A new exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum examines the depictions of Black people in the art of the Early American North.
Field notes: A Matter of Respect
A look into the current state of the repatriation of Native American art and objects in American museums.
Field notes: Blind Spots
An exploration into the conversations that folk art, and antiques in general, can inspire.
Field notes: On Native Grounds
A look into how Indigenous chefs and activists are connecting traditional Native American foodways with modern-day dining.
History on the Half Shell
All about the renaissance of the landmark nineteenth-century Brooklyn restaurant Gage & Tollner.
Field notes: Background Check
“Without Hands”: The Art of Sarah Biffin tells about the life and work of an English painter born without arms or legs.
ANTIQUES in the Modern World
A personal journey through a watershed year, 1922
Teaching Tolerance through the Detritus of Intolerance
Lessons from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia in Michigan.
The irrefutable freshness of Thomas Jayne
Taking Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman Jr.’s The Decoration of Houses as his starting point, in his new book the master decorator displays the many improvisations he has rung from historic models and classical principles
Treasury Notes
With a boost from Broadway, the caretakers of Hamilton Grange cast new light on the charms of Alexander Hamilton’s once bucolic home. The Broadway musical Hamilton has created something of a second American Revolution, reviving American promise in the person of a penniless bastard orphan who washed up on these shores and be came…Alexander Hamilton! It is this reprise of …