Her grandson remembers the philanthropist, historic preservationist, and materfamilias.
Facets and settings: Holiday Jewelry Book Selections
A dazzling collection of stories from international jewelry houses and a longtime dealer and scholar.
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.
Current and coming: Edvard Munch at the Clark
Lesser-known works receive the spotlight at the Clark Art Institute.
Narratives in the Needlework
Storytelling through quilts in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum.
Feast for the Eyes
The food paintings of the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Clara Peeters helped bring the still life into maturity as a genre.
Facets and settings: Library Gems
A roundup of some noteworthy recent books on jewelers and their jewelry.
Curator’s pick: A Winged Wineglass at Winterthur
Curator Leslie B. Grigsby describes the wineglass that stole her heart.
Food for Thought
A current exhibition at the Norton Simon Museum examines the many meanings of the edible in art.
Current and coming: A freed spirit at the Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces audiences to the life and work of Juan de Pareja, an artist who was an enslaved studio assistant of Diego Velasquez.