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Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JULY/AUGUST 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Cara Zimmerman Luminary Infinite Iterations: A tribute to the remarkable Bernard L. Herman. ObjectsBlowin’ in the Wind: On the complex origins of whirligigs, a seaside artform that unfolded from the dying whaling industry. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle PerspectivesMitch’s Musings: A coveted antique shows itself at …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! MAY/JUNE 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Michael Diaz-Griffith Field NotesReading the Room Sarah Archer ObjectsString Theory: Once more familiar than the harpsichord, the salterio is being rediscovered by musicians drawn to its complexity, history, and spellbinding sound. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle PerspectivesA roundtable with the next generation of decorative arts curators, …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! MARCH/APRIL 2025Guest Editor’s LetterAnna Sui ObjectsEnmeshed in Luxury: Unable to stop a spear but singularly effective at getting people to stop and stare, metal mesh handbags were all the rage at the beginning of the twentieth century. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle TravelDown by the Bay: Erstwhile colonial seat and …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025Guest Editor’s Letter Thomas Jayne Talking AntiquesExhibitors at New York’s Winter Show describe some of the exceptional offerings they will bring to this year’s edition at the Park Avenue Armory. ExhibitionsPortrait miniature painter John Smart in Missouri, Old Masters on tour from Puerto Rico, Laurene Krasny Brown at Olde …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024Publisher’s Letter Don Sparacin Field NotesRedefining Americana Elizabeth Pochoda Current and ComingThe American Renaissance at Yale; Alps exploration and Old Masters of Siena at the Met; Mughal arts and crafts in England; A Parisian changemaker in New York; Magic tricks in Iowa; Stormy weather in California and New York; …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024Editor’s Letter Mitchell Owens Field NotesHeavenly Visions: Gift drawings by Shaker women Elizabeth Pochoda TravelThe Life Historic: A port town with astonishingly rich period architecture and an increasingly buzzy spirit, centuries-old Edenton is becoming one of North Carolina’s best places to be Alexis Tobias-Jacavone ScholarFeats of Clay: Foundational stints …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JULY/AUGUST 2024 Publisher’s Letter Don Sparacin Field NotesFacing Forward Elizabeth Pochoda Current and ComingAppalachian industry; tornadoes in Michigan; becoming Paula Modersohn-Becker in New York ; and a tour through Maine with Russell Cheney, Eastman Johnson, and Penobscot basket maker Robert S. Anderson New LightJane Freedom’s Sampler: Girlhood needlework, local tradition, …

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! MAY/JUNE 2024Publisher’s Letter Don Sparacin Field NotesNature’s Child Elizabeth Pochoda Current and ComingThe Met’s reinstalled Wang Galleries; sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French in conversation; American paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Maynard Dixon’s Nevada; Venetian glass in Virginia; O’Sullivan’s Old West at the Speed; and …