Not long after art deco design received an international showcase at the famed Paris universal exposition of 1925, inspired responses to the new style emerged in virtually every field of the applied and visual arts…
Current and coming: Art of the WPA at the Crocker
Such was its success, the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration has been invoked any number of times since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s day…
Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Alfred Maurer was at the forefront of aesthetic developments throughout his prodigious thirty-five-year career.
Dealer profile: A Connoisseur for All Seasons
ON ART DEALER AND COLLECTOR DEEDEE WIGMORE AND HER AESTHETIC AMBIDEXTERITY You could say that Deedee Wigmore is a time traveler, of sorts. At home, she dwells in the nineteenth century. The apartment she shares with her husband, philanthropist Barrie A. Wigmore, features a museum-worthy collection of American aesthetic movement furniture and ceramics, as well as paintings by artists of …
Yesterday and Today: Art and Design (Part II)
An art historian continues his exploration of the affinities he finds between works of contemporary art and early modern decorative arts
Current and coming: Botticelli heads to Minnesota
An exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art takes a look at the major works of Botticelli
Citizen Biddle
Philadelphia’s Woodmere Art Museum celebrates a native son, the progressive artist George Biddle
Current and coming: True colors at the Met
An exhibition at the Met reveals the vibrant colors of classical Greek and Roman sculpture
Sculptor Sui Generis
Literally peerless, Auguste Rodin brought a supremely idiosyncratic sensibility to bear on the making of art
Current and coming: Giacometti comes to Seattle
An exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum highlights the work of Alberto Giacometti