Gilbert-Merrill and Kane Lecture at the 2021 Delaware Antiques Show
The 2021 Delaware Antiques Show was especially significant this year as the event is one of the first large shows to reopen in person. And...
A Fantastical World of Toxic Beauty: Majolica Mania at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery
by Juliana Fagua Arias Walking into Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915 is like falling into the whimsical...
The Crane and the Nopal: Aztec Memory and Chinese Imagery in Talavera Poblana
by Juliana Fagua Arias In the mid-16th century, potters from Puebla, Mexico, developed a type of tin-glazed earthenware known today as Talavera Poblana. Various cultural developments, including the migration of Spanish ceramicists, the transpacific trade...
Touring Sabine Hall with Ralph Harvard
On August 26, it was an enormous pleasure to visit Sabine Hall, one of Colonial America’s most extraordinary baroque houses, for a Trust Virtual Tour with Ralph Harvard. Landon Carter, an ambitious patriot and politician, built his principle dwelling in...
Historic House Interpretation with Carlene Bermann and Erik Greenberg
Carlene Bermann, MA Candidate in the Cooperstown Graduate Program, began our August virtual dialogue by sharing her lecture, Adjusting the Lens: Telling (Different) Stories Through Objects. Throughout her lecture, Carlene shared her perspective on how...
About The Decorative Arts Trust Bulletin
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.