Headshots by celebrity photographer George Hurrell are on display at the National Portrait Gallery.
Curious Objects: Advice Ep: How to Buy an Antique/Vintage Rug
Everything you need to know about how to buy an antique rug, including the surprising origins of the world’s best carpets.
Books That Illustrate Nature with Nature Itself
On exsiccatae, xylotheks, lepidochromes, and other rare books and collections that incorporate actual biological and botanical specimens.
Current and coming: The rise of impressionism in Dallas
The Dallas Museum of Art explores the art movement’s revolutionary history.
Endnotes: Will the Real Miss Liester Please Stand Up?
A mysterious Klimt portrait goes up for auction at im Kinsky.
Current and coming: Visions of Japan in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Museum displays one of its greatest treasures.
Current and coming: The Art of the Harlem Renaissance in a Global Context
The Met explores the artistic movement’s international impact through 160 objects.
Curious Objects: CO Bites: A Pitch-Perfect Vermont Songbook
In this Curious Objects Bites episode, Benjamin Miller examines an 1830s manuscript tune book from rural Vermont.
Old Wine, New Bottle
A collection of historical art and design finds a happy home in a modernist tower, thanks to the ministrations of interior designer Thomas Jayne.
Current and coming: On the waterfront with Matisse
The Saint Louis Art Museum examines the artist’s affinity for water.