Discovering Edible Detroit
A curator discovers more than she anticipated about the city of Detroit.
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exhibitions
Illuminating Alchemy’s Colorful Peacock Stage
A rare manuscript shows the colorful bird as symbol of alchemical transformation.
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Barbaric Indifference: A Conversation with Artist Alfredo Jaar
“The Rwandan people deserved better than what the world media had done with the genocide, and so I went to witness it.”
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A World War I Exhibition Finds New Meanings in France
Political art goes home.
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Not-Your-Average Visitor’s Take on the Getty
The Getty from a Getty's point of view.
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PODCAST: Giovanni di Paolo’s Branchini Altarpiece
Piecing together the panels of an extraordinary altarpiece.
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Your Questions About Alchemy—From Its Origins to The Philosopher’s Stone—Answered
Questions for our rare books curator and his research assistant about all things alchemy.
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Rembrandt’s Mistakes, and Other Do-Overs in Drawing
How the old masters made the most of mistakes.
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What Diebenkorn and Matisse Taught Me about the Hard Work of Making Art
An artist remembers her time sharing a studio with Richard Diebenkorn.
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Galalith: Alchemy in the Age of Plastic
The brilliance and translucence of galalith inspired designers like Coco Chanel.
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Giovanni di Paolo’s Shimmering Worlds on Parchment and Panel
An exhibition highlights the creative genius of a Renaissance innovator.
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The Style Pioneers of Photography on Paper
How French elites of the mid-1800s embraced paper photography as art.
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