On view at the National Gallery of Art, Fragonard’s tetes de fantaisie evince some of the earliest stirrings of modernism.
Polished Performances
Classic and contemporary silver in dialogue at the Museum of the City of New York
A New World Old Master
In the closing years of the seventeenth century, Cristóbal de Villalpando was, in all likelihood, the best-known painter in the New World—and most of us have never heard of him.
Handle with Care #3
A new installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
An Antidote to a Life of Quiet Desperation: Walden, a game
The most intriguing tribute to the two-hundredth anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth is surely Walden, a game produced by USC’s Game Innovation Lab. Walden, a game lets you (virtually) experience what Thoreau’s life was like during the two years, two months, and two days that he lived at Walden Pond.
Handle with care #2
A new installment of our web-only column about the worlds of ceramics and glass
A little off-center
The estimable outsider art collection of Audrey Heckler.
Handle with care
Introducing a new monthly column for aficionados of ceramics and glass.
Lulu and the Shadow Catcher
An adventurous photographer and a Midwestern librarian—trailblazers both.
Shattering Effect
A new exhibition celebrates the Crystal Palace and the New York World’s Fair of 1853.