The Family of Migrants (Hannibal Books) underscores the poignant pitfalls of reducing migrants to clichés. ⬬
All-American Dream Cruise
The annual tradition of the Motor City’s Woodward Dream Cruise jumpstarted in 1995 as a municipal fundraiser for the city of Ferndale. Since, the event has evolved into action as one of the biggest car-crazed events in the world. ⬬
Objects: Blowin’ in the Wind
On the complex origins of whirligigs, a seaside art form that unfolded from the dying whaling industry. ⬬
The Patient Collector
With modest means and fifty-five years of persistence, a Maine state employee built a remarkable collection—and a legacy— one or two objects at a time.
Exhibitions: Discovering Caillebotte
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.