Blue glass circling the orb, a delicate green-leafed flower suspended inside, it seemed one of a kind. But the paperweight, instead, is a near duplicate of artwork already on display. That’s one ...

Those who remember Arthur Rubloff likely recall him as one of Chicago’s most influential developers and real estate moguls. Fewer, though, know him as the owner of one of the world’s greatest glass ...

When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...

Glass paperweights are often found among the kitschy collections in flea markets and thrift stores, but they’re also having a moment in the contemporary art world. “They’ve actually become quite the ...

Somewhere under the clutter of papers on my desk in the newsroom is a glass paperweight about to be laid to waste by the “Frankenstein of Cary.” “There's a night-and-day difference between ...

"Published in conjunction with the opening of Small Worlds (April 7-October 7, 2018), an exhibition presenting a survey of glass paperweights in the collection of the Flint Institute of Arts from the ...

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