James Boening, director of James Robinson, Inc., and Craig Kent, workshop manager in Sheffield, come on the pod to dish about the vital importance of age-old processes
Curious Objects: This Chair Is Made of America
Ellery Foutch speaks about Henry Sheldon’s “relic Windsor chair” (and more!)
Curious Objects: How to Make a Modern Home (with Antiques), featuring Thomas Jayne
Interior decorator Thomas Jayne suggests another way to put together the spaces we live in
Curious objects: On Wartime Craft in Milwaukee and O’Keeffe Flora
A look at current and upcoming episodes of our podcast, Curious Objects
Curious Objects: O’Keeffe on the Block
In mid-May, two paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe sold at auction, one in each of the world’s top sales rooms
Curious Objects:The WPA Origins of the American Doll, with Allison Robinson
During the Great Depression, the WPA funded an interracial labor program in Wisconsin that employed over five thousand women to craft handmade goods
Curious Objects: Chatting about Museum Health and Georgian Glass
A look at current and upcoming episodes of our podcast
Curious Objects: English Glass/Chinese Craft
The technique of reverse-painting was introduced to China in the late 1600s by its European trading partners
Curious Objects: Bill Traylor on the Silver Screen, with filmmakers Sam Pollard and Jeffrey Wolf
A new documentary tells Bill Traylor’s story on film for the first time
Curious Objects: Museums and the Lure of the Sell-Off, with the PMA’s director and CEO Timothy Rub
The Association of Art Museum Directors killed something of a sacred cow last year