NEW RESEARCH
In addition to the Decorative Arts Trust’s support of scholarship through the Emerging Scholars Program, we eagerly promote the research, exhibitions, and projects undertaken by colleagues at museums around the country in our member magazine, The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust. We invite you to enjoy the online versions of magazine articles featured below.
See more stories about recent research in The Decorative Arts Trust Bulletin.
Flight of Fancy: The Galleria degli Uccelli in the Palazzo Biscari, Catania
By Kathleen M. Bennett
Independent Scholar
The arrival of design sources promoting the new rococo style in Sicily in the mid-1700s heralded a new chapter in the island’s architectural vocabulary, which was previously grounded in baroque taste.
Re-Awakening Wilton
by William Strollo, Director of Education and Public Relations, Wilton House Museum
A lot can change over a decade. Ten years ago, Wilton House Museum in Richmond’s West End looked like the typical local historic house museum.