An exploration of the Big Apple’s past at the New-York Historical Society.
Looking Both Ways
The New-York Historical Society unveils Kay WalkingStick’s view of Hudson River school landscapes.
Field Notes: Serious Fun
A tour of Women’s Work at the New-York Historical Society.
Curious Objects: Thomas Commeraw, Free Black Potter in 1800s New York
For nearly two hundred years, from his death in 1823, New York potter Thomas Commeraw was out of sight. In the digital age it finally became possible to positively identify him: as a prosperous free Black craftsman with a manufactory in Corlears Hook.
Clay, Commerce, and a Free Man of Color
An important new exhibition traces the life and work of Thomas W. Commeraw, free Black potter of early New York.
Black dolls
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society prompts a reprise of one our favorite articles
Curious objects: On Wartime Craft in Milwaukee and O’Keeffe Flora
A look at current and upcoming episodes of our podcast, Curious Objects
An Immigrant Artist of the Jazz Age
A forthcoming exhibition at the New-York Historical Society cast a spotlight on the under-sung Winold Reiss
Openings: Ever More Digital Destinations
See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 3/11/20–3/17/20
See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world