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Weaving a New Dawn

by Paula Deitz

Jeremy Frey, master Passamaquoddy basket maker, has taken traditional Indigenous forms to new heights.
Possessed

by Pablo Bronstein, as told to Jenny Florence

Artist Pablo Bronstein on collecting as a form of self-fashioning—baroque, compulsive, occasionally corrosive, but ultimately irresistible.
Trail of Tiles

by Anna Sui with Daniel Robbins

A fantasia in ceramic, Leighton House in London testifies to the decorative sense of its namesake builder, artist Frederic Leighton, and the craftsmanship of William De Morgan.
Ready to Wear

by Sarah Davis

One of the most discerning collectors of costume jewelry is fashion designer Norma Kamali, who has been snapping up lux and creative examples from around the world since the 1960s.

Do Surrealists Dream of Enameled Eyes? - A dazzling exhibition of jewels designed by surrealist artists of the early twentieth century to take us back to a more whimsical time. ⬬

Exhibitions – Feel The Magic - Tanya Minhas’s childhood memories are saturated in color. ⬬

The Object Ideal - If you’ve ever wondered what the perfect version of an everyday object looks like, you can see it in person at Robert Young Antiques in London this October. ⬬

All-American Dream Cruise - The annual tradition of the Motor City’s Woodward Dream Cruise jumpstarted in 1995 as a municipal fundraiser for the city of Ferndale. Since, the event has evolved into action as one of the biggest car-crazed events in the world. ⬬

Windows to the Soul - A collection of Federal American vernacular portraits demonstrates the intimate allure of the genre. ⬬

Outsiders Living in My House - When he purchased his contemporary Memphis home, collector John Jerit wasn’t sure it would suit his outsider art collection, but over the years it has proved to be the perfect pairing. ⬬

Exhibitions: Green Mountain Magic - Magic realism was a distinctly American twentieth century genre in the sense that it constituted a unique merger of European surrealism of the 1920s and ’30s, with the long tradition of realist painting in the United States. ⬬

Exhibitions: A Room of Their Own - Peek around an elaborate wood screen and into a lush garden. It’s a watercolor by Anna Alma-Tadema, painted when she was nineteen. ⬬

Exhibition: Bottoms up in Cleveland - Be it a garnet-hued Barolo, a honey-colored Sauternes, or an everyday, ruby-red Côtes du Rhône, wine just seems to promise so much, whether that’s simply a nicer afternoon than one expected, or the possibility of love. ⬬

In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums - We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Elizabeth Smith, Joyce Linde Assistant Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art ⬬

In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums - We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Katherine Jentleson, Senior curator of American art and Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art⬬

In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums - We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing, and Alyce Perry Englund, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts ⬬