Archive for February 2012
Enameled Glass Qianlong-Period Snuff Bottle
Chinese collectors continue to be avid for wares with a connection to their country’s dynastic rulers, among whom the Qianlong Emperor (reigned 1736–95) was one of the greatest in terms of art patronage.
Read MoreWearable Sculpture
From Picasso and Calder to Chamberlain and Koons, major artists have been making jewelry their medium.
Read MorePious Fraud
In a bombed-out church in wartime Germany, Lothar Malskat crossed the line that separates art restoration from forgery.
Read MoreDesert Bloom
The Palm Springs Fine Art fair makes its debut.
Read MoreDog Art: The Dog Has Been a Muse to Countless Artists and a Delight to Viewers
Man’s best friend has been a muse to artists since the days of the Pyramids, and this month a myriad of canine-related art events come to New York.
Read MoreStreet Artist
In the Swiss mountains, Hans Krüsi found flowers to sell from his Zürich pushcart—and the inspiration to create a major body of outsider art.
Read MoreDigging English History
They ran the gamut from eccentrics to tomb-robbers, but British antiquaries did more than just collect bits and pieces of the past.
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