A collector guided by instinct and intellect, Gardner built an enduring model of curatorial authorship. Photo by Billie Weiss/Courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum There is a temptation, when studying the great collectors of history, to conclude that their achievements belong to a different world entirely—one of unimaginable resources, unregulated markets and open access to masterpieces … Read more
Evan Chow grew up surrounded by a family collection of Chinese works and antiques, giving him an early sense of what it means to live with art. Photo: Ray Leong @TR Concept and Visual Atelier In many ways, Evan Chow represents a new generation of Asian art collectors who are reimagining what art collecting looks … Read more
Rachel Martin (Tlingit), Chalk drawings of the Gochman family2022. Chalk, site-specific. Photo: Photography by Alon Koppel Sometime this fall, a new art gallery space dedicated to contemporary Native American art will open in Katonah, New York, a name yet to be determined. “We’re in brainstorming mode,” Laura Phipps, the recently appointed director of the yet-to-be-named … Read more
Cypress, Texas (KTRK) — There’s still time to join ABC13 and Disney in making the holidays magical for Houston area kids by supporting Disney’s ultimate driving game Now until December 24th. This annual drive raises toy donations for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program, an enduring partnership that began with Walt Disney himself … Read more
Earlier this week, I read Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto for the first time. Published in 1764, it’s widely considered the first gothic novel, the cornerstone of a genre that would include future works like those of the Brontë sisters, Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, and eventually all of modern horror. I love ghost stories … Read more