Monday 12 July 2021
Here is a richly illustrated and engaging look at Beatnik, hippy and nonconformist jewellery makers of America in the 1960s and 1970s. Each chapter introduces strategic makers who participated...
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Tuesday 22 June 2021
Featuring over 60 objects, the exhibition is the first to examine the enterprising New York City design team who pioneered a new take on Modern Gothic furniture and defined a significant...
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Monday 07 June 2021
This magnificent, large volume celebrates an innovative French ceramic artist, famous for his glazed stoneware vessels, as well as for his more sculptural production. The publication records the...
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Thursday 27 May 2021
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo and the Century Guild feature in most books on the Arts & Crafts Movement, but until now there has been no in-depth history of the whole group. Its fame has rested...
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Monday 10 May 2021
The DAS is delighted to announce two Collections Access Grants. Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery received a grant of £5000 as a contribution towards a new, alarmed display case for the major...
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Sunday 25 April 2021
Art Nouveau, or New Art, the extravagant architectural and design style adopted around 1900 by the European nouveaux riches, was always controversial. Although intended to define the modern age,...
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Saturday 03 April 2021
Social and cultural historian Zoë Thomas’s book is based on her doctoral thesis, whose title – ‘The Women’s Guild of Arts: Gender, Space, and Professional Identity in London, 1870–1930’ – better...
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Wednesday 17 March 2021
This well-organised and meticulous account of AVEM (Arte Vetraria Muranese) is a great addition to Marc Heiremans’ earlier books on the factories of Fratelli Toso (2018), Vetraria Aureliano Toso...
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Tuesday 02 March 2021
This meticulous study draws together many strands investigated by scholars over recent decades, while adding much significant and original research. Davis takes a positive stance in explaining...
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Wednesday 03 February 2021
Politics and religion used to be considered topics best avoided in polite conversation, but Timothy Brittain-Catlin raises both in his study of town and country houses built for prominent members...
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