A fire at his home in New Roads, Louisiana, this past summer took the life of James Donald Didier, one of the most idiosyncratic, engaging, and gifted minds in the world of American antiques and preservation.
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About The Magazine ANTIQUESSince its inception in 1922, The Magazine ANTIQUES has been America’s premier publication on the fine and decorative arts, architecture, preservation, and interior design. Each bimonthly issue includes regular columns on current exhibitions, personalities in the field, notes on collecting, book reviews, and more.Meet the TeamDON SPARACIN PublisherAfter 15 years as an American art dealer and gallery …
Magazine July August 2019
Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JULY/AUGUST 2019 Editor’s LetterGregory Cerio Critical Thinking/Difficult IssuesDeclarations of Dependence Glenn Adamson Current and ComingBritish watercolors at the Gibbes, the Colmar Treasure at the Cloisters, Manet in Chicago, and more Museum VisitTwo Gems of Charm City: The Walters and the Baltimore Museum of Art form a powerful cultural tandem Brian …
Magazine May June 2019
THE MAGAZINEMAY/JUNE 2019 Cover: In a Saint Croix town house, a collection of Imari porcelain is displayed on an island-made mahogany “cupping” table with an intricately carved splashboard. Photograph by Clemrick Bryan. Editor’s LetterGregory Cerio Critical Thinking/Difficult IssuesMaker’s Mark Glenn Adamson Current and ComingKentucky tall-case clocks at the Speed Art Museum, retablos at Princeton, ironwork at the National Museum of African Art, …
Magazine March – April 2019
THE MAGAZINEMARCH/APRIL 2019 COVER: Fruit knives and melon forks in the Furber service, made by the Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 1879. RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gorham Collection, gift of Textron Inc. Editor’s letterGregory Cerio Critical Thinking/Difficult IssuesMade in America Glenn Adamson Current and ComingHarvard celebrates the Bauhaus, William Hunter at the Yale Center for British Art, …
Editor’s Letter: January/February 2019
We moved offices recently—and you all know what a joy moving can be. We’re now on the far west side of Midtown Manhattan, the neighborhood where two of New York’s great fictional characters resided: Nero Wolfe, the ingenious, orchidfancying, and largely housebound private detective, and his much more dynamic legman and chronicler, Archie Goodwin.