The food paintings of the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Clara Peeters helped bring the still life into maturity as a genre.
Hot Stove League
A gallery of six kitchens in historic American homes across the nation.
Farther afield: Alimentary Athenaeums
A sampler of culinary museums around the world, where food is explored as cultural tradition, as industry, and even as art.
Curious Objects: Textiles don’t get no respect
Henry VII commissioned thirty of these richly embroidered vestments called “copes,” for the English clergy, helping to lay the foundation for that special blend of religion, power, and material prestige that would mark the reign of his son, the notorious Henry VIII.
“Beautiful, Useful, and Enduring”
The story of the estimable arts and crafts silver of the Kalo Shop and the principled, indomitable woman at the firm’s helm: Clara Barck Welles.
Watercolors at Harvard and MoMA
Two summer exhibitions explore works in the most elusive yet expressive of mediums
Art artifacts: Ars Gratia Libris
The artist-decorated mugs of the Salmagundi Club library.
Dining with Antiques
A hospitality-adept interior designer sets the stage for entertainment occasions at home using antique tableware, silver, and glass from his well-built collection.
Field notes: On Native Grounds
A look into how Indigenous chefs and activists are connecting traditional Native American foodways with modern-day dining.
Object lesson: One Simple Trick
On the enduring appeal of puzzle jugs.