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 &...
Alexandra Kirtley Shares New American Art Galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A lot has changed in the past year. On June 16 the Trust was welcomed back to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) by Alexandra A. Kirtley, the Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, who shared some magnificent enhancements during a tour of...
Winterthur Museum Curator Emerita Wendy Cooper Shares Primitive Hall’s Architecture, Furniture, and History
“Built in 1738, Primitive Hall was enormous for its time,” shared Wendy Cooper, Curator Emerita of Furniture, Winterthur Museum, at the start of her virtual tour on May 19, 2021. Wendy co-curated the exhibition Paint, Pattern, and People: Furniture of...
Touring Brooke’s Bank with Ralph Harvard
For our April virtual tour, we joined Ralph Harvard, the antiquarian, designer, and Trust Governor, in a visit to Brooke’s Bank, a stunning and unusual Virginia house. The house is atypical, in part, because it was built by a woman, Sarah Taliaferro...
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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.