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A Room of Her Own: New Book Explores the Estrado

by The Trust | Jul 30, 2025

BY ALEXANDRA FRANTISCHEK RODRIGUEZ-JACK

Made possible through a generous Publishing Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust, the book A Room of Her Own: The Estrado and the Hispanic World brings new scholarship to this overlooked subject. Accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York City, the book explores the estrado, a long-forgotten emblem of opulence and mystery, which once played a crucial role in the social and domestic lives of women in the Hispanic world.

Probing the Mystique: A New Look at Newcomb Pottery

by The Trust | Jul 30, 2025

BY ELYSE D. GERSTENECKER

The story of Newcomb College Pottery has been told often. Seeking out a way for alumnae to put their education into practice, the leaders of the art department of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans established a pottery. Director Ellsworth Woodward (1861–1939) hired Mary Given Sheerer (1865–1954) to teach china painting courses in 1894, and Sheerer began working toward establishing the Pottery the following year.

Decorative Arts Shine at the Reopened Frick

by The Trust | Jul 30, 2025

BY MARIE-LAURE BUKU PONGO

The Frick Collection recently reopened its doors following a significant renovation, marking a true milestone in the institution’s 90-year history. This project not only restored familiar spaces on the first floor of our historic home on New York City’s Upper East Side but also unveiled the second floor to the public for the first time.

Luster, Shimmer, and Polish: Transpacific Materialities in the Arts of Colonial Latin America

by The Trust | Jul 30, 2025

BY JULIANA FAGUA ARIAS

Between the late 16th and the early 19th centuries, the so-called Manila Galleons connected the Southeast Asian port of Manila with the Mexican counterpart of Acapulco. Direct trade between these two essential nodes of the Spanish empire enabled artistic circulation between Asia and the Spanish Americas, a cultural flow that enriched both sides of the Pacific.