Art & Object

Hieronymus Bosch, detail from The Temptation of St. Anthony, c. 1501. Oil on oak panels. 52 in × 90 in. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) is one of art history’s most mysterious and fascinating artists. His work was popular in his lifetime and he received many commissions from abroad but very little is known about the Dutch artist outside of his general demographics. Less than twenty-five paintings extant today are attributed to Bosch.

The audience is left with a flurry of information as scattered as it is organized. We are the ones who pick up the pieces and place them into an order that seems  to make sense. Luckily, the accompanying pocket-sized zine left on each seat at the venue provides a printed version of the script, a narrative of Cohen’s own invention, cut and pasted and seemingly as abstract as they are cohesive. The written words move across the page as they are spoken, drawled, campaigned for, and languished.

Sarah Amos in her studio Since then, Amos has racked up an impressive list of achievements, including the Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant in 2020, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist Residency in New Orleans in 2022, and her home state’s highest visual arts award, the Vermont Prize, in 2024. So, a perfect late-summer day in 2026 seemed like the right time to see how Amos was taking stock of her past and designing her future.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of history's best-known artists. Despite struggles with depression and psychosis Van Gogh became a master of Post-Impressionism. Van Gogh paintings like The Starry Night dazzle and inspire anyone lucky enough to see them in person. The artist's colorful life and paintings make him a tragic yet compelling figure to modern audiences.

Brazilian artist Cândido Portinari. License. The latter have not been found, and despite the arrest of four individuals connected to the crime, are feared to have already been sold on the black market. Portinari originally created the engravings to illustrate a special edition of Plantation Boy by novelist José Lins do Rego. Matisse likewise developed his prints for a limited edition book.

Gerhard von Kügelgen portrait of Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1810–1820, oil on canvas In 1794, Friedrich began his studies at the prestigious University of Copenhagen where he worked under Christian August Lorentzen and the landscape painter Jens Juel.

Paula Hayes portrait This amazing example of Gothic Revival architecture was eventually sold to railroad tycoon Jay Gould in 1880. Gould’s daughter Helen—a committed philanthropist and naturalist—introduced native plants and pollinators to the grounds. One of her first projects, the iconic Overlook Garden, has been redesigned over the last three years by Hayes.

Claude Monet, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899. Oil on canvas. 36.4 x 29 in. The Met. Monet’s first water lily series was executed between 1897 and 1899. This initial round of painting yielded the most traditional results. Although the above example is closely cropped and features Monet’s impressionistic blur, standard details such as a horizon line and orienting context were still included by the artist at this point. Claude Monet, Nymphéas en fleur, c. 1914-17. Oil on canvas. 63 x 70 7/8 inches.

The practice of folding young coconut palm leaves into complex shapes, called menjanur, dates back to at least the 15th century in Indonesia when artisans used the pieces to mark weddings and other rites of passage. Today, the studio Dijanuri on the island of Java is teaching a new wave of artists how to fashion items like tiered pastry stands and hanging lanterns with little more than a carving knife and stapler.

In more conventional media, Leyster hung out a shingle as a professional painter in the city of Haarlem, not far from Frans Hals’ studio (ironically, in later years, her paintings were misattributed to Hals). Leyster felt empowered enough to paint a self-portrait that depicts her as a successful artist, tools of the trade in hand, an expression of delighted pride on her face.