October 2009 | That anyone even remembers the so-called Volpini exhibition of 1889—which has just been artfully re-created at the Cleveland Museum of Art—is a minor miracle. At the time, this modest Paris show, organized by Paul Gauguin and destined to introduce a new kind of art to the larger world, had to compete for attention with Thomas Edison’s phonograph, …
Venice on the Gulf Coast
John and Mabel Ringling’s fantasy palazzo in Sarasota is a testament to the romantic power of architecture.
Object lesson: Lights from the Dark Ages: The Lüsterweibchen
All about the world’s weirdest chandeliers.
“Gracious and artful devices for the adornment of life”
An excerpt from the new book English Needlework, 1600–1740, The Percival D. Griffiths Collection charts the origins of the twentieth-century reappraisal of the embroiderer’s art.
“To Wield the Needle with Advantage”
American schoolgirl academy embroidery, 1790 to 1830
ANTIQUES in the Beginning
Part II: The enterprising editor Alice Winchester
Venice: Through a Glass, and Darkly
An art exhibition in DC explores the desuetude and crystalline rebirth of Venice in the late nineteenth century
Five Peacocks from Master Enamelist Frank J. Marshall
Artist Frank Marshall pushed the traditional boundaries of enameling technique and arts and crafts design, creating a rich body of work around 1900.
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 1/22/20–1/28/20
See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world
Treasure Island
A Q+A with Nantucket Historical Association curator Michael Harrison