A traveling exhibition highlights the heyday of the American railroad through art.
Facets and settings: Tempting Providence
The RISD Museum fleshes out its jewelry collection with smart acquisitions and commissions that hearken back to Rhode Island’s metalworking past.
Current and coming: American paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
A transformative donation is on view at the de Young.
East Meets West In Houston
Raqib Shaw’s dreamlike paintings have arrived at MFAH.
Patterned on the Past
At the Allan Breed School of Woodworking, a master craftsman instructs the next generation in the styles and standards of historic American furniture.
Object lesson: Social Engineering
The refined forms and high-minded purpose of A. W. N. Pugin’s gothic revivalism.
Current and coming: Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French in conversation
The traveling exhibition highlights the artists’ contributions to memorial sculpture.
Curious Objects Whale Teeth and the Pirate Princess
Under discussion in this episode are a pair of sperm whale teeth bearing depictions of what look like female pirates.
Pictures from a Lost Generation
An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery honors the American women abroad who remade themselves while making modernism.
Current and coming: Maynard Dixon’s Nevada
The Nevada Museum of Art highlights the artist’s journey to the sagebrush state.