by Alan Feuer Boston Globe, Nov. 16, Intimacy of attention paid in close up by Sebastian Smee Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Nov. 16, «Visions of an American Dreamland:» New book and Brooklyn Museum exhibition highlight Coney Island by Peter Stamelman The New York Times, Nov. 15, Amusement for Everyone by Ken Johnson Boston Globe, Nov. 11, Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe Rocked the Boat by Mark Feeney Crave, Nov. 11, Exhibit Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls by Miss Rosen Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Nov. 10, Q&A: Linda Roth WSFB / Better Connecticut, Nov. 9, Get Some Art History at this Local Stop by Kara Sundlun Take Magazine, November 2015, This MATRIX is Real by Janet Reynolds American Fine Art Magazine, November 2015, Radical Chick and Taylor Made by Jay Cantor Art New England, November 2015, Preview: Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls by Susan Rand Brown The Hartford Courant, Oct. 16, Gender - Bending «Warhol & Mapplethorpe» Exhibit At Wadsworth by Susan Dunne The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 13, At the Wadsworth Atheneum, an
Old Building Gets New Life by Lee Rosenbaum Hartford Courant, Oct. 2, Artist Pokes Fun At «Great Chain Of Being» With New Wadsworth Exhibit by Susan Dunne The Economist, Oct. 1, Temple of Delight by Miles Unger Hartford Courant, Oct. 1, Renewed Atheneum a Cultural Tourism Spark Op - Ed by William Hosley Art in America, October 2015, Coney Island Forever by Jonathan Weinberg The Boston Globe, Sept. 19, European marvels await in Hartford at refurbished Atheneum by Sebastian Smee The Hartford Courant, Sept. 19, Wadsworth Atheneum Reopens To Line Of Visitors Saturday by Kristin Stoller The Hartford Courant, Sept. 19, Editorial: Wadsworth Atheneum Makeover is a Triumph Hyperallergic, Sept. 18, A Worthy Renovation for the Wadsworth Atheneum's European Art Galleries by Benjamin Sutton The New York Times, Sept. 17, Review: Wadsworth Atheneum, a Masterpiece of Renovation by Roberta Smith WNPR, Sept. 17, Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum Unveils Newly Renovated Galleries by Diane Orson The Art Newspaper, Sept. 16, Wadsworth relives Gilded Age glory days in grand reopening by Julia Halperin The Hartford Courant, Sept. 13, Wadsworth Atheneum Unveils Final Phase of Years - Long Renovation by Susan Dunne Fox CT, Sept. 11, The art of a reopening at the Wadsworth by Jim Altman Apollo Magazine, Sept. 5, J.P. Morgan: The Man Who Bought the World by Rachel Cohen The Art Newspaper, September 2015, Wadsworth relives Gilded Age glory days in grand reopening by Julia Halperin The New York Times, Aug. 31, The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Puts Final Touches on a Comeback by Ted Loos The Independent, Aug. 28, Warhol and Mapplethorpe capture each other by Charlotte Cripps The Hartford Courant, Aug. 18, Three «Aspects of Portraiture» at Wadsworth by Susan Dunne The Hartford Courant, July 16, Vibrant Paintings of Modernist Peter Blume at Wadsworth by Susan Dunne The Boston Globe, June 30, Hank Willis Thomas's slick image masks a closed door by Sebastian Smee The Boston Globe, June 25, Bradford enters MATRIX at Wadsworth Atheneum by Sebastian Smee Hartford Courant, June 25, Artist Creates Site - Specific «Pull Painting» at Atheneum by Susan Dunne Observer, June 16, A Peek Inside Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum as It Preps for a Grand Reopening by Alanna Martinez The Wall Street Journal, June 5, Madrid's Thyssen Offers the Dark Religiosity of Zurbarán by J.S. Marcus Art New England, May / June 2015, Reviving the Grande Dame by Susan Rand Brown Humanities, May / June 2015, The Coney Island Exhibition That Captures Its Highs and Lows by Tom Christopher The Magazine Antiques, May / June 2015, Visions of Coney Island by Robin Jaffee Frank The New York Times, April 19, An American Dreamland, From the Beginning by Sylviane
Gold Artes Magazine, April 16, At Hartford's Atheneum: «Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861 - 2008» by Richard Friswell Hartford Courant, April 9, Sideshow Mind Game at Atheneum by Susan Dunne Hyperallergic, March 4, Two Exhibitions Examine the Art of the American Side Show by Laura C. Mallonee Republican American, March 1, Coney Island R us by Tracey O'Shaughnessy Hyperallergic, Feb. 24, Mapplethorpe's Other Man by Larissa Archer WNPR, Feb. 24, Where We Live: The Lore and Lure of Coney Island by Betsy Kaplan and John Dankosky The Boston Globe, Feb. 24,
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Frame: Behind «Agbota,» an artist's irony and imagination by Sebastian Smee Real Simple, March 2015, A Life in Full Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 20, Step Right Up!
White Trim — Existing Walls — White Dove in Eggshell by Benjamin Moore Doors — Mopboard Black in Semi-gloss by Benjamin Moore Stair Runner — Existing (Some form of Berber) Beadboard Wallpaper Below Chair Rail — Can be found here
Frames — Framebridge (you can click here for a post about them)
Gold Ring Chest — Soft Surroundings several years ago (painted Wrought Iron by BM) Wreath — Balsam Hill Mirror — Soft Surroundings Tufted Wingback Bench — Birch Lane Artwork above Bench — I painted it over an old canvas and then framed it out with some inexpensive wood and painted that gold Faux Cowhide Rug — World Market Lumbar Pillow — HomeGoods Planter on Books Filled with Flowers — Wayfair Rattan Suitcase — Birch Lane Lamp — HomeGoods (similar one found here) Books — Vintage — similar ones can be found here, here and here Wood Beaded Garland — Soft Surroundings Gold Pheasant — Antique from family Boots — Frye Hooks — HomeGoods Hat — Joyfolie several year ago Scarf — Joyf
Gold Ring Chest — Soft Surroundings several years ago (painted Wrought Iron by BM) Wreath — Balsam Hill Mirror — Soft Surroundings Tufted Wingback Bench — Birch Lane Artwork above Bench — I painted it over an
old canvas and then
framed it out with some inexpensive wood and painted that
gold Faux Cowhide Rug — World Market Lumbar Pillow — HomeGoods Planter on Books Filled with Flowers — Wayfair Rattan Suitcase — Birch Lane Lamp — HomeGoods (similar one found here) Books — Vintage — similar ones can be found here, here and here Wood Beaded Garland — Soft Surroundings Gold Pheasant — Antique from family Boots — Frye Hooks — HomeGoods Hat — Joyfolie several year ago Scarf — Joyf
gold Faux Cowhide Rug — World Market Lumbar Pillow — HomeGoods Planter on Books Filled with Flowers — Wayfair Rattan Suitcase — Birch Lane Lamp — HomeGoods (similar one found here) Books — Vintage — similar ones can be found here, here and here Wood Beaded Garland — Soft Surroundings
Gold Pheasant — Antique from family Boots — Frye Hooks — HomeGoods Hat — Joyfolie several year ago Scarf — Joyf
Gold Pheasant — Antique from family Boots — Frye Hooks — HomeGoods Hat — Joyfolie several year ago Scarf — Joyfolie
Georgian style, detailed trim moldings proportionaly placed, beautifly proportioned rooms, dark wood floors,
old oriental rugs, classic tile work, furniture in the style of the l8th century cabinet makers, tailored upholstered seating and curtains, well fitted kitchens and pantries, beautiful china and silver, fresh flowers in lovely containers, hand stitched pillows and door stops, lamps from ginger jars or of brass, pictures in
gold frames of ancestors or landscapes, pictures of the flora and fauna found in your garden.