He’s back! The irrepressible Brazilian artist and landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx, dead these twenty-five years, is on stage once again, this time at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx
On stage in the garden: The roots of Frida Kahlo’s art at the New York Botanical Garden
After decades of lionization, what more could there be to say about Frida Kahlo? A great deal, as a visit to Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life, the new exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, proves. All it took was a fresh perspective and a unique team of talents. Born in 1907, Kahlo was, along with her husband, fellow painter …
Tradition and innovation at Longwood Gardens
from The Magazine ANTIQUES, March/April 2012 | Preservation was Pierre S. du Pont’s goal in 1906 when he purchased a derelict arboretum thirty miles to the west and south of Philadelphia. And preservation remains the most complex challenge today at what became, under du Pont’s hand, one of the premier public landscapes in North America, the internationally renowned Longwood …
Vose Galleries at 170
By Tom Christopher left to right: Elizabeth Vose Frey, Carey L. Vose, Abbot W. “Bill” Vose, Marcia L. Vose. Vose Galleries of Boston is that rarest of survivors: now completing its 170th year in business and still under the direction of the founding family, the firm itself predates many of the paintings that it buys and sells. Yet it …
Utility, artistry, and soul: The collection of Allan and Penny Katz
Photography by Gavin Ashworth | August 2009 | “It escapes the form,” Allan Katz will say, to explain why he favors one particular piece of American folk sculpture over others of its genre. What he means is that the artist or craftsman, while satisfying the needs of the client—the nineteenth-century tobacconist who wanted an Indian figure, the barber who needed …
Editor’s letter, April 2009
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Pochoda introduces the latest issue of ANTIQUES
Not for sale: An exquisitely made collection of miniature furniture
An exquisitely made collection of miniature furniture that was bought, sold, and bought again by Connecticut antiques dealers takes up permanent residence
New Kid on The Old Block
Inside the inaugural Pennsylvania Antiques Show, featuring sixty-three dealers in folk art, Americana, and regional designs.⬬
A Collector’s Eye, A Nation’s Story
An extraordinary collection examines how Shaker furniture, along with Pennsylvania German and New England folk art, expresses a distinctly American identity. ⬬
March/April 2026
Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! MARCH/APRIL 2026GUEST EDITOR’S LETTER Lisa Minardi THE OBSCURE CONNOISSEUR Part IV: In which the author copes with his collection of chipped Meissen figurines. Ralph Gardner Jr. Illustrated by Colleen Bayley Harrington AUCTIONSRecent and upcoming sales of blue-and-white porcelain. OBJECTSChewed Paper: How papier-mâché bridged affordability and elegance, carrying centuries of innovation …