EditorialA sign made from sand covered in plastic ahead of an oncoming storm at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Aug. 11, 2019. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
EditorialA sign made from sand covered in plastic ahead of an oncoming storm at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Aug. 11, 2019. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
EditorialLouis-L?opold Boilly, Portrait of Sarah Bowdoin, ca. 1806-1808, oil on canvas, 8 9/16 in. x 6 9/16 in. (21.75 cm x 16.67 cm), This winsome, wistful portrait of the wife of James Bowdoin III has an intriguing history. Painted while the Bowdoins were on ...
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialCottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787, Oil on canvas, 58 1/8 x 47 3/8 in. (147.6 x 120.3 cm), Paintings, Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727?1788 London), This is one of what were called in the eighteenth century 'fancy pictures,' represen...