EXHIBITS
Enjoy these articles about decorative arts exhibitions from our member magazine, The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust. To feature your exhibition in our publications, we invite you to contact the Trust.
Terra Foundation and Art Bridges Announce New Partnership
A special initiative of the Terra Foundation and Art Bridges, Inc., Terra-Art Bridges is a six-year program that connects a wide range of art institutions across the United States.
Lasting Impressions in LA from Found in Translation
Over 250 objects were assembled at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from September 2017 through April 2018 to unravel the intricacies of the longstanding and complex relationship between Mexican and Californian design.
Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style
Traveling between the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the new V&A Dundee in Scotland, Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style is the first exhibition to fully explore the aesthetics and cultural impact of ocean liners from an international perspective.
Casanova’s Europe
By COURTNEY HARRIS,
Curatorial Research Fellow, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
From August 27, 2017–October 8, 2018, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will host the collaborative traveling exhibition Casanova: The Seduction of Europe. Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) has come to epitomize the sophistication of 18th-century Europe through his memoirs and their account of the creativity, sensual pleasure, and social and political ambition he experienced.
The Artistry of Pierre Gouthière
January 2017
The aura of glittering pomp surrounding the Chateau de Versailles in the last decades
of the ancien régime owes much to the decadent reputation of the French monarchs, who leaned heavily on the talents and creativity of architects and artisans to maintain a potent image of power and wealth. This past winter, one such craftsman received well-deserved attention in the form of a special exhibition at the Frick Collection, “Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court.”
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Goes to New York
By LAURA PASS BARRY,
Juli Grainger Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is pleased to commence 60th-anniversary celebrations for the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum (AARFAM) in New York this January.
Great Fortune on Both Sides of the Pond
By DR. ROSIE MILLS,
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) have collaborated since 2010 to bring more than fifty works from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection back to California.
Yale Showcases Rhode Island Furniture
In August, the Yale University Art Gallery will open the first major exhibition of early Rhode Island furniture in half a century. Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 illustrates Rhode Island’s standing at the center of a dynamic and active cabinetmaking trade…
Collaboration in Contemporary Ceramics
Duality, an exhibition currently on view at the Delaware Art Museum, highlights contemporary fine and decorative arts created by couples who synthesize their...
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...