A forthcoming exhibition examines the significance of fashion in the art of John Singer Sargent.
Last Call—The Tallgrass Visions of Philip Juras
In the tallgrass prairie restorations of Illinois, Philip Juras finds and paints Arcadia
Current and coming: In Chicago, the ceramic art of Ruth Duckworth
The Smart Museum of Art honors the famed ceramist in the first major show of her work since 2005.
Facets and settings: Art, affinities, and the designs of David Webb
Excerpts from a new book on the esteemed New York jeweler and his inspirations.
Southern photography at Atlanta’s High Museum
The first major survey of southern photography in more than twenty-five years.
Eye of the Beholder
In early eighteenth-century Italy, Giacomo Ceruti’s sensitive portraits of the down-and-out turned artistic orthodoxy on its head.
Endnotes: Making Choices
Brooke Wyatt explains how the exhibition, Material Witness: Folk and Self-Taught Artists at Work, explores a common question in art.
Museum visit: Second Sight
The Intuit Museum embodies Chicago’s longstanding appreciation for self-taught and outsider art.
Making Faces
Federal American Vernacular Portraits, 1790s to 1840s.
Field notes: Blind Spots
An exploration into the conversations that folk art, and antiques in general, can inspire.