Japanese carved figurines, called netsuke, weren’t just cool works of art — they served a practical purpose as wardrobe accessories. A well-dressed Japanese man prior to the twentieth century could ...

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Edmund de Waal believes that objects, like families, are diasporic. They start in one place and end up in another, accumulating stories. A master ceramist who exhibits ...

Memoir has come to be regarded nowadays as a highly corrupted literary form, but we are reminded of how rich and meaningful a memoir can be in “The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance” by ...

At the Jewish Museum, a book becomes an art exhibition examining the lives of the renowned Ephrussi family. By Sophie Haigney This article is part of our latest Fine Arts & Exhibits special report, ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an antique show is worth a thousand stories. The annual Pilgrimage Antique Show at the Chamber was no exception. Jewelry, linens, silver, figurines and ...