THE MAGAZINE
JULY/AUGUST 2017
COVER: Detail of an intarsia quilt with soldiers and musicians, Prussian, c. 1760s–1780s. Annette Gero Collection; photograph by Tim Connolly, Shoot Studios.
Editor’s letter
Critical thinking / Difficult issues
Knocking it off
Glenn Adamson
Current and coming
New light
A gift from the czar and a puzzle solved
Timothy Adams
On books
James Gardner
Events
Katherine Lanza
Endnotes
Eleanor H. Gustafson
Features
Arts & letters
A new exhibition explores
the affinities between the work of Henry James and the American painting of his time
Elizabeth Pochoda
Elizabeth Pochoda
Thoroughly modern Moses
What did Grandma Moses have in common with the likes of Jackson Pollock? Arguably, plenty
Jamie Franklin
Jamie Franklin
Acquisitions & mergers
The Craft and Folk Art Museum in LA is the latest showcase for the powerful work of assemblage artist Betye Saar
Michael Slenske
Michael Slenske
A stitch in wartime
The American Folk Art Museum in New York presents a fascinating collection of quilts made by men at arms
Stacy C. Hollander and Annette Gero
Stacy C. Hollander and Annette Gero
Charmed circle
A new exhibition at the Guggenheim examines the supernatural symbolist artists of late nineteenthcentury France
James Gardner
James Gardner
Living with Antiques Ceramics dynamic
The only thing more remarkable than John Bullard’s studio pottery collection is how quickly he became a connoisseur
Chris Waddington, with photography by Chris Granger
Chris Waddington, with photography by Chris Granger
