The Life and Times of a Maine Island
An excerpt from a history of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine’s last remaining year-round island communities
On the Job: Choreographer
Choreographer Lori Belilove pays homage to Isadora Duncan, the mother of contemporary dance
Beneath the Surface
A high-tech investigation helps explain Winslow Homer’s staying power
Hidden Depths
Winslow Homer took watercolors to new levels. A Chicago exhibition charts the elusive New Englander’s mastery
Turning a Page
Smithsonian regents tap engineer, educator G. Wayne Clough as the Institution’s next Secretary
Ivory Merchant
Composer Irving Berlin wrote scores of hits on his custom-built instrument
Curves Ahead
At the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Rococo experiences a revival
From the Castle
GNP or GNH?
Model Arrangement
In Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe found a friend as well as a photographer who captured the range of her vibrant personality
Letters
Readers Respond to the March Issue
On the Job: Broadway Producer
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller tells us what it takes to stage a hit musical
Larger than Life
Whether denouncing France’s art establishment or challenging Napoleon III, Gustave Courbet never held back
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