The Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery Reopens
The Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, reopened to the public on November 13, 2015 following a comprehensive two-year renovation. The Renwick is home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection of contemporary craft and decorative art, one of the finest and...
The Newly Restored Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum reopened to the public on November 24, 2015, after a multi-year, $34 million renovation project. The Museum’s main galleries, the 1957 Eero Saarinen-designed War Memorial Center and the David Kahler addition from 1975, were restored and...
Classical Splendor at the PMA
As part of a series of exhibitions celebrating great American art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will mount the much-anticipated show on painted furniture made in Philadelphia in 1808. Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House will open in...
Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia
EXHIBITION REVIEW
By Christian Roden
Of the many eye-catching objects on display in “Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia,” at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, one that commands particular attention is a large desk and bookcase, completely covered in…
