Between 1914 and 1919, Henry Clay Frick acquired twenty works by James McNeill Whistler: five paintings, three pastels, and twelve prints, a remarkable ensemble that represents the breadth of Whistler’s artistic activity and testifies to Frick’s taste as a collector.

Object Lab 1.1 was held at the Chipstone Foundation (www.chipstone.org) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in June of 2009. Nine talented undergraduates were in attendance from a variety of schools and many different disciplines--art history, history, studio art, industrial design, geography, and architecture . The overall goal of this intensive material culture program was to explore innovative ways to think about and look at old things.

ArtBabble Monthly Theme: From street style to the high fashion runway to the museum gallery, we've got you covered. Literally. But don't say we didn't warn you- watching this series may give you the sudden urge to express your fierce side.

Take a tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum's American Furniture galleries, which invert the nature of the museum by asking the visitor to look closely and provide information.

Watch artists Beth Lipman, BA Harrington and Sarah Lindley talk about their artworks in the Remains exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as explain how their contemporary art is informed by historical decorative objects.