David Esterly carves our past.
“Miss Dimock is not orthodox at all”
The life and career of Edith Dimock Glackens.
Curious Objects: Michael Pashby on mistakes collectors make
Benjamin Miller, host of The Magazine ANTIQUES’ podcast Curious Objects, interviewed Michael Pashby of Michael Pashby Antiques about a Windsor chair with interesting history. In this excerpt, Miller and Pashby discuss mistakes that collectors make.
A double anniversary at Reynolda House
Barbara Babcock Millhouse answers some question about her grandparent’s home, now the Reynolda House Museum of American Art.
Murder she wrought
The fascinating crime scene dioramas of Frances Glessner Lee.
Genius at work and on view in Queens
AFAM’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery opened on September 26 in LIC with an exhibition of some fifty-five works culled from the museum’s huge Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum exhibition that toured the country, appearing in seven venues over three-and-a-half years.
Playing against type
At the artful, idiosyncratic publishing house Arion Press, surprise and delight are the stock in trade
Nate DiMeo’s audio erudition
If you have your computer or smart phone handy and aren’t already familiar with Nate DiMeo’s podcast, “The Memory Palace,” hasten to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website.
Why the long face
The Jewish Museum explores Modigliani’s lonely sense of self
Curious Objects: Secret History of a Windsor Chair
Benjamin Miller, host of The Magazine ANTIQUES’ podcast Curious Objects, interviewed Michael Pashby of Michael Pashby Antiques about a Windsor chair with interesting history. Made about 1790 by Gillows, it’s composed primarily of ash and has a sycamore seat.