Margize Howell and Peter Kenny have both retired as co-presidents of the trust, a post they shared since 2015
The British are Coming (Back) at Colonial Williamsburg
If you’ve listened to our podcast, Curious Objects, you probably already know about the exhibition inaugurating the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s renovated and enlarged art museums
The Visual Poetry of Abigail Tulis
A former collaborator of architect Peter Pennoyer, Tulis makes work that’s in dialogue with the past “not just artistically, but spiritually and mystically”
Curious Objects: Thirty-five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff
This month, Ben speaks with Chassica Kirchhoff, assistant curator of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, about a suite of metal suits from the 1500s
New Collector: Watercolors (From our Archives)
Whether a landscape, still life, or figural composition, watercolors appeal to collectors because of their subtlety, translucence, and freshness and also because of their abundance.
More Museums online, plus other Digital Destinations
See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world
Mad about majolica at the Walters
Majolica produced by the English firm Minton was tremendously popular when introduced at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London
Hail the Met at 150
A cultural institution of transcendent richness and breadth, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York enters its sesquicentennial year
Collector Profile: Will Shortz (From our Archives)
Shortz inhabits, challenges, rejoices in, and expands the universe of puzzles
Of Masks and Mascara
A visit to the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac near the Eiffel Tower is a revelation