Keynotes on a classic nineteenth-century American clock.
Curious Objects: All About Amber, with Laura Kugel
Amber gameboards became very popular in northern Europe at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and the subject of this week’s episode represents the very best of type.
Fleeting Impressions
A current exhibition explores the art and milieu of the elusive American landscape painter Guy Wiggins.
Current and coming: Peter Rabbit and Co. in Atlanta
Beatrix Potter’s deep regard for the English countryside is on display at the High Museum of Art.
From Gunpowder to Greenery
How the grounds of the du Pont family’s first estate—now the home of the Hagley Museum and Library—were transformed from a munitions mill to a romantic Italianate garden.
Curious Objects: Why You Should Spend $10,000 on a Shaving Bowl
Now on our Curious Objects podcast: Why You Should Spend $10000 on a Shaving Bowl…
Current and coming: Modernist art of the American South
A different perspective of Southern art is on view at the Georgia Museum of Art.
Bélizaire Portrait Now On View At The Met
The rare artwork finds a home in the American Wing.
Couture for Portraiture
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