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On the evening of April 27, the Bermuda National Gallery hosted a talk on the Royal Collection given by Wolf Burchard, a former curator of the Royal Collection who is an associate curator at New York’...

The vast art collection inherited by the King upon his accession is to be discussed at an upcoming lecture at the Bermuda National Gallery. The lecture will be led by Wolf Burchard, a former curatoria...

The vast art collection inherited by the King upon his accession is to be discussed at an upcoming lecture at the Bermuda National Gallery. The lecture will be led by Wolf Burchard, a former curatoria...

Staircases grand and modest are finished with a finial, a largely decorative element also known as a Newel post cap, the same as George Bailey repeatedly grabs a hold of in "It's a Wonderful Life."

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Following the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Wallace Collection in London (through Oct. 16, 2022), the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., will present the international traveling exhibition “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” from Dec. 10, 2022, through March 27, 2023. The exhibition explores the early inspirations behind Disney Studios’ creations, examining Walt Disney’s fascination with European art...

BEWARE THE DECORATIVE EXCESS that leads to violent revolution. At once aesthetic and political, this cautionary tale provides the standard explanation for the relationship between the exuberant usable arts of the Rococo and the stern history paintings of classicism, as well as between monarchy and modern democracy. It is now on persuasive display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, in two exhibitions: “Inspiring Walt Disney: the Animation of French Decorative Arts,” and “Jacques L...

In what would seem an unlikely pairing, the sophisticated aesthetics of French decorative arts and the animation of Walt Disney instead unite to create a delightful, if not surprising, marriage. New Canaan Library welcomes Wolf Burchard, associate curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to speak […]

Maybe art snobs will have second thoughts before looking down their noses at the artistry of Walt Disney.