Sunday Morning

A relic of the American Revolution is delicately ushered into the National Museum of the United States Army, at Fort Belvoir, Va. It’s the First Rhode Island Regimental Flag. “And if it could talk, the stories it would tell,” said Paul Morando, who has spent four years putting together this …

Opening day at the Way Way Store in Saco, Maine, is always cause for celebration. After a long winter, customers pour in to get their first taste of spring, like Sugar Daddies. “I wanted to be the first customer of the year, for good luck,” said Alex. For the past …

“Perhaps if I hadn’t had to fight, I would have quit,” the artist Joan Mitchell once said. “I don’t know. I doubt it, though.” Mitchell’s work may have been born out of struggle, but there is no question that she was able to prevail, creating paintings now considered 20th century …

Situated on nearly five acres of oceanfront property in Honolulu, Hawaii, the colorful gardens of this stunning, serene estate are hidden behind walls of solid white. From the street, you can’t even catch a glimpse. And that was precisely the point. “I think that Doris came here for privacy. She …

Check out these art openings and events around the country this coming week: Fairbanks, Alaska: Athabascan Fiddle Festival (Through November 16) When the festival began 33 years ago it was a mix of Athabascan musicians from across interior Alaska contributing different styles of fiddle music from their respective villages.  At …

Can the stark and bare-bone sculptures of Alberto Giacometti reveal truths about our own times? Tony Dokoupil says, yes, they can: He pushed, prodded and gouged his masterpieces into existence. But for this hard-living, chain-smoking legend of 20th century art, the beauty he sought to create seemed almost unattainable. Alberto …

The paintings and life story of Vincent Van Gogh would appear to make the case that there’s a connection between great art and madness. But does that apparent link have any real basis in science? Rita Braver takes a closer look:  In the midst of his fierce and ultimately losing …