Allan Crite captured everyday life in the city in ways that resonate strongly with me.Read More

Freedmen's Town in Houston, where those emancipated from slavery formed a community, combines history and art.Read More

I looked at 8 portraits, from the 15th to the 20th century, to discover lessons for those of us writing about others' lives.Read More

My end-of-the-year list has nothing new, stylish or currently popular.Read More

While looking at the Sargent paintings now on view at the MFA, I entertained a dual fantasy.Read More

Trees, mountains and rivers are undeniably majestic in the Pacific Northwest, but two museum visits were equally grand.Read More

We bring our personal experiences to the art we see, hear and read.Read More

This month, I'm talking about art again. Actually, a book about art, The Mirror and the Palette, by Jennifer Higgie, where she covers five hundred years of women's self-portraiture, a genre women have long practiced, even if mostly under the radar.Read More

What would Titian do? With six of his paintings now on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, a bruhaha has arisen about how they should be presented to a contemporary audience. This leads me to wonder what Titian would do if he were among us today.Read More