Time Stands Still in the Harmonious World of Vermeer
It’s a must-see show at the National Gallery of Art; not since 1696 have so many of his paintings been brought together in one place
Harmonicas Are…hooty, Wheezy, Twangy and Tooty
They’re from the Old Country, but there’s nothing better for American music, from blues to honky-tonk and the fans are blown away
Sepulchral portraits reveal the way we were in ancient times
Two-thousand-year-old mummy paintings show neither gods nor heroes but the sophisticated men and women of the provinces of Roman Egypt
Sure the Piano-Violin Can Do Two Things At Once—But Can It Do Them Well?
Sure the piano-violin can do two things at once—but can it do them well?
Steam Locomotives Steal the Spotlight
Photographer O. Winston Link documented the final days of steam engines on the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last main line to use them
I Lost a Baby, and When I Got Him Back He Was a Toddler
The child was returned thanks in large part to a national clearinghouse that employs the latest technology to locate missing kids
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A Film Buff Cheers the Oldies, Calling for Silents, Please!
Garbo, Chaplin, Keaton yesteryear’s screen giants dazzle audiences anew at Pordenone, the world’s most pretigious silent-film festival
Winslow Homer, the Quintessential American Artist
He would chronicle it all the Civil War, the schoolyard games, the raging coast of Maine yet the man remained a mystery to the end
Making a Dent in the Trafficking of Stolen Art
From their modest Manhattan digs, Constance Lowenthal and her staff do their best to foil the criminals who swipe treasures for a living
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Daring Deeds, Bold Dreams, in a Land Removed From Time
In The World Beneath, the sequel to his best-selling Dinotopia, author-artist James Gurney unveils a ravishing, action-packed adventure
Review of ‘Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman’s Life Among the Aborigines’
Review of ‘Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman’s Life Among the Aborigines’
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Designing Your Own Set of Wheels
Sporting faux fur to gold to the front lawn, old clunkers are getting decked out as art cars the ultimate vehicles of self-expression
‘Merry of Soul’: The legacy of Robert Louis Stevenson
Writer Simon Winchester explores Stevenson’s life and proves why he is still loved today
The Really Big Art of Claes Oldenburg
By turning the ordinary flashlight, spoon or clothespin into a colossal monument, this artist chisels away at society’s solemnity
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