Michelle Plastrik
Author
Michelle Plastrik is an art adviser living in New York City. She writes on a range of topics, including art history, the art market, museums, art fairs, and special exhibitions.
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Cartier’s Crowning Glories
The storied jewelry designers’ sparkling creations will soon be on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
The Triumphant Trompe L’oeil ‘The Goldfinch’
The small painting became a worldwide sensation after a Pulitzer Prize winning book used its title.
Cimabue Renewed at the Louvre
Three panels of Cimabue’s diptych are reunited and displayed for the first time.
‘Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature’ at The Met
Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings encapsulate the sublime with themes of solitude, mystery, and spirituality.
Weaving the Allegory of ‘The Lady and the Unicorn’
Art historians believe that the six unicorn tapestries are individual representations of the senses.
Piero della Francesca: Poetic Paintings of Madonna and Child
Piero della Francesca’s sublime altarpieces feature the Madonna and Child in a genre known as ’sacred conversations.’
The Wind Beneath Her Wings: ‘Winged Victory of Samothrace’
The story behind the Louvre’s monumental ‘Winged Victory’ sculpture.
Belle da Costa Greene: The Morgan Library’s Medieval Manuscripts
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates its inaugural director and her selection of superlative medieval manuscripts.
Gone Goya: The Shocking Theft of ‘The Duke of Wellington’
One of the greatest British heroes had his portrait painted by one of Spain’s greatest painters. It disappeared in 1961.
Mary Vaux Walcott: The ‘Audubon of Botany’
Mary Vaux Walcott’s extensive research and consequent illustrations brought North America’s floral diversity to the general public’s attention.
