The Journal
Art History & Museums
Short stories about art, artists and the everyday moments they illuminate.
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Art Stories: Van Gogh's Sunflowers
This summer my daughter and I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see two of Van Gogh's Sunflowers side by side. He painted the first to welcome a friend, and the second after...
Join the Collector's Circle
First looks at new paintings, early access to originals, and notes from my studio.
One Flower, Many Meanings: The Lily Across Art History
Few flowers have been asked to carry as much as the lily. Across five thousand years it has stood for kingship and for death, for a virgin's chastity and for...
How Museums Shaped the Way I See and Paint
Some of the most formative classes of my graduate studies didn’t take place in traditional classrooms. They happened inside museums — often deep within them — at the Smithsonian Institution....
