Brian T. Allen

A French château look, porcelain, silk, and paintings galore, plus an automaton the size of a baby elephant.

Old Masters sales in London test Christmas wish lists.

Saint Nick among the stars of the Met’s lovely look at Siena, circa 1300.

Gothic Art meets the Renaissance via Duccio, Simone di Martini, and the Lorenzetti brothers.

It uses its millions to inject race grievance into American art.

Things went bananas at Sotheby’s when it turned from Tiffany to Chiquita, with a crypto-bro forking over $6.2 million for a bad joke.

Eastman Johnson’s 200th birthday is this year, and like Thanksgiving, his work fuses God, family, history, and civics.

Pavilions for Ethiopia, Australia, and the Holy See revisit the ‘outsider’ shibboleth.

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.