Mummy's Boy

Jonathan Migliori College Student Voices Over the last 2,000 years, Nesmin has been a priest, a mummy, and a museum exhibit. RISD Museum intern Jonathan Migliori discusses Nesmin's influence in his life.

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.

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.