At Feather & Form in North Carolina’s Northern Outer Banks, ducks, decoys, and coastal tradition take flight.⬬
A Collector’s Eye, A Nation’s Story
An extraordinary collection examines how Shaker furniture, along with Pennsylvania German and New England folk art, expresses a distinctly American identity. ⬬
1876: Inventing the Colonial Revival
In celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence, The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 was America’s coming-of-age party. ⬬
The Object Ideal
If you’ve ever wondered what the perfect version of an everyday object looks like, you can see it in person at Robert Young Antiques in London this October. ⬬
Essential Questions
The American Folk Art Museum confronts viewers with the thorny matter of art and mental illness.
Arts and Sciences
Long revered for his contributions to the field of ornithology, John James Audubon’s artistic influences and legacy receive proper vetting in a new book.
Museum Accessions: Old Masters, Mysterious Modernists, and More
Recent accessions at the Meadows Museum, Bowdoin College Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, and more
This Other Eden
A history of Exbury Gardens, the Rothschild family’s vibrant demi-paradise in southern England
THE ONTEORA CLUB
At the northern end of the Catskills sits a mountainside social enclave with a peerless artistic and literary pedigree
Women and the Art of the People
As the American Folk Art Museum enters its 7th decade, a salute to the women who made the institution and its collection great