From the June/July 2019 Issue
Grand Dunand
The eternal elegance of Jean Dunand’s Art Deco designs In 1912, decorative artist Jean Dunand and Japanese lacquer master Seizo Sugawara struck a deal. Sugawara had asked Dunand’s assistance in […]
From the June/July 2019 Issue
Simply Steampunk
The Morris Museum exhibits nostalgia for a long-lost future For all the light shining on it, the art world still has hidden layers. Poke beneath the surface and you uncover […]
From the April/May 2019 Issue
Making Their Marks
Young artists drawn to handmade notations Art has lots of buzzwords. Here’s a new one, at least to me: “mark making.” What does it mean? In the loosest sense, it’s […]
From the April/May 2019 Issue
Arco Lamp
A street light reportedly inspired Italy’s Castiglioni brothers to design a light that is simple in shape yet complex in construction You may have seen it in design magazines from […]
From the April/May 2019 Issue
Beautiful Byobu
Japanese screens combine art and craft in one exquisite object At the Winter Show in January, Erik Thomsen Gallery of New York City exhibited a six-panel Japanese folding screen painted […]
From the February/March 2019 Issue
A Woman’s Work-Table Is Never Done
These multifunctional side tables have endured for generations The progress of any nation in morals, civilization, and refinement is in proportion to the elevated or degraded position in which woman […]
From the February/March 2019 Issue
Life Like
Sculptor Carolyn D. Palmer creates masterpieces in her Saddle River, New Jersey studio A bronze statue is one of those honors bestowed on the immortals or, at the very least, […]
From the December 2018/January 2019 Issue
Delacroix
European master gets his first major North American retrospective If you’re interested in the art of painting and want to spend some time with one of history’s greatest practitioners, […]
From the December 2018/January 2019 Issue
A Place at the Imperial Table
Catherine the Great was passionate about porcelain No one set a table like Catherine the Great. When you’re the Empress of All the Russias, you can afford to be extravagant, […]