No other American poet—maybe no other American writer—excites more curiosity than Emily Dickinson.
Restoring the lost laurels of Adolf Dehn
A new exhibition opening January 27, 2017 at the Fairfield University Art Museum in Connecticut aims to restore some luster to Adolf Dehn’s name.
Calamity and catharsis in Maine
Flood, fire, earthquake, drought…few things capture the collective imagination more than the subject of disaster.
Praiseworthy Percier at the Bard Graduate Center
The name of Charles Percier has for so long been linked with that of his collaborator and partner, Pierre François Fontaine, most notably for their Recueil de décorations intérieures, that the breadth of his individual accomplishments and talents as revealed in the current exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center is a bit mindboggling.
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith and Middleton Place
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith wrote in her Reminiscences that Middleton Place, the family seat of her Middleton ancestors, reminded her of ‘a jewel thrown down in the green woods.”
The American Art Fair returns
The ninth edition of this elegant fall showcase will fill the top three floors of the 1896 Renaissance revival style Bohemian National Hall on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with stock from seventeen top-tier art galleries.
Small European exhibitions with a big punch
Clara Peeters was among the first and most accomplished painters to specialize in food-laden still lifes, replete with cheese and delicate biscuits, candy, and nuts as well as ornate vessels and floral bouquets. Revered especially for her playful use of light and reflection—for example her own distorted portrait shown on the polished surface of a gilded covered cup—the artist nevertheless remains a mysterious figure.
Caffeinated culture in Detroit
The Detroit Institute of Arts has organized a delightful and illuminating exhibition that explores the myriad ramifications that coffee, tea, and chocolate had on European culture.
Blakelock is back at Questroyal
Brilliance and madness; poverty and fame—the life of Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919) forms one of the more fascinating chapters in the history of American art.
Strange bedfellows: Munch and Johns at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Asked to name two artists least likely to be paired in a museum exhibition, you could do worse than to suggest Edvard Munch and Jasper Johns. The former is the father of expressionism, maker of The Scream and other paintings filled with anxiety and existential dread; the latter is best known for his cool and detached depictions of commonplace objects such as flags and targets—works that laid the foundation for pop art and other contemporary art movements.