An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 240 July 3, 2023Clinton HowellThe artist is occasionally revered and sometimes maligned in literature. And they are often maligned in the press as I remember how Picasso was vilified for his arrogance when I...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 239 June 26, 2023Clinton HowellHumanity's interest in itself, the history, its possessions, the successes and failures--teaching tools, really--are one reason why museums exist. Museums are developed and run and subsidized by all of us in...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 238 June 19, 2023Clinton HowellI was chatting about the English rooms at the Met with a friend recently and I was going on about how middle class England slowly developed through the 18th century...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 237 June 12, 2023Clinton HowellI have often wondered if it is possible to measure aesthetic pleasure. One way a lot of us try to do it, for example, is to go to a museum, like...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 236 June 5, 2023Clinton HowellAbout 45-50 years ago, I attended a fund raiser at a private home in New Canaan, Ct., for a school in Namibia. The school was started by a British husband...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 235 May 29, 2023Clinton HowellI believe it was William Randolph Hearst who was the first to bring entire rooms from Europe to fit into San Simeon, his estate in California, but even if it...