Letter from the Director: Summer 2016
July 14, 2016
Director Ian Wardropper discusses the evolution of the collection, including recent acquisitions.
Arlene Shechet
Past Exhibition
Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection
May 24, 2016 to April 2, 2017
A collaboration with New York−based sculptor Arlene Shechet, this exhibition explored the complex history of making, collecting, and displaying porcelain. About one hundred eighteenth-century pieces produced by the Royal Meissen Manufactory, many from the promised gift of Henry H. Arnhold, were juxtaposed with sixteen of Shechet’s own works.
Meredith Martin: "Porcelain Rooms from Amalia von Solms to Arlene Shechet"
Popular among European elites during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries but also present in Asia and Africa, the “porcelain room” was a unique architectural phenomenon associated with expanding global trade, intercultural curiosity, and consumerism. Martin’s talk explores its history and its echoes in Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection.
Next Portico Gallery Show to take a Fresh Look at Meissen Porcelain
May 24, 2016, through April 2, 2017
