Summer 2021 Magazine Articles on Website
The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust is one of our most popular member benefits, and the summer 2021 issue reached members' mailboxes in July. If you’d like a hard copy, become a member of the Trust today! The Trust thanks all authors who participated...
Modern Gothic Opens at the Brooklyn Museum
by Matthew Thurlow Until recently, exhibition openings remained a quaint concept of the bygone pre-COVIDian era. The arrival of an invitation to attend the June 30 opening of the Brooklyn Museum’s Modern Gothic: The Inventive Furniture of Kimbel and Cabus,...
Will Coleman Shares Virtual Tour of Olana State Historic Site
For our July Virtual Tour, the Decorative Arts Trust visited Olana State Historic Site, the extraordinary residence of Frederic Church, one of the premier landscape painters of the 19th century. William L. Coleman, PhD, Director of Collections &...
Sarah Grandin and Elizabeth Cleland Discuss Savonnerie Carpet Production in 17th-Century France
In our latest virtual dialogue, Sarah Grandin, PhD, Clark-Getty Paper Project Curatorial Fellow at the Clark Art Institute, shared a lecture titled “Trees, Orphans, and the Forgotten Figures of Savonnerie Carpet Manufacturing (1662-1688),” before joining...
Decorative Arts and the Market Panel Discussion Featuring Dealers
On June 21, the Trust hosted the second discussion in our series on decorative arts and the market. This conversation featured dealers of decorative arts and antiquities. Benjamin Miller, host of the Curious Objects podcast and Director of Research at S.J....
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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.