It would be easy to mistake the painting Harvest Time for an uncomplicated image of Midwestern bliss, a picture of ease and plenty after a hard day’s work. It is an unassuming portrayal of a picnic in rural Kansas, with … Continued
Color-change shoes, jewelry, cars, furniture and more could be possible with this new MIT technology Do you love those shoes but can’t decide whether to buy the brown or the blue? In the near-ish future, you may … Continued
Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp. In 1996 David Irving, a British writer known in certain circles for his expertise on Nazi Germany, … Continued
On Maria Oakey Dewing’s Garden in May The Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Initiative (“Because of Her Story”) asks us to consider the stories of notable figures in our history whose achievements have not always received the full appreciation they merit. … Continued
Museum leaders met in Washington D.C. to talk about what’s next for the continent’s cultural sector n 1897, 1,200 British troops captured and burned Benin City. It marked the end of independence for the Kingdom of Benin, which was in … Continued
Searching for the essence of the iconic American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the greatest architect this country has yet produced, was born two years after the end of the Civil War and died not quite two years … Continued
A new immersive installation investigates colors and their relations Pat Steir’s color wheel is not the flat, carefully measured disk used to teach children the difference between primary and secondary colors. It’s an immersive, larger-than-life collection of … Continued
While the movie has been critiqued for flattening the legacy of Queen, see the band come to life in historic photos Bohemian Rhapsody will probably not rock you if film critics have anything to say about the new Queen … Continued
An artist shows us that the past was not black-and-white On January 18, 1944, the Metropolitan Opera House rocked to a sound it had never heard before. In the words of a reporter in attendance, “a 10-piece all-star … Continued
What would the breakthrough movie about the AIDS crisis look like if it were made today? These were the early fighters, mostly men, a few women, their faces and thin frames captured in the watercolor portraits hanging in … Continued