A monumental nineteenth-century painting of a Native ceremony is the centerpiece for an examination of a still-resonant cross-cultural encounter in California
Openings and Closings: September 1 to September 7
Check out what’s going on this week at museums across the country!
A New Day at the PMA
A curator guides us through the revamped early American galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Shop Talk: Folk Tales, Favorite Finds
Spring going on Summer 2020: a season of no shows, no fairs, no fun at all for those of us who love the touch of antique objects
A Charmed Life (From our Archives)
English inspiration, American creativity, and a bit of historical luck are joined in the author’s house and gardens
Hail the Met at 150
A cultural institution of transcendent richness and breadth, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York enters its sesquicentennial year
Changing Tastes
When Giacomo Casanova was entertained to “a choice and delicious dinner” by his mistress in Venice in 1753, he exclaimed that “the cook must be French, and she said I was right”
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 1/15/20–1/21/20
See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world
Rokeby: The past is present
In an excerpt from his new book, Life Along the Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family, Pieter Estersohn examines the rich legacy of one of America’s great houses.
Eminent Victorian
One of Britain’s most beguiling treasures, Wightwick Manor exemplifies the artful tastes and inviting comforts of late nineteenth-century country life