News—and Observations

November 29, 1878—this day 146 years ago—was, for James Whistler and John Ruskin both, a day of taking stock. For

Just dropped: my conversation with Kate Winkler Dawson on her Wicked Words podcast, about my book Pretty Jane and the Viper

On this day 145 years ago—September 19, 1879—James Whistler lost the house of his dreams. Designed by Whistler himself and

In late 1863 Anna McNeill Whistler fled the war-torn United States, arriving in London early the next year and moving

In yesterday’s New York Times, Francesca Paris and Larry Buchanan challenged their readers to take on the difficult but deeply rewarding

Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander This stunning painting came into being thanks to the Arrangement in