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.

Raid the Icebox

Andrew Martinez Curator From the files In 1969, artist Andy Warhol was invited to curate an exhibition at the RISD Museum using works from the permanent collection that were not on view, but in storage.

We Are What Is Not: Absence, Erasures, and the Unvisible

Rachel Shipps College Educators Studio Notes Teens Collaborative reflections on the making and meaning of absences and erasures.