Drexel University’s Robert McCracken Peck comes on the podcast to talk about the “hollow earth” theory and a globe in this episode of Curious Objects.
Curious Objects: An Armchair’s Astonishing Provenance, with Tiffany Momon
This month, Ben speaks with Tiffany Momon, visiting assistant professor at Sewanee in Tennessee, where she assists with the Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation, and founder of the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive
Curious Objects: The Life and Labor of Enslaved Potter Dave Drake, With Ethan Lasser
In this episode of the podcast, Ethan Lasser tells the story of Dave Drake, an enslaved potter at work in Edgefield County.
Curious Objects: Thirty-five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff
This month, Ben speaks with Chassica Kirchhoff, assistant curator of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, about a suite of metal suits from the 1500s
Curious Objects: The Mystery of the Michelangelo Bust
This month, Ben and Michael speak with Jennifer Tonkovich, curator of drawings and prints at the Morgan Library and Museum.
Curious Objects: Afterlife in Alabaster–A Canopic Jar from Charles Ede
This month on Curious Objects… a 2,500-year-old Imseti-headed canopic jar.
Curious Objects:Winter Show and Tell–Three young dealers and the antiques they love
Special guests James Boening, Ria Murray, and Taylor Thistlethwaite, joined podcast hosts Ben and Michael at the Park Avenue Armory for a live discussion of six fascinating objects
Curious Objects: Big porcelain and outsider art at Christie’s
Christie’s specialists Cara Zimmerman and Becky MacGuire answer questions in an episode keyed to the auction house’s 2020 Americana Week
Curious Objects: “Where the Past Never Gets Old”—Re-presenting History at Colonial Williamsburg
In this episode of Curious Objects, Michael Diaz-Griffith treks to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to talk with chief curator Ron Hurst about a new exhibition at the DeWitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts.
Curious Objects: Surrendering the Colors–An American Flag Collection Goes to Auction
The first American flag Peter Keim collected was a thirteen-star specimen that he found poking out of a paper bag at a farm sale. Not even bothering to take a closer look, he bought the lot on a lark for $40.