Everything is Sculpture
by Thomas Connors
Isamu Noguchi saw art not as something separate from life, but embedded in the playgrounds, gardens, and spaces people move through every day.
Something Old, Something New, & Plenty of Blue
by Christine Hildebrand
The Magazine ANTIQUES attends Tanner Fletcher’s Vintage-Inspired Spring/Summer 2027 Bridal Runway Show.
Refugees in the Parlor
by Lisa Minardi
How one household in the Philadelphia countryside reveals the domestic upheaval, resilience, and material culture of war-torn Revolutionary America.
1826: Fashioning the American Myth
by Jonathan Prown
The Jubilee is justifiably remembered as a highly significant patriotic moment. But as the historian Len Travers notes in his history of the earliest Fourth of July celebrations, 1826 also needs to be understood as a time of increasing conflict.
Museums: Little Boxes - Historic Bethlehem provides a rare peek inside a vault of antique dollhouses. ⬬
Museums: Wood and Water - A new exhibition places Long Island at the center of a global web of furniture-making, trade, and cultural exchange. ⬬
Ideas: Material Culture - A conversation on quilts and craft between Emily Adams Bode Aujla, founder and designer of Bode, and Emelie Gevalt of the American Folk Art Museum.⬬
Flea Bite: Found Photography - An unexpected flea market discovery uncovers a hidden world of friendship, self-expression, and the enduring emotional power of vernacular photography. ⬬
Liberty in the Heart of America - How an unprecedented assemblage of more than two hundred rare, original American founding documents, objects, and artworks came together in an exhibition guest curated by Ken Burns.⬬
Ideas: What is the state of the outsider art market at the American Semiquincentennial? Where is it going? - Join Christie's Cara Zimmerman as she discusses the place of art that stands in a category of its own and how it fits into the art world today. ⬬
THE OBSCURE CONNOISSEUR PART VI - In which the author takes a field trip to the ashtray show at the International Museum of Dinnerware Design.⬬
Perspectives: The Great Beigeing of Decor - Changing tastes, minimalist interiors, and modern design culture transformed the antique rug market and fueled the practice of bleaching antique carpets. ⬬
Dressing the Revolution - A look back at how clothing shaped daily life and signaled allegiance in an America on the brink of upheaval. ⬬ 
Hidden Gems: History in a Hairball - The curator emeritus of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University explores the curious history of the bezoar, from magical lore to prized antidote in early medicine. ⬬
Objects: Here Comes the Sun - Obsolete yet beloved, the sundial traces a path from ancient necessity to decorative art, preserving centuries of ingenuity and romance.⬬
Perspectives: Care and Creation - What begins as a visit becomes a reckoning: inside a Queens psychiatric center, art reveals new possibilities for belonging, dignity, and creative transformation.⬬
LIVING WITH ANTIQUES
Habitat for Humanity
By Stacy C. Hollander with photography by Ellen McDermott and Bridget Sciales
