Nucleus for a national collection, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

<p dir="ltr">This book focuses on small decorative objects for holding flowers, mainly taken by women to the opera, theater, and balls during the nineteenth century and vario...

This document, "RULES REGULATIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTION," printed in Cape Town in 1830, formally establishes the rules and structure for a scientific and exploratory bod...

Sound is an integral part of contemporary art. Once understood to be a marginal practice, increasingly we encounter sound in art exhibitions through an array of sound making works ...

This is the first book to examine the key role played by New York gallerist and dealer Valentine Dudensing (1892-1967) in shaping the canon of modern art in the United States. ...

In 1806, the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford opened a gallery at Cleveland House, London, to display their internationally-renowned collection of Old Master paintings to the p...