Indigenous Imagination as Revolution: ‘Shaped by the Loom’ Opens at the Bard Graduate Center
by Juliana Fagua Arias “When we sit at our loom, we sit at the universe.” Such were the words that 5th-generation Diné (Navajo) master weaver Lynda Teller Pete used to describe the profound significance of weaving and textiles in the North American...
Welcome to New York: The Trust (and Tradition) Returns
In January 2023, the Trust joined peers, partners, and antiques purveyors for Americana Week, the country’s premier antiques and arts showcase. Last year’s postponement of The Winter Show reconfigured the Trust’s plans in 2022, yet 2023 provided a safe and...
Louis C. Tiffany and Latin America: A New Installation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Juliana Fagua Arias In the 1960s, The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a collection of watercolors from the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933). These design drawings—which depict stained glass windows and architectural decorations among...
Assemblage & Resilience: Techniques of Art Making in the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Collection
by John-Duane Kingsley Within the canon of western art history, the technique of assemblage, or creating art out of disparate quotidian objects to form a collage, manifests in works by Cubist, Futurist, and Dada artists of the early 20h century. These...
It’s Disney, and It Is Worth a Visit: The Animation of French Decorative Arts on Display at The Met
by Juliana Fagua Arias In 2003, Bogota’s Museum of Modern Art (MamBo) faced controversy over Barbies Collection, an exhibition curated by none other than the museum’s marketing department. Barbie and My Scene posters adorned the pinkish walls of a gallery...
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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.