Michelle Plastrik
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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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The Panorama That Brought Versailles to America
The Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases a rare surviving example of an immersive 19th-century panorama experience.
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Fabergé’s Imperial Winter Egg
Christie’s London will auction “The Winter Egg,” along with other significant Fabergé works in December.
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An Exciting Rediscovery in Art History
‘Michaelina Wautier, Painter’ at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum highlights a baroque artist whose work was misattributed for centuries.
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The Louvre’s French Heritage Heist: The Sparkly Stories Behind the Stolen Jewels
The recent theft of the French Crown Jewels is a great loss, not just to France but to all those who appreciate the historic artistry behind the pieces.
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Colorful Travelogues for the Medieval Reader
The Getty Center’s ‘Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages’ provides an in-depth look at the varied reasons and modes of medieval travel.
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Masterpieces of European Decorative Arts
The Frick Collection’s ‘To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum’ offers visitors the first chance to view these objects in North America.
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Tiffany’s Dazzling Dragonflies
The symbolic insect became a popular motif for European and American jewelers at the turn of the 20th century.
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Sardonyx Cameos of Emperor Augustus
These magnificent museum gemstone cameos depict Augustus as a heroic leader and imply his equality with the gods.
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‘St. Francis in the Desert’: A Beloved Bellini Painting
Giovanni Bellini’s painting poetically communicates St. Francis’s devotion and contemplation.
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Suffolk, Sutton Hoo, and World War II
One of the greatest archeological sites of medieval treasures was unearthed in 1939.
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The Panorama That Brought Versailles to America
The Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases a rare surviving example of an immersive 19th-century panorama experience.
|
Fabergé’s Imperial Winter Egg
Christie’s London will auction “The Winter Egg,” along with other significant Fabergé works in December.
|
An Exciting Rediscovery in Art History
‘Michaelina Wautier, Painter’ at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum highlights a baroque artist whose work was misattributed for centuries.
|
The Louvre’s French Heritage Heist: The Sparkly Stories Behind the Stolen Jewels
The recent theft of the French Crown Jewels is a great loss, not just to France but to all those who appreciate the historic artistry behind the pieces.
|
Colorful Travelogues for the Medieval Reader
The Getty Center’s ‘Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages’ provides an in-depth look at the varied reasons and modes of medieval travel.
|
Masterpieces of European Decorative Arts
The Frick Collection’s ‘To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum’ offers visitors the first chance to view these objects in North America.
|
Tiffany’s Dazzling Dragonflies
The symbolic insect became a popular motif for European and American jewelers at the turn of the 20th century.
|
Sardonyx Cameos of Emperor Augustus
These magnificent museum gemstone cameos depict Augustus as a heroic leader and imply his equality with the gods.
|
‘St. Francis in the Desert’: A Beloved Bellini Painting
Giovanni Bellini’s painting poetically communicates St. Francis’s devotion and contemplation.
|
Suffolk, Sutton Hoo, and World War II
One of the greatest archeological sites of medieval treasures was unearthed in 1939.
|