Memoir has come to be regarded nowadays as a highly corrupted literary form, but we are reminded of how rich and meaningful a memoir can be in “The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance” by ...

Ivory figure group, possibly a netsuke, in the form of a naked woman and baby boy having just taken a bath, Japanese, 18th or 19th century ...

Antiquities from Egypt, Iraq and China. Religious objects from Medieval Europe, Jerusalem and India. Paintings by Rembrandt, Manet and van Gogh. Netsuke figurines from Japan and pre-Columbian ...

The author, a celebrated British ceramicist, has written a winning hybrid: a rueful family memoir, a shimmering meditation on loss and the reverberating significance of cherished objects, and a ...

All the bunnies at Salem’s Harbor Sweets have a story behind them, but it’s the netsuke bunny, also called the Moon Bunny, that has the most cultural cache All the Easter bunnies at Salem’s Harbor ...

At the Jewish Museum, a book becomes an art exhibition examining the lives of the renowned Ephrussi family. By Sophie Haigney This article is part of our latest Fine Arts & Exhibits special report, ...