Relationships and Going Places
The Frick's Scottish National Gallery Exhibit & Intimations of a Vleughels-Watteau Competition Over a Woman
Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery include works by Constable, El Greco, Gainsborough, Raeburn, Ramsay, Reynolds, Velázquez, and Watteau, will travel in extended form to the de Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. more »
Our Saddest NPR Moment: The Retirement of the Magliozzi Brothers of Car Talk Fame
Update: With Tom's death, we thought it appropriate to rerun our tribute to the Magliozzi brothers. How can we forget that laugh? After all, reruns may be ahead for all of us, in one way or another. Right? Right. more »
Beyond an Audubon Era - The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art
The presentation of The Singing and the Silence coincides with two environmental anniversaries — the extinction of the passenger pigeon in 1914 and the establishment of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Inspired by the confluence of these events, the exhibition investigates how artists working today use avian imagery as a way to understand contemporary culture and the widespread desire to meaningfully connect with the natural world. more »
Elaine Soloway's Widow Series: Odd Number & Like Mother, Like Daughter or Not
There were five of us seated around the table — circular, so much better than rectangle where an empty chair would have been haunting. Four dear friends, who didn't want me alone on my aborted 15-year wedding anniversary, treated me to dinner at a favorite neighborhood restaurant. It was the same spot Tommy and I, and this very same group, celebrated at each year. more »
