A Columbia Museum of Art exhibition explores artistic depictions of interior scenes and the applied and decorative arts in early twentieth-century America.
Current and coming: Surprising silver from Norway in Houston
A design tradition from the sixteenth century shines at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
Editor’s letter: March/April 2024
Editor-in-Chief Gregory Cerio discusses positive outcomes at a South Carolina landmark and NYC antique fairs.
Curious Objects: The Book of Dragons (and the Con Artist Who Made It), with Rebecca Romney
Meet the Sobieski Stuarts, two eccentric book publishers who produced a fantastical dragon-themed abecebestiary (alphabet book).
Current and coming: Feathered friends in Charleston
George Edwards’s bird prints are on display at the Charleston Show.
Curious Objects CO BITES: Toshiko Takaezu’s “Closed Form,” with Glenn Adamson
Glenn Adamson returns to the podcast to talk about the work of Okinawan-American ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu, and in particular one unique “closed form” vessel.
Curious Objects: Taylor Thistlethwaite Gets Excited About “Brown Furniture”
“There’s so much life in it. And it matures like fine wine.” Taylor Thistlethwaite swoops in to defend brown furniture on this week’s Curious Objects podcast episode.
Endnotes: An Overdue Roll Call
A new partnership uncovers historical documents of Black and Native American Revolutionary soldiers.
Event Notice: Shaker Anniversary
Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Shakers’ Arrival in America
Venice on the Gulf Coast
John and Mabel Ringling’s fantasy palazzo in Sarasota is a testament to the romantic power of architecture.