Archive | April, 2014

The dining room is priceless!

The most talked about art colony in America today is at Old Lyme, Connecticut — Hartford Courant, 1907 Thus begins the Florence Griswold’s description of the Florence Griswold home on their website. It is a museum very worth your time.  Located on a beautiful street on a beautiful site, order up a beautiful weather day, […]

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Monuments Men much more then a movie

Some movies are stories that need to be told, and not just Oscar plays. Especially now, 70 years after the events portrayed, with many of the players long gone, we need to remember how important master works are, and the lengths that need to preserve them and continue their creation. The Movie: The Monuments Men […]

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De Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum

About: Established in 1950, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is the largest park of its kind in New England encompassing 30 acres, 20 miles northwest of Boston. In 2009, deCordova changed its name from deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park to deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum to emphasize its renewed focus on sculpture and to support […]

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A new – old – new Rembrandt is in town.

Well, in Omaha, Nebraska, that is! If you’re in the area, now or later, and you’re a fan of Rembrandt, here’s your chance to see a painting  that’s been in storage  at the Joslyn Art Museum.  The piece was thought to be “of the school of,” but is actually an authentic piece by Rembrandt. Do […]

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