Tulip craze and tin glaze
Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon
On the exhibition Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum
Japanese Craft in Philadelphia
Much has been written about the influence of Japanese design on American and European works of the nineteenth century, but turn the lens in the other direction, looking at the influence of Western art on Japan, and there have been far fewer inquiries. The Art of Japanese Craft: 1875 to the Present, presented at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through …
America in 3 by 5
Walker Evans’s ability to locate drama in the matter of fact began with his passion for the picture postcard
Palm Beach
“Follow the money.” What was good advice for Woodward and Bernstein is equally useful guidance for the antiques collector. When Henry Morrison Flagler established Palm Beach as a winter haven for Gilded Age society, important furnishings and art were sure to follow. And so they did. February sees the annual Palm Beach Jewelry, Art, and Antique Show, and those who …
William Holman Hunt in Toronto
An exhibition at AGO highlighting the pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt
Whither Londongrad?
A display of men’s ceremonial attire from the Russian imperial court
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Indian silver for the Raj
An exhibition looks at the silver objects made for British households by Indian craftsman
Ernest Blumenschein and the Indians
An exhibition celebrates recognized the multiple and magnificent contributions to American art and culture of Ernest L. Blumenschein
Seeing through modernism at Corning
The Corning Museum of Glass is a hedgehog among foxes, doing one big thing exceptionally well