Classic and contemporary silver in dialogue at the Museum of the City of New York
A New World Old Master
In the closing years of the seventeenth century, Cristóbal de Villalpando was, in all likelihood, the best-known painter in the New World—and most of us have never heard of him.
Handle with Care #3
A new installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
An Antidote to a Life of Quiet Desperation: Walden, a game
The most intriguing tribute to the two-hundredth anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth is surely Walden, a game produced by USC’s Game Innovation Lab. Walden, a game lets you (virtually) experience what Thoreau’s life was like during the two years, two months, and two days that he lived at Walden Pond.
Handle with care #2
A new installment of our web-only column about the worlds of ceramics and glass
A little off-center
The estimable outsider art collection of Audrey Heckler.
Handle with care
Introducing a new monthly column for aficionados of ceramics and glass.
Lulu and the Shadow Catcher
An adventurous photographer and a Midwestern librarian—trailblazers both.
Shattering Effect
A new exhibition celebrates the Crystal Palace and the New York World’s Fair of 1853.
Mad Scientist
The strange, protean artistry of Eugen Gabritschevsky.