Even in such early work as The Clove, Catskills (1827) and View of Monte Video, the Seat of Daniel Wadsworth, Esq. (1828), the facture and compositional strategies employed by Thomas Cole—a working-class boy from northern England, self-taught as an artist—demonstrated surprising conversance with European landscape painting of the time.
Art without adjectives
The Met’s exhibition of work from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation has the power to reframe the critical discussion of art.
Digital Destinations
Many of our beloved antique shows and events have been postponed due to the global coronavirus situation. Please check back as we will post updates on this rapidly-developing situation evolves. As we await re-openings, enjoy some of the Digital Destinations below. Agnes Etherington Art Centre: Ontario, Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s digital arm offers virtual exhibitions, digital publications, and interactive online experiences, …
Ornaments in the landscape
The Winterthur Museum in Delaware unveils an eye-catching exhibition of seven new garden follies
Curious Objects: David Webb archivist Levi Higgs and the company’s storied Zebra bracelet
The twentieth century jeweler David Webb was known for his use of vibrantly-colored gems and enamels and frequent use of animal imagery. His eponymous firm carries on his legacy.
Something’s afoot at the New-York Historical Society
This New York Historical Society exhibition documents history through trends in footwear.
Eminent Victorian
One of Britain’s most beguiling treasures, Wightwick Manor exemplifies the artful tastes and inviting comforts of late nineteenth-century country life
Here there be dragons
An exhibition at the Morgan Library explores the meaning of monsters in medieval manuscripts
Traces of art at the National Portrait Gallery
Touted as the first exhibition of its kind, Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now features historical silhouettes alongside analogous work by contemporary artists.








