Beth Dunlop and Jennifer Roberts

Part VIII: Antiques Anonymous                                                              Ralph Gardner Jr.
Illustrated by Colleen Bayley Harrington

A new column explores the private clubs of New York and beyond, beginning with the Grolier Club.                                                  Lansing Moore Jr.

Taking Tea: How Japanese tea bowls reveal the enduring
power of ritual, craftsmanship, and shared traditions in an increasingly disconnected world.
Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle

It Feels Good To Be Home: Sarah Stafford Turner talks to designer Young Huh about her first publication with Rizzoli, A Mood, A Thought, A Feeling: Interiors.

The Roosevelts’ “beloved island” cottage in Canada, a nautical collection, and the hidden history of Black girls’ needlework.

ANTIQUES and the Wyeths, then and now, plus an ad from the ANTIQUES archives serves as a lens on a century of collecting Mahantongo Valley furniture.

Twenty Years, Twelve Visions: In celebration of the twenty-second iteration of Design Miami, we spoke with twelve of the dealers and galleries traveling from around the globe to celebrate the fair and present their finest pieces.
Liselotte Girard

Global Warning at Vanderbilt University: A student-led contemporary art exhibition reconsiders the American landscape.                                                                      Kevin D. Murphy

Glass Ceiling: As the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts reopens, the remarkable collection assembled by “Antique Annie” Safley Houston remains the heart of the institution. Alan Rosenberg Glass Ceiling: As the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts reopens, the remarkable collection assembled by “Antique Annie” Safley Houston remains the heart of the institution.
Alan Rosenberg

Women impressionists at the Saint Louis Art Museum and architect Paul R. Williams’s work on view at three museums.

ANTIQUES sets up shop at the Taconic Antiques Fair.

Named after the Greek word for a storehouse of valuables, this new column examines the personal philosophies of collectors, starting with interior designer Charlotte Moss and her library.
Pieter Estersohn

Food, Ghosts, and Memory: Exploring the culture of
New Orleans through histories of immigration, music,
and cuisine.
Sharon Kong-Perring

Slow Fashion: NYC Jewelry Week opens the doors to New York’s storied jewelry ateliers, showing why understanding how a piece is made makes it worth the wait.
Sarah Stafford Turner

Tinned Fish: It turns out cult classic conservas—and their accoutrements—aren’t trending for the first time.
Christine Hope Hildebrand

Curves Ahead: A mood board of recent and upcoming
auction lots, inspired by the centenary of the death of
legendary designer Antoni Gaudí.

“The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams
Poetry editor Sean Nevin
More in Modern by Will Nediger
Edited by Rick Sharp
Illustrated by Mazzy Beyer

Solution to September/October 2026 Crossword

Deck the Halls: An unexpected nine-foot hall tree marries Japanese-inspired elegance with Victorian Minton tiles.
Mitchell Owens

Design’s homage to the beauty and poetry of the humble tree.
Glenn Adamson

At Miami’s Wolfsonian, no object, great or small, comes without a context.
Beth Dunlop

Inside Beatrice Wood’s Ojai home and studio, where a century of restless creativity still inspires visitors.                                                                            Eve M. Kahn

How an indefatigable scholar and collector reshaped
our understanding of modern American design.
Martin Filler

In Lee Mindel’s hands, a house becomes a living
collage of modernist design, architectural history, and
personal memories.
Mitchell Owens

Giampaolo Babetto turns jewelry into architecture and
gold into art.
Maria Cristina Didero

How designer and artist Edgar Miller went his own way.
Thomas Connors

Beth Dunlop talks with Design Miami CEO Jen Roberts
about collecting, evolving taste, and the ever-changing
world of design.