo Casanova was entertained to “a choice and delicious dinner” by his mistress in Venice in 1753, he exclaimed that “the cook must be French, and she said I was right”
New Collector: Of etchings and Edward Hopper (From our Archive)
What collector of American art, new or experienced, would not relish owning a work by Edward Hopper?
The Philadelphia Museum celebrates the memory of American arts collector H. Richard Dietrich Jr.
A Collector’s Vision is composed of fifty-five objects, including furniture, Pennsylvania German frakturs, Chinese export porcelain, prints, and watercolors