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Western in form and Indian in materials and ornamentation, this sumptuous ebony and ivory chair testifies to the artistic, cultural, and political complexities of life in southern India in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. Elevated seating was not a typical part of traditional Indian culture. Indians typically ate, socialized, and conducted business on rugs or thin mattresses while …
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, may be this country’s oldest continuing museum…or it may not be. Given its other distinctions, that hardly matters. Founded in 1799 by the wealthy entrepreneurs of Salem whose merchant ships sailed to India, Japan, Africa, China, the Pacific Islands, and beyond, it began with the curious idea of presenting the citizens of Salem …
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From The Magazine ANTIQUES November 2006. Bronze sculpture made in the United States between 1845 and 1945 was little studied and largely undervalued until it began to attract interest in the early 1980s. It now continues to gain attention from scholars, museum curators, and collectors. Broadening scholarship has brought recognition to the variety, quality, and importance of this field of American …
From The Magazine ANTIQUES, October 2006
December 18 “Decisive Moments: Photographs from the Collection of Cheyre R. and James F. Pierce”; Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI “The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925”; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY December 20 “‘Workt by Hand’: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts”; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Bars quilt, circa 1890, Pennsylvania. …
December 2-5 The American Art Fair, New York, NY theamericanartfair.com December 6-8 Greenwich Winter Antiques Show, Greenwich, CT barnstar.com December 7-8 The Jewelry Show at Pratt Mansion, New York, NY jmkshows.com
Shows across the country featuring photography, painting, sculpture, textiles, and more Camille Pissarro, Piette’s House at Montfoucault, 1874, oil on canvas, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Image © The Clark. On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, beginning December 22. December 6 “Steichen in the 1920s and 1930s: A Recent Acquisition”; Whitney Museum of …
Exhibitions: Across time, across the country In a selection of exhibitions across the country you can find an artistic survey of American history that will take you from the 1760s to 1960s. There’s a lot to learn, contemplate, and enjoy. Start your journey at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, where American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World highlights …
by Carolin C. Young | Lovers in the Upstairs Room of a Teahouse from Utamakaura (Poem of the Pillow) by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1788. Sheet from a color wood block-printed album. © Trustees of the British Museum. Those seeking salacious content, accompanied by illuminating explanations, can explore the sexually explicit Shunga art of Japan in an exhibition also hosted by the …