Whether you’re coveting a handbag, vase, basket, bowl or brooch, you can appreciate the fine craftsmanship that sets locally handmade items apart from mass-produced merchandise. You’ll see designs ranging in style from traditional folk to contemporary couture. The prices are pleasing, too…
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Ubaldo Vitali is one of 22 new MacArthur fellows. Credit: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ubaldo Vitali, a fourth-generation silversmith, has won a prestigious MacArthur Foundation award. He is one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011. Others, from a wide range of disciplines, include an architect, a cellist, a poet, a sports [...]
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Babar, the wise elephant, has become Babar, the ubiquitous elephant, as museums on two continents celebrate the 80th birthday of the beloved children’s book character. On Dec. 8, the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs opened a retrospective exhibition fêting Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff’s book series, begun in 1931. Since then, there have been dozens of books…
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Okay, it’s not handcrafted. It’s not one of a kind. It’s not even hard to find. But it was just too striking to pass up: the first release of the Barbie Collector Museum Collection, featuring a gorgeous representation of Gustav Klimt’s “Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” complete with the famous Viennese beauty’s golden dress and upswept hairdo.
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A studio, a gallery, a museum and a theater, and it’s all happening in Oceanville, N.J. It’s ArtC, “the next logical step” for founder and executive director Bill Horin, a commercial photographer whose passion is promoting the arts in southern New Jersey.
Read MorePewabic Pottery’s chimney is in need of repair. Credit: Mario Lopez Since the early 20th century, the 49-foot-high chimney has towered over the Tudor Revival structure that houses the historic Pewabic Pottery. The Detroit pottery, whose building is now a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places, is famous for its [...]
Read MoreEver wonder what people think about the museum they’ve just visited? You can see what visitors were saying about the Museum of Modern Art in New York when, as requested, they scribbled, sketched and soliloquized on notepads provided by the museum for just that purpose. Some themes emerged: descriptions of the cafe’s food, reflections on [...]
Read MoreOld-fashioned hospitality and delicious desserts await visitors to the Wickwood Inn. Courtesy of the Wickwood Inn ’Tis the season to be … indulged? This December, why not let somebody else do the decorating? Historic sites around the country are celebrating with lavish decorations and fabulous art. In Rhode Island, three Newport Mansions are dressing up [...]
Read MoreThe Peacock Room at the Freer Gallery of Art. Credit: Freer Gallery of Art For the first time in 25 years, visitors to the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art will be able to see the famous James McNeill Whistler “Peacock Room” in natural light—if you’re in the right place at the right time. Subtle details, [...]
Read MoreTimes Square, made of Lego bricks in the park’s Miniland USA, is almost just as exciting as the real thing. Credit: Chip Litherland Photography You have to wonder how the folks at Legoland Florida put all those tiny bricks together to make buildings, statues and other miniatures. Puzzle it out for yourself at the world’s [...]
Read More“The Plumed Hat,” a 1919 painting by Henry Matisse. Credit: National Gallery of Art/Chester Dale Collection Some of the world’s most beloved paintings are on view in “From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition showcases 83 paintings, mostly French, from one of America’s [...]
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