Brian T. Allen

The definitive exhibition and book, stimulated by a little-known American collection.

Plus, a naughty satyr scores with a she-goat in the archaeology museum’s porn gallery.

Candidates haven’t weighed what works and what doesn’t.

331 works of art and $45 million from a trustee’s estate will transform one of America’s best small museums.

Photographer William Meyers explores American citizenship, which is in better shape than many think.

Wren and Soane spaces shine in a salute to British patriotism.

Near Naples, it’s a case study in archaeology in Italy.

A video about a mural’s racism gives lots of room for thought.

It’s 200 years old, but the celebration has awkward moments.

Plus: Climate kooks get two years in the cooler, a trashed Dürer makes big money, and the Frick gets a new director.

Woke ideology? Shakedown? Abuse of power? A good idea gone bad?

As memorials go, it’s had ups and downs.

No horse hockey here, only a solid, fascinating history of thoroughbred sport.

Dazzling artists from India, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and the Great Beyond.

And more: London’s National Portrait Gallery turns climate crazy, while the Brooklyn Museum turns just plain crazy.

The great writer was also a great designer and decorator of houses, and her beloved ‘cottage’ is a work of art.

An intelligent, provocative show at the National Building Museum looks at D.C.’s Brutalist phase.

Colby College Museum’s summer shows are smart and packed with good art.

For Impressionism’s 150th anniversary, the Clark Art Institute probes an outsized artist’s cryptic impact.

All those babies and pretty ladies are far more intense than we thought.

A show of ’60s movie posters highlights its cinematic chops.

The ‘Bus Stop’ Titian, Dolley Madison, and a tribute to Bill Viola.

A gorgeous building, but ‘transparency’ and ‘belonging’ are pricey abstractions.

A philosophy for all seasons comes with art, nostalgia, and, yes, plenty of snark.

Guillaume Lethière, a specialist in death by virtue, fit right in.

A Vivian Maier show, New York’s first, and looking at People at 50.

Plus why do woke scolds at Boston’s MFA hate Native Americans at prayer?

Conservatives ignore culture scholarship at their peril. Most NEH grants are worthy, but ‘climate resilience’ is for engineers, not humanists.

A worthy exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum tries to cover too much, alas.