By Donald-Brian Johnson | All photos courtesy of Lisa Pektor In the little Minnesota town where I grew up, there’s a time capsule. It sits next to the Civil War cannon in the city park. On the concrete slab marking…
by Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. “Look at me,” the large, not-to-be-missed porcelain cried out. And I did. It was not unlike the way cats meow at me in an animal shelter or the way dogs bark insistently until my eyes…
by Laurence Carpenter How a personal obsession became a professional pursuit—and what I learned about the stories objects can tell. When I bought my first piece of Oasis memorabilia in the mid-1990s, I wasn’t thinking about provenance, investment, or the…
OGUNQUIT, ME — The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) announces the return of the Story Trees by the Sea event, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, December 13th and 14th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This second annual…
BOSTON, MA – Around 1919, a young art student visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the first time, and found himself in awe of its Courtyard and global collection. Now, more than a century later, we are honored to…
Gisela McDaniel, Prima, Nieta, Nåna: Pasifika Bailadora, 2021 Oil on panel, found object, sound, 45 x 32 x 6 in. © Gisela McDaniel. Image courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London. OGUNQUIT, ME — Don’t miss the final weeks of the exhibition…
By Amy from 2ndlife.furniture.restoration on YouTube Have you ever wondered how to restore antique furniture and bring it back to life? In this post, I’ll walk you step by step through my furniture restoration project: an old apothecary cabinet I…
Media, PA — The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Prize for Excellence and Innovation will be awarded to The Digital Porcelain Rooms Project, a collaboration between the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at…
by Jessica Kosinski $1,275 (Bids 63, Bidders 21) RARE Large Antique Hubley Cast Iron Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Parcel-Post Sidecar. Marked Harley Davidson on the tank of this large, circa-1930s Cast Iron Toy Motorcycle was made by Hubley. The motorcycle alone measures…
