Elena del Rivero’s Letter to the Mother highlights the shared human experiences and connections that can be made through the mail.
service has always been a vital means of communication and connectivity—two things we have
Maybe it is time to take inspiration from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, when art added purpose to an otherwise mundane act.
The Horseman is unambiguously secular and must have belonged to a person of some
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are both eminently practical and stunningly beautiful as generations of weavers have
What do you see when you look out your window? An artist reflects on Cézanne, Murillo, and shifting our perspectives in the face of uncertainty.
They might have been hard to ignore.
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Brancusi did not have a large workshop or use plaster or clay models; rather, he
A poignant tension between childhood and the longing to grow up is captured in a Judith Leyster painting.
evocatively, adding touches of brown above a head to create the sensation of wisps that have
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Though these look like they might have been painted quickly, conservators have discovered
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On the occasion of what would have been his 100th year, this symposium, recorded
A painting by World War I vet Horace Pippin inspires contemplation of sacrifice and family.
You have no idea how constantly we are trying to keep them out of things.”
Theresa Bernstein depicts the library as a public space—and captures subtle gendered differences.
They appear to have staked out the best spot in the reading room and settled in for
