Marc Chagall's Love of Flowers
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Marc Chagall's love for painting flower bouquets is one of those charming aspects of art history that stick with you. Chagall painted flowers – including cut bouquets of flowers – throughout his career, both as elements of larger compositions and as standalone works. I had the honor of...
on Aug 6
The British Museum's Curator's Corner
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The Curator's Corner series are short videos detailing curator's favorite objects in their own words and with historical context. Learn about Assyrian smugglers' tablets, the making of a Bronze Age shield, or Elizabeth I's propaganda in jewelry from the very people who study...
on Jul 17
The Quiet That Comes With the Rain
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As the land waits for the rain, it quiets. The clouds filter the daylight into haze, and shadows soften. The rain comes, the birds honor it with silence, and even people are discouraged from making a sound. On a park path, a bench is sheltered by a maple and a
on Jul 9
Learning from Ancient Italian Public Spaces
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"Rome is a city of layers. To elaborate, it is a city built upon ancient cities. As Rome grew, fell, and grew again, open land became scarce, and thus abandoned or older cities that were filled in with earth material became new open land and even the new foundations for
on Jul 4