ONE of the most dazzling tidbits in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s big show “The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820” is enshrined in a gallery devoted to silver. A richly ornamented chalice made ...
Earlier this semester, a group of scholars gathered at Yale for a day-long discussion about a subject of surprising weight: feathers. The workshop, called “Feathers: A Transcultural Art History,” grew ...