Andrew and Kelsey McClellan have revived the delicate, nearly-lost art of gold-leaf sign painting. One of Chicago’s last gold-leaf sign painters, Robert Frese, shared gilders’ guarded secrets with ...
Sotheby's auctioneer Oliver Barker fielding bids for Agnes Martin's "Grey Stone II" (1961) during the auction (photo courtesy Sotheby's) Art world denizens who descended upon Sotheby’s New York ...
Gold is a color that stands alone. Just ask any chrysophilist—a fancy word for lovers of the stuff, which is to say, almost everyone. For millennia, this material has been used as a glittering symbol ...