Discoveries come in such unexpected ways
A portrait takes shape (From our Archives)
In late October 1916 the American impressionist artist William Merritt Chase lay dying at his town house on East Fifteenth Street in Manhattan
Figures in a landscape: sculpture in the British garden (From our Archives)
No English country-house garden would be complete without the well-placed statue terminating a vista
Ceramics Dynamic: Majolica
Delightful, delirious, and often downright strange, majolica
gets a thorough examination in a forthcoming exhibition and its catalogue
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
Editor’s Letter–September/October 2019
The cover for this issue is fun, charming, and cheerful, and there are very few occasions, in my estimation, on which fun, charm, and cheer are not welcome
Escape Artist
An exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum surveys the adventurous enchantments of illustrator N. C. Wyeth
“So snug and nice”
A visit to Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s beloved seaside refuge
Curious Objects
Sign up for our newsletter and get Curious Objects right to your inbox This Week on Curious ObjectsListen to Curious Objects on these platformsPatreon || Spotify || Soundcloud || Apple PodcastsCheck out our newest episode here.Host Ben L. Miller is an antiques dealer, owner of the eponymous Curious Objects gallery, and specialist in silver and storytelling objects. He is also the …
Curious Objects: The Soldier, the Dandy, and the Queen
Listeners to this podcast will recognize the name Freeman’s—for more than a year, the Philadelphia-based auction house has been Curious Objects’ lead sponsor, and its no exaggeration to say the podcast wouldn’t exist without them.