Thanks to the late Jayne Wrightsman, the Met now possesses the nation’s finest collection of work by the Venetian scenic painter
Wandering Eye: From Ellis Island to Kepler-186f
What the editors of The Magazine ANTIQUES are looking at this week
Openings and Closings: May 12 to May 18
Check out what’s going on at museums across the country and abroad!
The Maker’s Hand
A new exhibition explores the tradition of craft in America and the making of modern art
Openings and Closings: May 5 to May 11
Take a look at what’s going on at museums across the country!
Redemption on the Rails
New York’s new Moynihan Train Hall does much to redress the crime that was the destruction of old Penn Station
Wandering Eye: Self-Taught Geniuses and a Coke from Norman Rockwell
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Curious Objects: Bill Traylor on the Silver Screen, with filmmakers Sam Pollard and Jeffrey Wolf
A new documentary tells Bill Traylor’s story on film for the first time
Magazine – May/June 2021
Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter!MAY/JUNE 2021 Editor’s LetterGregory Cerio Critical Thinking/Difficult IssuesLegacies of the New Deal Glenn Adamson Current and ComingHigh time for Picasso and Calder, the storm of Albert Pinkham Ryder, objects at R and Co., and more Object LessonPennsylvania Spice Boxes . . . or are they Chests? . . . or Cabinets?Benjamin …
Object lesson: Henry Chapman Mercer and His Moravian Pottery
Picking up one of Mercer’s Moravian tiles today, they appear strikingly ancient