The attributions in the Michel Sittow exhibition at the National Gallery of Art may be arguable. The artistic genius on view is not.
Splendid glass in Sandwich, Mass.
Glass lamps made in the 1860s and 1870s were often quite decorative, and a number of those made at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were particularly well done.
The outsider artist as storyteller
Vestiges & Verse at the American Folk Art Museum
Japan and the baroque at the Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery has brought together two dozen objects connected to the rich cultural history of that maritime trade for an intriguing show: Japan’s Global Baroque, 1550–1650.
Fallen Idylls
Ruins in the American collective consciousness
Boston baroque
Upholstery for an early easy chair
Gertrude Fiske breaks the glass ceiling at Discover Portmouth
Gertrude Fiske: American Master April 6 to September 30
Finding a past for the present
Rural imagery in precisionist art
On the Scene at the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show
We dropped by this year’s Connecticut Spring Antiques Show in Hartford, presented by the Haddam Historical Society.
Curious Objects: Treasures of the Winter Antiques Show, Part 2
Part two of our special coverage of the 2018 Winter Antiques Show, featuring conversations with eight dealers of furniture, folk art, embroidery, and more.