Decorative Arts

Under the Night Sky explores the numerous ways in which the frontier of the night sky influences the human psyche and continues to hold artists in its grip. Spanning the spaces of Friedman Benda and…
A number of auction houses had high profile design auctions last week, giving collectors a chance to snag some amazing pieces by gifted designers.
Who ever heard of a satirical magazine making any difference? Find out why a small gold No. 45 on a fancy teapot was the very height of radical 18th century politics in this episode of Tom Objects!…
Multiple bidders pushed the final price for After Evgeny Alexandrovich Lanceray Cossack Herding Horses, circa 1920 to $81,250 – five times its pre-auction estimate – to claim top-lot honors in…

The wide-ranging offerings of Andrew Jones Auctions Inaugural Design for the Home and Garden auction features a selection of nearly 500 lots of decorative and fine art, furniture, silver, modern…

The Connoisseur’s Eye highlights the extensive collection of ceramics at Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, house museum for European decorative arts. Recent research has uncovered…

LOS ANGELES – Courtiers feasting at elaborately set tables, knights in gleaming armor, a richly clad monarch presiding over elegant festivities—these are the images often…

Currently at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), Empresses of China’s Forbidden City is the first ever international exhibition to explore female power and influence during China’s last…