See what’s going on this week at museums across the country!
The Grand Tour and the Global Landscape
How the artistic representations of classical ruins shaped views of all the world
Current and coming: Iberian inspiration at the Chrysler
An upcoming exhibition: Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820– 1920, takes visitors on a spin through Iberia during the height of the “Spanish Craze”
Critical Thinking Difficult Issues: Unsafe Deposit
Spiro and the Art of the Mississippian World, an exhibition at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum tells the story of a desecrated ancient site
Wandering Eye: An eye for treasure
What the editors of The Magazine ANTIQUES are looking at this week
Openings and Closings: December 9 to December 15
Check out what’s going on online and in person at museums across the country and abroad!
Openings and Closings: November 4 to November 10
Check out what’s going on this week at museums at home and abroad!
Curious Objects: A Dalva Brothers Wonder Cabinet Turns Heads at Christie’s
Some 250 of the choicest items from the firm’s inventory are being offered at Christie’s this October, and Dalva Brother’s principal David Dalva III, along with Christie’s specialist Jody Wilkie, talk with Ben about the crème de la crème: a secretary-cabinet resplendent with Florentine pietra dura figurative panels and gleaming ormolu mounts, possibly handled by noted marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre.
A Visit to Kettle’s Yard
A London folk art dealer reflects on the inspiration he has drawn from the home of a scholar and art collector in Cambridge, England.
Rooms With a Viewpoint
On the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s long-term project to breathe fresh life into its period rooms.