The Glass Gaze - Learn about the history of the prosthetic eye!
Host Ben Miller is joined by Dan Roche, author of Eyes by Hand: Prosthetics of Art and Healing to discuss a curious object that quite litera...
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Through interviews with leading figures in the world of fine and decorative arts, Curious Objects—a podcast from The Magazine Antiques—explores the hidden histories, the little-known facts,...
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The Road to Destruction - How one man stole the divine
Join podcast host Ben Miller in a highly engaging episode with investigative journalist Matthew Campbell discussing an Indiana Jones-esque h...
Oops I Did It Again - Editing Errors in a Pre-Digital Print World
We are joined by writer and Art History instructor, Rachel Churner to talk about the intriguing realm of reprints in a pre-online world. Hos...
Curious Objects at Brunk Auctions
Join host Benjamin Miller in conversation with Andrew Brunk, Bert Parsons and George Manger at a special discussion about ceramics at Brunk...
Camera Ready
In this Curious Objects episode, host Benjamin Miller is joined by New York Times photo editor and writer, Anika Burgess to discuss a very s...
An Earthly Paradise
In this episode of Curious Objects, host Benjamin Miller is joined by Art Historian and author extraordinaire, Verity Babbs to talk about th...
Have Hope Will Sparkle
This is an episode worthy of going into the "rock" star hall of fame - get ready for an exciting hour about the Hope Diamond! Host Ben Mille...
Something Blue - Delftware ceramics and the women who made them
Join Curious Objects host, Benjamin Miller in a conversation with Genevieve Wheeler Brown, the author of Beyond Blue and White to talk about...
Painting with Glass in Limoges
In this episode, Host Benjamin Miller is joined by Laura Kugel of the Galerie Kugel in Paris to discuss the fascinating art of enameling fro...
135,500 Pieces (Of Wood)
In this episode, the fine line between obsession and madness, illustrated in a piece of furniture. Toledo Museum of Art curator Erin Corrale...
Fighting for Freedom
This episode brings two Curious Objects veterans and one first-timer back to the show to discuss the groundbreaking exhibition they've curat...
"Junking" with Ralph Lauren Creative Director Mary Randolph Carter
You may know Mary Randolph Carter (who goes by the name Carter) as the longtime director of Ralph Lauren. But she is also a savvy collector,...
Lost and Found in Cleveland
In this episode Ben Miller welcomes Keith Gerchak and Marisa Guterman, makers of the upcoming film Lost and Found in Cleveland . Featuring b...
THROWBACK: Thirty-Five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff
It's kinetic sculpture, it's haute couture, it’s . . . armor! This month, Ben speaks with Chassica Kirchhoff, an assistant curator at the De...
Introducing the Fine Objects Society
In this episode, Ben Miller introduces the Fine Objects Society, a new “association of forward-thinking professionals and enthusiasts who sh...
THROWBACK: The Argument for Silver Tableware
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And in the antiques world the sincerest form of imitation is reproduction: the hu...
From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser
In this episode, Ben Miller speaks with knit maven Heavenly Bresser, founder of the store Heavenly Knitchet and devotee of ye olde spinning...
Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 2
In this episode with Claremont Rug Company, president and founder Jan Winitz and Ben Miller explore myths about rugs, and the symbolic meani...
Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 1
In part one of a two-part episode with Claremont Rug Company, president and founder Jan Winitz gives Ben the goods on the first Oriental rug...
The curious histories behind board games, at the American Folk Art Museum
In this week’s episode, Ben Miller speaks with Emelie Gevalt, curatorial chair for collections and curator of folk art at the American Folk...