When it comes to the likes of Monet, Manet, and Renoir, it seems there’s little left to unearth beneath the impressionist sun. But when it comes to Gustave Caillebotte, their less colorful colleague, tales remain to be told.
Best in Glass
Two longtime friends and colleagues in their passion for American decorative arts discuss a major acquisition to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Met’s American Wing.
Books: Treasure House
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Yale University Press, $45) certainly lives up to its title. For starters, it’s a visual delight, leading readers through the haunting, eclectic maze of a London relic: a house museum, frozen in amber since 1837, that displays its trove of forty thousand objects in arrangements fixed by the architect and collector who bequeathed it to the nation.
In Depth: Childe Hassam
A project already nearly fifty years in the making, the Hassam catalogue raisonné, spearheaded by the president and director of Hirschl and Adler Galleries, is, we feel, sure to reset scholarly opinion of the American impressionist.
Exhibitions: The American Renaissance at Yale
Warren Buffet once told his shareholders that he and his team “enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.” That may be hard to believe for anyone not enjoying his fortune, but the truth is, no matter what the endeavor, it is better to travel hopefully than arrive.
The Ballets Russes Goes To San Antonio
Women of the Ballets Russes take center stage at a new McNay Art Museum exhibition.
The Life Historic
A port town with astonishingly rich period architecture, centuries-old Edenton is becoming one of North Carolina’s best places to be.
The Woman Who Loved Beautiful Things
Rita Lydig coveted rare art and ravishing antiques to the point of bankruptcy. But her fine-tuned aesthetic sense remained intact until the last penny.
Editor’s Letter: September/October 2024
Editor-in-chief Mitch Owens introduces the September/October 2024 issue.
Potter with a Purpose
A look at the work of Kentucky-born activist ceramist Charles Counts.