We discuss a watershed in the genre of landscape painting, with timely implications: Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire cycle.
Current and coming: In Detroit: Art between the Wars in Paris
The Detroit Institute of Arts explores the end of cubism in Paris.
The Pre-Raphaelite and the Potter
A current exhibition explores the life and work of an eminent late Victorian artistic couple, Evelyn and William De Morgan.
Current and coming: Manet/Degas at the Met
The exhibit examines impressionism through the lens of a longtime friendship and rivalry.
Curious Objects: A Met Curator Tells the Strange Story of Louis XIV’s Carpets
This week on the podcast we travel back to the seventeenth century, to the glorious court of the Sun King, Louis XIV…
Changing Times, Changing Art
A current exhibition examines American realist art as a mirror on sweeping societal transformations in the early twentieth century.
Current and coming: Hard times, powerful art at the Met
On view is the provocative art of the Great Depression.
Curious Objects: Jewelry We Love and Hate, with Gem X
A selection of enchanting bijoux from the personal collections of Gem X, an international club for jewelry aficionados.
Curious Objects: Debunking the Hitler Diaries and Other Adventures, with Kenneth Rendell
Kenneth Rendell needs no introduction for many in the antiques world, and in this episode of our Curious Objects podcast, he is sharing some of his best stories…
Curious Objects: Meet the Millennials Proving That Young People Love Old Things
This week on the podcast, we welcome the intriguingly named Salt Lizard, a two-woman antiques gallery at the center of hipsterdom: Williamsburg, Brooklyn…