by The Trust | Jun 28, 2021
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...
by The Trust | Jun 24, 2021
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...
by The Trust | Jun 10, 2021
Xiaoyi Diana Yang and Angelika Kuettner Virtual Dialogue on Zhangzhou Porcelains Xiaoyi Diana Yang, PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow at the Bard Graduate Center, chose to study Zhangzhou porcelain because she wanted to do something different. On June 3, 2021, Diana...
by The Trust | Jun 4, 2021
Memory Vessels: Folk Art with a Compelling International Origin by John-Duane Kingsley As a cultural artifact of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, memory jugs possess an intersectional history as a form of domestic craft with ties to African and African-American...
by The Trust | May 27, 2021
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...
by The Trust | May 17, 2021
Alec Cobbe and the ‘Peacock’ Worcester Service of 1763 “It’s a story that began with a sale catalogue coming through my letterbox,” noted Alec Cobbe at the start of his virtual lecture on May 10. “I suddenly noticed a lot for a knife and fork that was said to be...
by The Trust | Apr 22, 2021
Mack Cox and Philip Zea Discuss Kentucky and New England Furniture We were thrilled to celebrate the decorative arts of Kentucky with renowned collector and PowerPoint pro Mack Cox, as we await our Spring Symposium in Lexington and Louisville in April 2022. Mack...
by The Trust | Apr 2, 2021
Auction House Panel Discusses Decorative Arts and the Antiques Market On March 26, 2021, the Decorative Arts Trust hosted a panel discussion featuring leaders from auction houses across the country. Panelists Tim Andreadis, Division Director, Decorative Arts &...
