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The Jefferson Hotel opened in 1895, a creation of Lewis Ginter and the New York firm Carrère & Hastings. In 1901, a devastating fire consumed much of the building, and the iconic marble statue of Thomas Jefferson, sculpted by Edward Valentine, was heroically rescued—wrapped in mattresses and carried to safety by hotel staff.

A photograph that stops someone mid-scroll, that makes them wonder about the person in the frame, that sparks a question or a conversation—that photograph has done something powerful.

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,

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.

Standing in Jamestown with Raquel, watching artisans in period dress blow glass in a furnace that mirrors those of 1608, I felt a connection across centuries. The glowing silica, the crackle of the fire—it was as if we were glimpsing the past while holding Tiffany’s legacy in our hearts. This is the power of glass: it captures light, time, and stories, reflecting them back to us in hues of green, blue, or iridescent gold.

The Untold Story of Louis Comfort Tiffany's Global Artistic Empire and How America's Master of Light Became the World's First Global Design Ambassador

When we think of Louis Comfort Tiffany, our minds inevitably turn to those iconic stained glass lamps with their iridescent dragonfly wings and poppy blossoms, or perhaps the jewel-toned windows that grace countless churches and private residences. Yet this singular focus on his most commercially successful works has obscured a far more complex and ambitious artistic legacy—one that reveals Tiffany as a pioneering collaborator in America’s emerging vocabulary of interior arch

Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, isn't just a final resting place; it's a sprawling outdoor museum, a testament to lives lived, and a repository of history. This video offers an extraordinarily rare and personal glimpse into its depths, guided by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The building itself, designed by architect William B. Tubby in a Renaissance Revival style, features interiors by Tiffany & Company...