What the editors of The Magazine ANTIQUES are looking at this week
End Notes: Short-lived Suffrage in the Early Republic
Some American women and Black people voted as early as 1776? Who knew?
Curious Objects: The Book of Hours: A Medieval Best-Seller
More popular than the Bible: that’s what the richly illustrated volumes known as books of hours
Openings and Closings: April 14 to April 20
Take a look at what’s going on this week at museums across the country!
Current and coming: Exceptional Impressions at the Dixon Gallery
A newly opened traveling exhibition demonstrates that American impressionists developed a style that was entirely their own.
Current and coming: Over the Moon for Blakelock in Iowa
The ethereal landscapes of Ralph Albert Blakelock are once again on view, this time at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa
Wandering Eye: Queen Mary, Marge, Morgan and… the Mets?
What the editors of The Magazine ANTIQUES are looking at this week
City Smitten
Wood engraver Rudolph Ruzicka was one of the great illustrators of American urban vistas—and Boston was a favorite
Quaker Hautes – A review of the new catalogue: American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Kenny discusses the arrival of an engaging and beautifully made book by Alexandra Kirtley
Wandering Eye:Eye on the Ball
What the editors of The Magazine ANTIQUES are looking at this week