Decorative arts

“Converging Cultures: art & identity in Spanish America”: a much anticipated exhibition

Four years late, the major show of Spanish colonial art and culture reveals the viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru produced during Spanish dominion

Booksarchive

Facets of glassmaking

Two catalogues on the work of Powell and Sons of Whitefriars

Collectorsarchive

How dynamic Dutch art collector Joost Ritman finds guidance in Rosicrucianism

The Art Newspaper examine the art and philosophy of a man who has closed deals with Sotheby’s, Noortman and Artemis

Booksarchive

Updated Getty Museum illustrated catalogue

Charissa Bremer-David et al Decorative Arts: an illustrated summary catalogue of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Art marketarchive

Victory for Wartski as disputed jewel heads to Stuttgart

The 1992 Grosvenor House Antiques Fair had declared the jewel a made-up piece

Columns of glass at the V&A

New glass gallery to open early next year

Lawsuitsarchive

Christie's Sackler maiolica sale off—for now

Collector’s widow overturns court decision

The art of death surveyed at the V&A

An eclectic selection of memento mori

In memoriam: the V&A’s role in the study of historic houses

Care of Ham House and Osterley Park to be taken over by the National Trust