Summer 2023 Magazine Articles Available Online
Shortly after our member magazine publishes, we share select articles in a web-friendly format for all to read on computers, tablets, or phones. Enjoy these articles from the summer 2023 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust: “Hervey Silver...
MoMA Goes to Paris: New Book about the 1938 ‘Three Centuries of American Art’ Exhibition
by Caroline M. Riley The new book MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938: Building and Politicizing American Art (University of California Press, 2023) is the first to explore the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s first international exhibition, Three Centuries of...
Should We Exalt Individual Designers? A New Book Honors and Challenges the Idea of Women in Design
by Kate Burnett Budzyn Published in January of this year, Women in Design is design historian Anne Massey’s contribution to Thames & Hudson’s World of Art series—a group of slim, easy-to-read, and generously illustrated art historical monographs and...
The Well-Dressed Man: New Book Focuses on British Dandies
by John-Duane Kingsley British Dandies: Engendering A Scandal and Fashioning A Nation by Dominic Janes (The Chicago University Press, 2022) presents a compelling examination of the evolution of the well-dressed man from the 18th through 20th centuries....
The Fibers that Bind: A New “People’s History of Clothing”
by Kate Burnett Budzyn It’s been a long time since I’ve been as surprised by a book as I was by Sofi Thanhauser’s Worn: A People’s History of Clothing. As the book review editor at Winterthur Portfolio, I skim through dozens of new material culture...
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Formerly known as the "blog,” the Bulletin features new research and scholarship, travelogues, book reviews, and museum and gallery exhibitions. The Bulletin complements The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, our biannual members publication.