Edward Gorey’s genre-defying illustrations meet an unexpected medium. ⬬
Do Surrealists Dream of Enameled Eyes?
A dazzling exhibition of jewels designed by surrealist artists of the early twentieth century to take us back to a more whimsical time. ⬬
Exhibitions – Feel The Magic
Tanya Minhas’s childhood memories are saturated in color. ⬬
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. ⬬
All-American Dream Cruise
The annual tradition of the Motor City’s Woodward Dream Cruise jumpstarted in 1995 as a municipal fundraiser for the city of Ferndale. Since, the event has evolved into action as one of the biggest car-crazed events in the world. ⬬
Outsiders Living in My House
When he purchased his contemporary Memphis home, collector John Jerit wasn’t sure it would suit his outsider art collection, but over the years it has proved to be the perfect pairing. ⬬
Exhibitions: Green Mountain Magic
Magic realism was a distinctly American twentieth century genre in the sense that it constituted a unique merger of European surrealism of the 1920s and ’30s, with the long tradition of realist painting in the United States. ⬬
Exhibitions: A Room of Their Own
Peek around an elaborate wood screen and into a lush garden. It’s a watercolor by Anna Alma-Tadema, painted when she was nineteen. ⬬
Exhibition: Bottoms up in Cleveland
Be it a garnet-hued Barolo, a honey-colored Sauternes, or an everyday, ruby-red Côtes du Rhône, wine just seems to promise so much, whether that’s simply a nicer afternoon than one expected, or the possibility of love. ⬬
In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums
We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Elizabeth Smith, Joyce Linde Assistant Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art ⬬