Some of the good news from TEFAF is all about the YSL effect. Like Christie’s acclaimed sale of the collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé, TEFAF is a virtual cabinet of curiosities where superlative antiques, rare objects of vertu, and antiquities have been selling well. Over one hundred dealers specializing in this …
A taste of history from Historic Deerfield
A Carrot Pudding recipe from Historic Deerfield
Tiffany window in Pittsfield church illuminates White House commission
On the Tiffany Allen Memorial Window
The Little Mermaid, cultural ambassador
The Little Mermaid takes Shanghai
Old Masters Rule in Maastricht
Changing tides at the 22nd annual TEFAF
Asia Week Highlight: A conversation with Joan B. Mirviss
A conversation with veteran dealer Joan B. Mirviss
Late Gothic coffers
Late Gothic imagination was wed to sacred purpose in every particular of daily life
Tulip Vases and Trivets: Contemporary ceramics by Sanam Emami
Tulip craze and tin glaze
A new setting for Iliad Antik
On the new Iliad Antik gallery
The Way We See Things Now: The Times, the National Gallery, and the new orthodoxy
On Friday March 6 Roberta Smith of the New York Times delivered a spirited and largely negative review of the recent reopening of the American painting galleries at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Held fast in the grip of what she describes as the “strictly orthodox” arrangement of periods and schools, the rooms bored her and, she …
