The Aria Never Ends in the Opera That’s Casa Verdi
Retired singers, musicians and conductors find a home in Milan, Italy, where a zest for music works like a fountain of youth
The Strange and Inscrutable Case of Ezra Pound
The expatriate American poet returned home in ignominy, and the postwar world watched as a literary giant was charged with treason
Rembrandt or not Rembrandt?
His style was widely imitated, even in his own time; now, a show at the Met guides us through the maze of attribution problems
Around the Mall & Beyond
Alan Fern, director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers his insights on the art of reading a portrait
Now Playing in Academe: the King of Rock’n’Roll
At the University of Mississippi, the first annual International Conference on Elvis Presley brought together fans and scholars
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
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/cc/5f/cc5f5e97-2123-4688-a7a7-1ba1610488df/gish_and_barthelmess_broken_blossoms.jpg)
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
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/25/60/2560a715-a8a8-46ce-ae41-0140f3642d98/dinotopian_scriptsvg.png)
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
Page 364 of 366