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The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Reopens at the Met
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Ancient Americas
Dec 27, 2025
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The Frick Collection in New York, New York
I did not complain, when I was in Italy in May, if an altarpiece in a church was hard to see due to its position or lighting.
Sep 28, 2025
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The Galleria Regionale della Sicilia (Palazzo Abatellis) in Palermo, Italy
Maybe every conference talk is unique in its own way, but one of the talks I went to this March at the Renaissance Society of America’s annual…
Aug 29, 2025
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Pastrana
Cherished Readers,
Jul 31, 2025
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The Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy
The final bag was eighteen small corpses having a total weight of perhaps a pound.
Jun 30, 2025
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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts (Parts 2, 3 and 4)
I considered writing four posts on the MFA rather than two.
May 21, 2025
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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts (Part 1)
In town for the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America, the last thing I wanted, after a long Thursday of listening to panel talks at…
Apr 16, 2025
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The Rutgers Geology Museum in New Brunswick, New Jersey
While staying in Palermo in April 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his traveling companion, the painter Christoph Heinrich Kniep, made an excursion…
Mar 7, 2025
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