Check out what’s going on this week at museums around the country!
Personal Space: Synapse Judgment
A neuroscientist ponders the collecting impulse.
Shop Talk: Adventures in American Art
Dealers describe exciting episodes and exhilarating occasions from their time in the trade.
Openings and Closings: November 18 to November 24
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Liverant 100th Anniversary
Click the image below to view this 100th anniversary memento.Click the image below to view this 100th anniversary memento.
Built Environment: A Masterpiece Made by Graft
Amid the pale, Grecian mediocrity of Lower Manhattan’s civic center stands a monument of unaccountable excellence, the Tweed Courthouse at 52 Chambers Street.
Critical Thinking/Difficult Issues: While the Iron is Hot
I wanted to show that antiques have something to say, not only about their own moment—in the more or less distant past—but also about our own.
Openings and Closings: November 11 to November 17
Check out what’s happening online and in person at museums around the country!
Curious Objects: What two paintings from the 1930s can tell us about women’s issues
This month, Ben learns how two women painters made their way during a time when the art world was still male-dominated
Editor’s Letter– November/December 2020
I wondered how cultural institutions, desperate for attendance, were handling the restrictions forced by the coronavirus pandemic, and took a stroll along New York’s “Museum Mile” on Fifth Avenue.