Philadelphia’s Woodmere Art Museum celebrates a native son, the progressive artist George Biddle
Current and coming: True colors at the Met
An exhibition at the Met reveals the vibrant colors of classical Greek and Roman sculpture
Object lesson: The Art of the Game
Board games have been a part of human socializing since the earliest days of civilization
Sculptor Sui Generis
Literally peerless, Auguste Rodin brought a supremely idiosyncratic sensibility to bear on the making of art
Curious Objects: The Story of Bélizaire, Pt. 3: The End; or, A New Beginning
In this final installment of the trilogy we consider Bélizaire’s legacy and that of his portrait. Does the debonair boy of 1837 have an afterlife ahead of him?
Current and coming: Giacometti comes to Seattle
An exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum highlights the work of Alberto Giacometti
The Origins of Edgefield Pottery
A curator at the Metropolitan Museum examines the history of the famed nineteenth-century South Carolina ceramics
Curious Objects: The Story of Bélizaire, Pt. 2: Provenance
Last week we took a close look at Bélizaire the person, and his tortured life-path through antebellum Louisiana society. This week we examine the painting that is the reason anyone knows Bélizaire’s name in the first place, and follow the twists and turns by which it traveled from the studio of Jacques Amans in 1837 to the collection of Jeremy Simien today.
Dealer profile: The Virginian
Taylor Thistlethwaite believes that antiques and vintage designs give collectors a sense of place, a sense of history, and a sense of belonging
On books: September/October 2022
A memoir from the late French illustrator Pierre Le-Tan