A forthcoming exhibition and its catalog examine the art of the Old Masters in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Genoa.
Openings and Closings: September 16 to September 22
Check out what’s going on in person and online at museums in the U.S. and abroad!
Cajun and Creole, the rough and the fine (From our Archives)
Over the past ten years Wade Lege has rescued some of the disappearing landmarks of his native Louisiana
Early Pittsburgh Glass-Houses (From our Archives)
While the records now seem to be quite clear, there has been considerable discussion regarding the earliest established glass-house in Pittsburgh
On Books: Sam Kramer: Jeweler on the Edge
This first retrospective assessment of the bohemian jeweler and self-promoter extraordinaire is late in coming
A Charmed Life (From our Archives)
English inspiration, American creativity, and a bit of historical luck are joined in the author’s house and gardens
Superfluity & Excess: Quaker Philadelphia falls for classical splendor (From our Archives)
By the middle of the eighteenth century the “greene Country Towne” founded by William Penn in 1682 was bustling with commercial and social activity
The Virginia Dulcimer (From our Archives)
For generations of Virginia musicians, dulcimer (or dulcimore) has described a family of instruments with three characteristics
This Week’s Destinations for Digital Culture: June 10 to 16
How to engage with the arts on your phone or laptop
Seventeenth-century French enameled watches in the Walters Art Gallery (From our Archives)
In his book Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, F. J. Britten notes that “watches with enamel painting before 1640 are exceedingly rare”