Artistic communities play a significant role in the vibrancy and health of cities, nations, and ultimately our world - where cultural...

View of the specimen garden of Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala University, Photo by J. Franks 2023 Since ancient times, Gardens have been...

Photo from a series on an artist's garden. 'Irises After the Rain', J. Franks, for Saint George's Society, Presented in an album of...

18th-century curiosity cabinet of Joseph Bonnier de La Mosson (1702 -1744), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. For the 2021...

Wall Clock , Jean-Jacques Fieffé from the exhibition: 'Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts', J. Paul Getty Museum,...

“There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” - Shakespeare, Hamlet Momento Mori, Photo by J. Franks, 2020. 'Collectors at...

British porcelain cup and saucer with yellow ground and puce decoration, circa 1790, acquired by the late American, Southern poet,...

Italian white porcelain tray, Dutch glass on Indian brass stand, rare 18th-century French silver-gilt spoon, French stoneware jug, and...

Lecture for International Women’s Day Decorative Arts: Definition and Evolution For International Women's Day, I presented an hour...

'Anemone Canadensis in a Silver Jug', Series: Redford Gardens / Jardins de Metis, T.M. Glass 'T.M. Glass: The Audible Language of ...

We could watch this all day. “Restauration de la verseuse offerte par l'ambassade de Siam à Louis XIV”, (Source: youtube.com)...

Still life with shells, porcelain, and glass vessels. Photo by J. Franks, 2016. This photos arrives from years of collecting and...

Laurent Craste The work of Laurent Craste is a reminder of the human tendency towards the avant-garde: the desire to a break free from...

Design for a Cassone, Italian, 16th Century, Anonymous, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Decorative Art, Definition Sadly most...

Today is the birth date of Lady Agnew, painted here in John Singer Sargent’s 'Lady Agnew of Lochnaw' (1865 - 1932), 1892. Picture Frames...

image below: the classic connoisseur of 18th-century collecting in America, Jayne Wrightsman. the collector's Palm Beach home, depicted...

Thoughts on the Exhibition now at The Frick Collection: Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis...