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(Fragment)More Glass for Glass Museum
The Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc. (VGCI) and The Stretch Glass Society have unveiled two permanent exhibitions at the National Glass Museum in Wellington, Kansas, coinciding with the museum’s grand reopening in March 2026. The adjoining installations celebrate two visually striking and historically significant traditions of American glassmaking: the iridescence of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Board Treasurer Charged in Historic House Museum Theft
“I did embezzle funds to pay for my own expenses.”
That quote is from a criminal complaint charging Steven E. Jahnke, the former board treasurer of the Friends of Hearthstone, Inc., which operates the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Outagamie County Circuit Court, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Justin Westbrook, Justin Westbrook Antiques
Justin Westbrook is a mover and shaker.
Since childhood, when he would polish silver and sweep floors in his grandfather’s “dealers-only” auction house in Sardis, Georgia, he has loved the industry.
Admittedly, he had “a few stints” in college, crossing the Rubicon when he chose making a full-truck delivery to Atlanta over ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Davis to Retire from Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield president and C.E.O. John Davis will retire this fall after five years of leadership of the Deerfield, Massachusetts, institution. Davis has guided the organization through a period of growth, innovation, and renewed commitment to its mission of preserving and interpreting the art, architecture, and history of Deerfield, the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Turnabout
A nearly 70' long mural by Ben Shahn (1898-1969) is in grave danger, according to Living New Deal, an organization that documents and celebrates the accomplishments of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signature accomplishment.
The fresco mural, The Meaning of Social Security, was executed in 1940–42, and lines a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2026
Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani (1920-2012), untitled (“Mt. Fuji” and flames in homage to Hayami Gyoshū), after 2001. Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund, 2020.0221.
—Through June 28 —Lawrence, Kansas
Street Nihonga—The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani at the Spencer Museum of Art sheds light on Mirikitani’s creative practice, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Shaker Event
Bray & Co. Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is partnering with Shaker dealers John Keith Russell and Thomas Queen for the auction house’s inaugural auction of Shaker art and design on August 15.
According to Bray & Co., “More than an auction, the occasion is intended as a gathering point for Shaker ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Sentenced for Taking Weapons from Museum
Roger Edward Hawkes, 71, from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, who stole items from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in 2024 was sentenced on February 3 to nine months in prison. Hawkes pleaded guilty to one count of removing archaeological resources.
The government alleged in court documents that Hawkes entered the Lewis ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Sentenced for Taking Weapons from Museum
Roger Edward Hawkes, 71, from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, who stole items from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in 2024 was sentenced on February 3 to nine months in prison. Hawkes pleaded guilty to one count of removing archaeological resources.
The government alleged in court documents that Hawkes entered the Lewis ... (Read More)
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