Art has
more than
one story.
Come for a painting you know. Stay for an unfamiliar print, a surprising detail, or the artist whose work you want to see again. Follow the stories, people, and places behind each work.
Begin with a detail. Follow it into the life and times of the work.
✳Find a work that stays with you.
From a portrait by Leonardo to Hokusai’s changing Mount Fuji, each work opens a different path through art history.
EDGAR DEGAS · 1877Look a little longer.
Follow the angle of a hand, the edge of a shadow, or the shape left empty. Our guides begin with what artists put before our eyes.
Read the story ↗Meet the people who made it.
Start with an artist’s work, then follow the decisions, places, and relationships that shaped it.
Art changed in many places.
Move from Renaissance workshops to Japanese print shops and the independent exhibitions of Impressionist Paris.
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Read around the art.
Short journeys through color, printmaking, landscapes, portraits, and the pleasures of close looking.
The story of Impressionism
From an independent exhibition to a new way of seeing.
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Women who changed art
A wider story of makers, subjects, and institutions.
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Art and the natural world
Landscape as beauty, memory, and contested history.
Read article ↗Follow your curiosity.
Start with a documented artwork. Leave with ten more questions.
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