The Group Shot

Erik Gould Portfolio Setting up a group of objects for a photograph is not the same as setting the table. Museum photographer Erik Gould explains why.

Arlene Shechet Interviewed by Judith Tannenbaum

Judith Tannenbaum Curator Studio Notes Artist Arlene Shechet discusses the production of works for and the installation design of Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast with the exhibition's curator, Judith Tannenbaum.

Surprise Endings: Gorham Silver's Mythologique

Elizabeth A. Williams Curator This rare example of Gorham's "Mythologique" flatware service was purposefully left unfinished as they are samples, combining elaborate hand-worked detail with mechanized brute force.

New Ways to Paint

A Boating Party Maureen C. O’Brien Curator How To Unfinished paintings by Eastman Johnson, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt reveal new techniques that emerged in France in the second half of the 19th century.

New Ways to Paint

Simone in a Blue Bonnet Maureen C. O’Brien Curator How To Unfinished paintings by Eastman Johnson, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt reveal new techniques that emerged in France in the second half of the 19th century.

New Ways to Paint

Sugaring Off Maureen C. O’Brien Curator How To Unfinished paintings by Eastman Johnson, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt reveal new techniques that emerged in France in the second half of the 19th century.

Teaching a Stone to Talk

Anya Ventura Studio Notes Artist Anya Ventura visits the studio of Rhode Island stone carver Tracy Mahaffey.

The Long Road Home

The Gorham Writing Table and Chair Elizabeth A. Williams Curator After a half-century's journey, Gorham's magnificent writing table and chair made for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair returned home to Providence.