Tag: Chinese

  • Boston’s Top Art Museums: Museum of Fine Arts Boston & Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Boston’s Top Art Museums: Museum of Fine Arts Boston & Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Boston’s top art museums are the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. I believe any trip to this city should include both.

  • A Review of the Walters Art Museum

    A Review of the Walters Art Museum

    I recently spent a few hours at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. It’s one of the best art collections you can see for free in the United States.

  • A Universe of Art at TEFAF Online

    A Universe of Art at TEFAF Online

    This is my experience viewing TEFAF Online. This art fair has a little bit of everything, plus the unique twist of only showing one object per gallery.

  • A Review of the Newark Museum

    A Review of the Newark Museum

    The Newark Museum in Newark, NJ is possibly the most under-rated museum ever. It has a fabulous collection and is just a short train ride from Manhattan.

  • Gargoyles and Grotesques of the Forbidden City, Beijing

    I bet you didn’t see this one coming! We tend to associate gargoyles with the Gothic architecture of medieval Europe,  but the idea of carving functional drain-spouts into the shapes of real or imagined creatures is not unique to Europe, Christianity, or the Middle Ages. Beijing’s Forbidden City, a treasure-trove of animal statuary in all…

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