by The Trust | Aug 13, 2021
With Eyes Opened: A Diverse Retrospective on Cranbrook’s Legacy by John-Duane Kingsley Stepping into Cranbrook Art Museum’s retrospective exhibit, With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, provided both the familiar in the icons of Cranbrook’s rich...
by The Trust | Apr 7, 2021
The Art of Jade: An Exhibition at the Flint Institute of Arts by John-Duane Kingsley The Art of Jade on display at the Flint Institute of Arts from August 15, 2020, through May 23, 2021, provides an intercontinent overview of jade’s cultural significance and...
by The Trust | Mar 24, 2021
The Brilliant Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective at BAMPFA by Kate Burnett Budzyn One of the most relevant and sustaining decorative arts exhibitions of the COVID era has been Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)’s retrospective of the...
by The Trust | Feb 24, 2021
Celebrating Kentucky Shaker Commonwealth at the Speed Art Museum by Taryn Clary Equipped with a Master’s Degree from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Scott Erbes joined the Speed Art Museum in 1999 as the museum’s first ever curator of decorative...
by The Trust | Feb 5, 2021
A New American Art Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum The Decorative Arts Trust shared a tour of a new American art gallery at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, January 28. Catherine Futter, PhD, Interim Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator, Decorative Arts,...
by The Trust | Feb 2, 2021
5th-Annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium Goes Virtual Even though we were not able to gather in person for this year’s Emerging Scholars Colloquium, participants agreed that the new format of the virtual presentation was enlightening and effective. The...
by The Trust | Feb 1, 2021
Americana Week 2021 Features Six New York City Virtual Tours On January 19, 20, and 21, 2021, the Decorative Arts Trust shared a whirlwind of tours for our Virtual Americana Week. We not only learned about wonderful collections in New York City but also about the...
by The Trust | Jan 29, 2021
A Material Culture Mystery: Cybèle Gontar on ‘Chasing the Butterfly Man’ by Taryn Clary Who was the Butterfly Man? The anonymous cabinetmaker worked in New Orleans, LA, in the first quarter of the 19th century, a moment of great change and population growth following...
