Art

Lungs, 2020. Flame-worked borosilicate glass. All photographs © Equipment Paulson, shared with permission In a stunning conflict of anatomy and antiquity, artist Equipment Paulson (beforehand) kinds impossibly fragile objects totally from glass. By referencing historic artworks by lace patterns, or traversing the constructions of blood veins and bones discovered within the human physique, she externalizes […]

As a woman of the unmarried persuasion, I haven’t yet had the opportunity to make a gift registry (yet!) and therefore have not received a fancy and curated dinnerware set. Despite my rather, ahem, advanced age, I’ve been working with a relative mishmash of hand-me-downs acquired haphazardly throughout the years, everything from flatware to cooking […]

Kelly Clarkson may already be gearing up to drop a Christmas single, but we still have our eyes set on the spooky season. Perhaps you’ve already booked a porch pumpkin concierge to come and deck out your home(yes, it’s a thing!), but for those who want to take things one step further (one step spookier, if you […]

Even if you aren’t an avowed bookworm, bookshelves tend to take up major real estate in most of our homes. They’re often the focal point of a room, catching the eye whether you intend for that to be the case or not. This makes it vital that bookshelves are as aesthetically pleasing as they are […]

This entry is part of an ongoing series highlighting new collections. The Archives of American Art collects primary source materials—original letters, writings, preliminary sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records, and the like—that have significant research value for the study of art in the United States. The following essay was originally published in the Spring 2021 issue […]