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George Washington's Coffee Cup, ca. 1784. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Gift for the Person Who Goes to Museums

The hardest category in gift-giving has a name: the person who already knows what they like. They've found the books worth reading and the museums worth travelling for. Another candle...

The Gift for the Person Who Goes to Museums

The hardest category in gift-giving has a name: the person who already knows what they like. They've found the books worth reading and the museums worth travelling for. Another candle...

Quilt, Eagle pattern, American, ca. 1837–50. Cotton. 103 × 97 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Quilt That Counted Michigan

In 1837, an anonymous needleworker in New England stitched an eagle with twenty-six stars. She was marking an occasion. In 2026, America turns 250. We are marking one too. Nobody...

The Quilt That Counted Michigan

In 1837, an anonymous needleworker in New England stitched an eagle with twenty-six stars. She was marking an occasion. In 2026, America turns 250. We are marking one too. Nobody...

Frederic Remington, The Broncho Buster, 1895. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Last Cast

On the last day of 1918, a foundry in New York recorded number 214 in its ledger and closed the book on Frederic Remington’s most famous bronze. A century later,...

The Last Cast

On the last day of 1918, a foundry in New York recorded number 214 in its ledger and closed the book on Frederic Remington’s most famous bronze. A century later,...

George Washington's Coffee Cup, Society of the Cincinnati, ca. 1784, Metropolitan Museum of Art

He Drank from This Cup

On July 4, 2026, America turns 250. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a small porcelain coffee cup sits quietly — knowing exactly what it witnessed. George Washington drank from...

He Drank from This Cup

On July 4, 2026, America turns 250. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a small porcelain coffee cup sits quietly — knowing exactly what it witnessed. George Washington drank from...

Scholar's desk with open art history books and a fine porcelain mug — morning light

Not Every Masterpiece Belongs on a Mug

On the five criteria that determine what earns a place in the Tazzarte collection — and why most famous artworks don't make it.

Not Every Masterpiece Belongs on a Mug

On the five criteria that determine what earns a place in the Tazzarte collection — and why most famous artworks don't make it.

Henri Matisse Ikarus Tasse von Tazzarte

Wenn Ikarus in die Küche fliegt

Der neue Matisse-Ikarus-Becher von Tazzarte trägt ein Motiv aus dem Legendenbuch Jazz (1947) — plus Matisses eigener Handschrift. Ein Essay über Kunst im Alltag.

Wenn Ikarus in die Küche fliegt

Der neue Matisse-Ikarus-Becher von Tazzarte trägt ein Motiv aus dem Legendenbuch Jazz (1947) — plus Matisses eigener Handschrift. Ein Essay über Kunst im Alltag.