The Medieval Clotheshorse: Roger Wieck on the Fashion Revolution of the Middle Ages
Fancy medieval clothes, in manuscripts and real life.
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exhibitions
Question of the Week: Do Americans See the World through a Distorted Lens?
Initially designating himself an “ignorant American,” photographer Alex Harris went to Cuba in 1998, camera in tow, without preconceived notions. He simply wondered what... Read More
Three Contemporary Photographers on Cuba
What drew them to Cuba? We asked photographers Alex Harris, Virginia Beahan, and Alexey Titarenko, whose work is featured in the exhibition A Revolutionary... Read More
Walker Evans’s Havana, through an Architect’s Lens
Julio César Pérez Hernández, architect and author of Inside Cuba, visits the Getty Center this Thursday to talk about Cuban architecture in conjunction with... Read More
A Gallery Fit for a Prince and Now the Public? The Düsseldorf Gallery and the Modern Museum
Most museum galleries have certain things in common. For one, the works are spaced a restful distance apart from one another on the wall.... Read More
Play the Paris Gallery Game!
The exhibition Paris: Life & Luxury transports you to an affluent Parisian home in the mid-1700s. It’s presented in a series of rooms that... Read More
The Drawing That Once Hung in Thomas Jefferson’s Parlor
An American has slipped his way into exclusive British company—the exhibition Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings, opening July 19. Owned for years by... Read More
¡Sí Cuba! SoCal
What is “¡Sí Cuba! SoCal,” you ask? Well, it all started in New York this spring with a multi-venue festival celebrating Cuban culture, called... Read More
Paris Gamblers: Gaming in 18th-Century France
The well-coiffed elite of the time relished a good card game.
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The Nazarenes: German Artists Illuminating the Spirit of the Age
In the emerald-green galleries of the exhibition Spirit of an Age: Drawings from the Germanic World, I was drawn to a cluster of quiet... Read More
“Paris: Life & Luxury”—In Culinary Form
Paris in the mid-18th century was a time of invention in the culinary arts. Food was an integral part of the fashion and culture... Read More
Harvard Historian Robert Darnton on Blogging, 18th-Century Style
Opening this week at the Getty Center is Paris: Life & Luxury, which traces the refined activities that took place inside a luxurious Parisian... Read More