As part of women’s history month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is showing the documentary, Eileen Gray – Invitation to a Voyage (2006), tomorrow (March 26, 2 pm). Directed by Jörg Bundshul, Invitation to a Voyage was included last year in the 26th Montreal International Festival of Films (FIFA) series on art. In the film, Bundshul gives a profile of …
Spring is in the air for Charleston Antiques Week
Charleston’s architecture, gardens, and history always draw visitors, but for lovers of antiques, there’s no better week of the year to be here. Wednesday, the twelfth annual Charleston Art and Antiques Forum opened—four and a half days of lectures, tours, discussions, and visits to private collections—and Thursday evening brought the festive preview party for the Charleston International Antiques Show, a …
Design makes a splash at TEFAF
TEFAF devotes an entire section to 20th century (and newer) design
The YSL effect at TEFAF
Some of the good news from TEFAF is all about the YSL effect. Like Christie’s acclaimed sale of the collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé, TEFAF is a virtual cabinet of curiosities where superlative antiques, rare objects of vertu, and antiquities have been selling well. Over one hundred dealers specializing in this …
A taste of history from Historic Deerfield
A Carrot Pudding recipe from Historic Deerfield
Tiffany window in Pittsfield church illuminates White House commission
On the Tiffany Allen Memorial Window
The Little Mermaid, cultural ambassador
The Little Mermaid takes Shanghai
Old Masters Rule in Maastricht
Changing tides at the 22nd annual TEFAF
Asia Week Highlight: A conversation with Joan B. Mirviss
A conversation with veteran dealer Joan B. Mirviss
Late Gothic coffers
Late Gothic imagination was wed to sacred purpose in every particular of daily life