Let Them Wear Silk: Decadence Before the Fall
The Metropolitan Museum's elaborate staging of 18th-century France reveals the libertine atmosphere that preceeded the revolution. query.nytimes.com |
Old Oriental Antique Rugs
Persian rugs, oriental carpets and other antique and semi-antique items. propeller.com |
Footnote
The 75-year-old Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair is being discontinued, Bloomberg News reported. nytimes.com |
Coaxing an Antique Press to ‘Kiss the Page’
As the master printer at South Street Seaport Museum, Robert Warner is keeping a disappearing art alive in a digital age. nytimes.com |
George Hubbard Pepper Retrospective in New Orleans
The forgotten work of George Hubbard Pepper gets a fresh look in New Orleans, and a Hollywood museum auctions off its holdings. nytimes.com |