Upcoming programs

The Decorative Arts Society (DAS) is pleased to offer this special event for our contributors:

A Tour of Rothschild Masterpieces
at Christie’s New York
Sunday, October 8, 2023,
at 12:00 noon

Join us for an exploration of Rothschild Masterpieces, the installation of treasures to be auctioned on October 11–13, 2023, from Rothschild collections, consisting of extraordinary works of fine and decorative arts drawn from their homes across Europe. The collections include an array of important majolica produced in Renaissance Italy, hardstone boxes, silver and silver-gilt sculptures, European furniture and tapestries, Limoges enamels, Old Master paintings, and 17th-century jewelry.

This is a rare opportunity to view and learn more about the masterpieces collected beginning in the late-18th century by the French branch of this remarkable family. 

Christie’s will have specialists on hand who have been informed that Decorative Arts Society contributors will be touring the installation as a group and Christie’s has asked the specialists to make themselves available to our group to answer our questions and provide added insight into the history of the collection, as well as individual items of particular interest on display.

Date: Sunday, October 8, 2023
Time: Please arrive by 11:45 a.m.
Tour will begin promptly at 12:00 noon.
Location: Christie’s New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 
Please meet at the front reception desk inside the Christie’s entrance
on West 49th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.  
Cost: Christie’s has graciously made this event possible without charge to
Decorative Arts Society contributors.
Transport: Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from Christie’s New York. 

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE RESERVATION FORM.
If you are unable to download this form on your mobile device,
please try again from a computer.

Complete your signed registration form by
Wednesday, October 3, 2023, and mail to:
Decorative Arts Society, Inc. 
c/o Stewart G. Rosenblum
333 East 69th Street, #8E 
New York, NY 10021

Limited to 15 DAS contributors on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact Moira Gallagher Ferguson, DAS Board Secretary,
if you have any questions: moira.gallagher@gmail.com

The Decorative Arts Society, its officers and its directors, individually and/or otherwise, and cooperating organizations and individuals have no liability or responsibility whatsoever for this event, nor for any acts or omissions of others in connection therewith, and shall in no event be under any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the injury or death of any person or any loss, expense, delay, injury, or other damage to any person or property occurring on, during, or in relation to the event, or any change in the schedule or cancellation of the event. Reservation of a place for the event will constitute acceptance of these terms.
If you are interested in becoming a DAS contributor, please visit our website: http://www.decartssociety.org/support/
or contact info@decartssociety.org for more information. 
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A Curator-Led Tour of the Installation:
How to Read European Decorative Arts

Friday, October 13, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. 
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY

Join us for a private tour of the installation How to Read European Decorative Arts with Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, Henry R. Kravis Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This installation accompanies Kisluk-Grosheide's 2023 volume How to Read European Decorative Arts, part of the Met's How to Read series. The book and installation provide a peek into daily lives across Europe — from England, Spain and France to Germany, Denmark and Russia. Stemming from the 40 objects featured in the publication, which include furniture, tableware, utilitarian items, articles of personal adornment, devotional objects and display pieces, the installation covers many aspects of European society and lifestyles, from the modest to the fabulously wealthy. Kisluk-Grosheide will discuss masterpieces by renowned masters, as well as less familiar examples by talented amateurs, some of them previously unpublished, not only in light of their art-historical importance but also with regard to the social issues relevant to each, such as the impact of colonial slavery or the changing status of women artists.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE RESERVATION FORM.
If you are unable to download this form on your mobile device, please try again from a computer.

Please complete and mail your signed registration form along with payment (via check) by Friday, October 6, 2023, to:
Decorative Arts Society, Inc. 
c/o Stewart G. Rosenblum
333 East 69th Street, #8E 
New York, NY 10021

Limited to 20 DAS contributors on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact Moira Gallagher Ferguson, DAS board secretary, if you have any questions, at moira.gallagher@gmail.com.

The Decorative Arts Society, Inc., its officers and its directors, individually and/or otherwise, and cooperating organizations and individuals have no liability or responsibility whatsoever for this event, nor for any acts or omissions of others in connection therewith, and shall in no event be under any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the injury or death of any person or any loss, expense, delay, injury, or other damage to any person or property occurring on, during, or in relation to the event, or any change in the schedule or cancellation of the event. Reservation of a place for the event will constitute acceptance of these terms.

Date: Friday, October 13, 2023
Time: Please arrive by 2:45 p.m.
The tour will begin promptly at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
        1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 

Meet in the Great Hall, accessible through the museum's main entrance at 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue. 
  
Cost: adults, $28 each; seniors (65+), $20 each
This is a fixed cost — there is no discount for those that are members of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 
Transport: Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Past programs

A Private Tour of the Special Exhibition
Gold in America: Artistry, Memory, Power

Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Yale University Art Gallery

Led by John Stuart Gordon, Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Curator of American Decorative Arts
For millennia, gold’s glow, resistance to corrosion and rarity have made it a preferred material for objects meant to convey prestige, authority or devotion. Drawing on the Yale University Art Gallery’s holdings of American gold and augmented by paintings, photographs and other works of art, Gold in America: Artistry, Memory, Power was the gallery’s first exhibition since 1963 to survey the role of gold in American art and culture.

The exhibition featured more than 70 examples of gold and related material, with objects spanning more than 400 years, such as early colonial betrothal and mourning rings; a Gilded Age coffee service by Tiffany and Company; rare coins made from ore mined during the Gold Rush; a pair of shoe buckles from the late-18th century reflecting the wealth derived from the slave trade in the Caribbean; and works by contemporary artists who explore the medium’s historical associations, as well as the environmental and human costs of its extraction from the earth.