![An oval painting on parchment, framed by silver, of the artist Sofonisba Anguissola holding a large shield.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2022-07/SC81958_4x3_Crop_V2.jpg?itok=_Msp9HBj)
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![An oval painting on parchment, framed by silver, of the artist Sofonisba Anguissola holding a large shield.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2022-07/SC81958_4x3_Crop_V2.jpg?itok=_Msp9HBj)
Dive into the hidden and unearthed stories featured in the exhibition “Strong Women in Renaissance Italy.” Together with curators, professors from…
![A portrait of Madame Ramón Subercaseaux wearing a white gown and red flower in her hair while seated at a piano.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-07/SC457620_4x3.jpg?itok=R5xTuk8w)
Celebrate the exhibition “Fashioned by Sargent” by exploring the many multifaceted ways John Singer Sargent and the subjects of his portraits created…
![Image of Fashioned by Sargent book cover](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-08/FashionedbySargent_Cover_4x3_1.jpg?itok=NGGvZ6Tc)
Fashioned by Sargent
“The coat is the picture,” John Singer Sargent explained to his fellow artist Graham Robertson in the summer of 1894, tugging a heavy garment ever…
![Book cover, Dutch Art in a Global Age](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-08/Dutch%20Art%20in%20a%20Global%20Age_cover_web.jpg?itok=h41K_vyA)
Dutch Art in a Global Age
The seventeenth century has long been considered a “golden age” for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutch Republic’s growth as an economic world power…
![Book cover, Strong Women in Renaissance Italy](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-08/StrongWomeninRenaissanceItaly_cover_web_4x3.jpg?itok=Y5AFb_AR)
Strong Women in Renaissance Italy
The story of the Renaissance in Italy is often told through the work of great male artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo. But…
![Artist Toshiko Takaezu sits among her works of pottery and looks out the window.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-06/SC459050_16x9.jpg?itok=zaTT1qXH)
Born in Hawaii to parents of Okinawan ancestry, Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011) was a technically masterful and innovative artist best known for her…
![photo of book cover, Tiny Treasures](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-08/TinyTreasures_Cover_4x3.jpg?itok=3IDhVqPw)
Tiny Treasures
The Magic of Miniatures
Intricate and appealing, curious and uncanny, miniature works of art exert surprising power. Over thousands of years and across cultures, artists and…
![Black contour line drawings of abstract shapes resembling fruit, branches, and leaves against a white background.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-06/SC315332_SC315331_SC315351_16x9.jpg?itok=UHuukYle)
“Since birth we get accustomed to seeing and thinking at the same time. But I think that if you can turn off the mind and look at things only with…
![Four screen prints of traditional Indigenous outfits—one blue, one yellow, one green, and one red—all with metallic foil and cross decorations.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-10/SCs426440-3_16x9%20%281%29.jpg?itok=tG8d1DNk)
Resilience often manifests in work by Indigenous North American artists, for example in its content or simply by increasing visibility to combat…
![A black-and-white photograph of a man in a white lab coat with a blurred face standing beside an easel on a rooftop.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_562_wide/s3/2023-10/SC334794_16x9.jpg?itok=yyZZliEA)
A photographer’s studio is a laboratory of creativity—a physical and psychological space for meditation, collaboration, and experimentation. “Creative…