The House of Fragile Things
September 14, 2021
James McAuley— In late December 1962, the old woman, then 86, welcomed Philippe Jullian into her apartment in the avenue Gabriel, not far from the Champs-Élysées. Lady Alice Townshend, as… READ MORE
Tag: art collecting
Göring’s Man in Paris
July 13, 2021
Jonathan Petropoulos— At the start of my sabbatical in the summer of 2000, I was living in Munich, making it easier to contact Lohse. I had his telephone number and… READ MORE
Why Collecting is Viral
January 25, 2021
Natalya Semenova– Why do people even begin collecting? This has been bothering me for a long time. After all, I collect the stories of my protagonists in the same way… READ MORE
Anni and Josef Albers and the art they collected
February 2, 2017
Anni and Josef Albers were two of the most influential figures of 20th-century modernism. Anni was a textile artist, and Josef was a professor and artist in glass, metal, wood,… READ MORE
For Helena Rubinstein, Beauty was Power
February 24, 2015
Ivy Sanders Schneider — Makeup can act as a symbol both of liberation and oppression. Contentious and unavoidable, ads for lipstick line the subway, and giant mascaraed eyes blink from… READ MORE
Reminiscences of a Collector
July 24, 2014
Elizabeth Malchione – Like many Yale students this summer, the Pearlman Collection is traveling abroad. Earlier this month, the exhibition Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the… READ MORE
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