Furniture of southeastern Massachusetts, 1710 1850
American studio ceramics at mid century
Adherents to the studio craft movement championed the handmade object, the idiosyncratic form, and the individual eye
Instant Symposium: Eileen Gray’s Dragons chair, a new design icon?
A group of dealers, curators, and 20th century design experts react to the sale of the Eileen Gray Dragons chair
The Rabbit and the Rat: Who owns Chinese Antiquities? An interview with Kate Fitz Gibbon
An interview with a specialist in Asian art and cultural property law
Yeshiva University Museum Appoints Wisse as New Director
Following the retirement of Sylvia A. Herskowitz, who served in the post for 33 years, Dr. Jacob Wisse has been appointed director of the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City, whose permanent collection includes more than 9,000 objects spanning over 3,000 years of Jewish history. A Montreal native, Wisse earned his B.A. from McGill University before going on to …
Preview of the Winterthur Ceramics Conference
An insider look at the Winterthur Ceramics Conference
Thrilling Results at YSL-Bergé Sale
Attending the historic three-day series of sales of the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé was always going to be an extraordinary experience. And it was. Imagine queues lasting five hours for the public preview, which saw over 30,000 people waiting to get in. In the rain. Imagine holding a huge sale with an audience of 1500 under …
The Persistence of Memory
On Jessica Helfand’s 2008 publication Scrapbooks: An American History
Eileen Gray Designs Poised to Set Auction Records
On the pieces by Eileen Gray in the YSL/Bergé collection at Christie’s
Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon
On the exhibition Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum