For Montes-Bradley, Brown’s art reflects her family legacy as Christian missionaries in Asia, infused with Zen-like meditative qualities. “She has inherited the missionary bug,” he says. “It’s just that she’s saving the world with different tools.”

This article is based on an analysis of the story shown on the documentary film "Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor," directed by the author and produced by Soledad Liendo with support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

A conversation with architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson recently illuminated the complex web of cultural influences that shaped Louis Comfort Tiffany's celebrated fascination with the Orient. Wilson, author of "Mysticism, Alchemy, and Architecture: Designing Laurelton Hall," offered insights that extend far beyond the individual artist to reveal a broader intellectual cosmology of 19th-century America.

A new documentary about George Frederick Bristow (1825-1898), America's first major symphonic composer, has secured major funding from The Robert and Joseph Cornell Memorial Foundation. The 30-minute film explores the Brooklyn-born composer's pioneering role in establishing American classical music, featuring his upcoming Carnegie Hall performance on January 30, 2026, and America's 250th anniversary celebration. Directed in part

I find myself trapped in 1898, not by choice but by some strange force, as if the year itself were a lucid dream from which I cannot—or perhaps do not wish to—wake. Every path of research leads back to this temporal crossroads, this pivot point where centuries collide in the most unlikely symphony of events.

A mysterious letter arrives from Berlin, sent by Albert Imhoff, a blind critic and old friend of the filmmaker's father. Discover his profound analysis of the documentary "Rita Dove: An American Poet," a journey through memory, the "American dream", and the poet's quest to find a "different way out".

On a February evening in 1913, New York’s bohemian elite gathered at Tiffany Studios for one of the most dazzling spectacles the city had ever seen. The New York Times reported breathlessly on the event, describing it as an “Egyptian fête” held in a “riot of color.”

Explore Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained-glass windows in their original settings with Tiffany in the Wild. At Woodlawn Cemetery in New York and other historic sites across the United States and Havana’s Colón Cemetery, Tiffany’s opalescent glass transforms mausoleums into living museums of light and memory. From Woodlawn’s Belmont, Woolworth, and Gould mausoleums to the Lewis Ginter Mausoleum in Richmond, these radiant works reveal the collaboration of architects, sculptors,

We can no longer remain silent in the face of Europe’s rising antisemitism. What once passed as neutrality or cultural critique now emerges as open hostility toward Israel and the Jewish people. To be silent is to be complicit; to speak is to stand against the distortion of history and the legitimization of terror. This declaration affirms my refusal to accept antisemitism in any guise, and my commitment to name it whenever and wherever it appears. -- Eduardo Montes-Bradley

Tiffany in the Wild: La Habana is both a search and a testament. A search for what remains, and a testament to what endures despite the passage of time and the weight of history. My hope is to share these rare survivals before they vanish from the living world, to let audiences see and hear Tiffany as I first did — in the wild.

In the annals of American art preservation, few stories are as compelling as Hugh McCain's personal connection to Louis Comfort Tiffany and his subsequent mission to save the master's work from destruction. Through a remarkable interview conducted by Les Anderson, we gain intimate access to McCain's memories—not just as a scholar and museum director, but as one of the last people to know Tiffany personally and witness the splendor of Laurelton Hall before its tragic demise.

Between 1898 and 1933—spanning thirty-five years until Tiffany's death—Arlington Street Church commissioned what would become the largest collection of single-themed Tiffany windows in the world. Sixteen magnificent panels, conceived and executed as a unified narrative, demonstrate what becomes possible when patronage extends beyond individual commissions to embrace a complete artistic vision.

Tiffany Studios flourished through the collective brilliance of its diverse workforce. The “Tiffany Girls” movement has rightfully spotlighted the contributions of women designers, but a complete picture of the studio’s legacy demands recognition of the talented men and women who worked side by side. This exploration celebrates the collaborative synergy of artists, craftsmen, and innovators who together forged Tiffany’s legendary success. These are the names and faces I want

Today, The Dream Garden remains in situ at its original home in Philadelphia's Curtis Center, its 100,000+ pieces of glass catching and transforming light just as Tiffany intended. Visitors come from all over the world, just as Bok hoped they would more than a century ago.