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 …
Endnotes: An Icon for Yale
On the miniature of George Washington by Robert Field offered by Skinner in 2008
New Views at the 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show
A sneak peak at the 55th Winter Show!
John Hewson and the French connection
On the British textile artist and his link to French design
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Windows on the past: Watercolors of long-vanished houses and gardens
An exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt reminds us that we’ve always fetishized beautiful homes
Asa Ames: New Discoveries
On the work of American artist Asa Ames
The Hudson River School at Lake Placid Lodge
Visitors to the newly reopened Lake Placid Lodge in Lake Placid, New York, may be surprised to encounter a large collection of paintings, comprised mostly of works by members of the Hudson River school depicting Adirondack scenes. While many of the works are by artists whose names are probably not familiar to most-William Richardson Tyler, John Olson Hammerstad, Nelson Augustus …
The real Menil
On the most admired collector of the second half of the 20th century