An exhibition in London examines the kimono, past and present
Figures in a landscape: sculpture in the British garden (From our Archives)
No English country-house garden would be complete without the well-placed statue terminating a vista
Disruption, Sixteenth-Century Style
How the art of El Greco bent every technical rule of Old Masters painting
Living with antiques: A California family gathers its history in a coast-to-coast collection of Americana (From our Archives)
You might say that this story begins with a canary-yellow jug.
Curious Objects: Thirty-five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff
This month, Ben speaks with Chassica Kirchhoff, assistant curator of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, about a suite of metal suits from the 1500s
New Collector: Watercolors (From our Archives)
Whether a landscape, still life, or figural composition, watercolors appeal to collectors because of their subtlety, translucence, and freshness and also because of their abundance.
Hail the Met at 150
A cultural institution of transcendent richness and breadth, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York enters its sesquicentennial year
More Museums Go Digital
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Changing Tastes
When Giacomo Casanova was entertained to “a choice and delicious dinner” by his mistress in Venice in 1753, he exclaimed that “the cook must be French, and she said I was right”
Openings and Closings: Even More Museums available Digitally
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