Art historian Jenni Sorkin explores deeper themes of the decorative arts, such as race, sexuality and gender, in prestigious U.K. lecture In Britain, textiles, ceramics and other crafts are known as ...

CHM copy Purchased from the Cooper Hewitt Library Endowment. "The collection of the prominent American economist Dr. Horace Woody" Brock spans from the decorative arts (most notably French and English ...

Drawing haphazardly from the Victoria & Albert Museum’s immense collection of decorative arts and design, the institution’s ...

Decorative arts—or the design of high-quality objects that are both beautiful and useful—don’t have as many dedicated show spaces as their visual counterparts. An exceptional contemporary painting can ...

One of Harvard Square Station’s liveliest art installations was born in a graveyard. “I began with the gravestones,” said artist Joyce Kozloff on how she developed her public artwork “New England ...

We read the tea leaves in data from the Artnet Price Database to give you a sense of what's in store. "The Apollo Blue" and "The Artemis Pink" diamonds, mounted as earrings, at Sotheby's. Photo: ...

Art history and haute couture are united in a spell-binding showcase that forms a fashion trail through the Musée du Louvre’s Department of Decorative Arts. ByLee Sharrock, Former Contributor. Forbes ...

New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3, The Decorative Arts of the Twentieth Century (Winter, 1979-1980), pp. 2-52 (55 pages) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin is a quarterly publication, geared to a ...

New York – Bonhams' Modern Decorative Art + Design sale will present works of exceptional design on December 19 in New York. A highlight of the sale is a complete and rare collection of 31 René ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The Clark Art Institute has appointed longtime staff member Alexis Goodin as curator of decorative arts. “Alexis is an integral part of the Clark’s curatorial team, and she has brought ...

Modernists scorned decorative arts as fetishized frivolities. Led by Dale Chihuly and the studio glass movement, post-modernists were less reflexively scornful. During her career at SAM that began in ...