Delightful, delirious, and often downright strange, majolica
gets a thorough examination in a forthcoming exhibition and its catalogue
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Radical: Italian Design at MFAH
Utopian ideals took center stage at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston with the February opening of Radical: Italian Design, 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection
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Mad about majolica at the Walters
Majolica produced by the English firm Minton was tremendously popular when introduced at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London
Hail the Met at 150
A cultural institution of transcendent richness and breadth, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York enters its sesquicentennial year
Of Masks and Mascara
A visit to the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac near the Eiffel Tower is a revelation
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Changing Tastes
When Giacomo Casanova was entertained to “a choice and delicious dinner” by his mistress in Venice in 1753, he exclaimed that “the cook must be French, and she said I was right”