On Jessica Helfand’s 2008 publication Scrapbooks: An American History
Washington alive and well
A portrait miniature of George Washington brought $336,000-the second highest price ever paid for an American portrait miniature
The lure of provenance
The much celebrated collection of Yves-Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé to be sold this month in Paris is almost as notable for its roster of previous owners as for the objects themselves
Paris Dealers
An introduction to some preeminent Parisian antiques dealers
Master drawings from the collection of Horace Wood Brock
A spectacular group of European decorative arts, drawings, and paintings from the collection of Horace Wood Brock is the subject of a major new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Earth and Fire at the Alliance Française
All about the inaugural exhibition of a biennial series at FIAF
High Museum Welcomes Heydt as New American Art Curator
The High Museum of Art appoints a new Margaret and Terry Stendt Curator of American Art
Rare Lincoln Speech to be Auctioned
Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 victory speech is up for auction
In conversation with…Ralph Harvard
Catching up with Ralph Harvard
New Orleans
Natives and longtime residents of New Orleans have an endearing habit of describing their city as if it were a woman, one who is by turns refined and blowsy. Her sybaritic side is notorious, and her exquisite taste in food is famous. But what is slightly less well known is that Lady Orleans is passionate about antiques. For the dedicated …