For me, a foretaste of the evocative new architecture at the Portland Japanese Garden came two years ago during the rice harvest season in a hamlet on the west coast of Japan.
Re-examining Thomas Cole
A new exhibition explores the global career of one of America’s leading landscape painters.
Quietly magnificent Michelangelo at the Met
Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer is a far more ambitious production than its title would ever suggest.
Intelligent design
A look at the evolution of the decorative arts collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as it provides the loan exhibition for the 2018 edition of the Winter Antiques Show.
Take the 3 train (or the 2)
On 135th Street in Harlem, one of New York’s most remarkable public art collections can be seen and studied at the Schomburg Center.
Homer’s odyssey
An exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum examines Winslow Homer’s puzzling, productive mid-career sojourn in Britain.
A double anniversary at Reynolda House
Barbara Babcock Millhouse answers some question about her grandparent’s home, now the Reynolda House Museum of American Art.
Murder she wrought
The fascinating crime scene dioramas of Frances Glessner Lee.
Why the long face
The Jewish Museum explores Modigliani’s lonely sense of self
Treasures beyond gold
A new exhibition examines the luxury arts of the ancient Americas